ALBUM INFO
Damn the Torpedoes
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Release Date:
Friday, October 19, 1979
(46 years ago)
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Trivia:
- The title is a reference to a famous quote by Admiral David Farragut: “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”.
- Petty’s first top 10 album, rising to #2 for seven weeks
- at #2, kept from being #1 by Pink Floyd’s The Wall on the Billboard albums chart.[1] Tom Petty’s response about being anchored at #2 was “I love Pink Floyd but I hated them that year”.
- certified Triple Platinum
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Performers:
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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