Tom Petty: Damn the Torpedoes (Backstreet/MCA)
Mitchell Cohen, Creem, February 1980
DAMN THE TORPEDOES takes the American Stand: "Don't tread on me" When you've been raised on promises like the heroine of Tom Petty's bicentennial debut, you have a birthright to try and make those promises hold up.
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