Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Damn the Torpedoes (Backstreet/MCA)
Ariel Swartley, Rolling Stone, 13 December 1979
DAMN THE Torpedoes is the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album we've all been waiting for — that is, if we were all Tom Petty fans, which we would be if there were any justice in the world, live shows for all, free records everywhere and rockin' radio. Mostly justice.
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