Classic Albums: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes

The latest addition to Eagle's critically acclaimed and highly successful Classic Albums series is Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 1979 breakthrough album Damn The Torpedoes . The band s third album defined their musical style and took them into the mainstream hitting No.2 on the US charts and spawning the top 10 single Don t Do Me Like That . The DVD features newly filmed contributions from the band members Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Ron Blair and Stan Lynch along with co-producer Jimmy Iovine and engineer Shelly Yakus as they analyse the tracks from the original multi-track tapes and through new and archive performances. Damn The Torpedoes has stood the test of time as one of the great American rock albums of its era and is a worthy addition to the Classic Albums series.

6.3

98 min

Cast

Tom Petty

as Self

Mike Campbell

as Self

Benmont Tench

as Self

Ron Blair

as Self

Stan Lynch

as Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Iovine

as Self

Tony Dimitriades

as Self

Denny Cordell

as Self

Danny Bramson

as Self

Shelly Yakus

as Self

Director

Matthew Longfellow