Classic Albums: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes (movie)
- User score: 6.3
- Production country: United Kingdom
- Producer: Matthew Longfellow
- Production companies: BBC, Eagle Vision
- Genre: Documentary, Music
- Release date: 8/3/2010
- Run time: 98 min.
Movie description
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.
