Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes (Top 500 Countdown Update)

Never being a big Tom Petty fan I have to say I was very surprised by how good this album is. If you've been reading my comments on these albums you have a sense by now of what I'm looking for and this album has it. It has it's own sound, that classic Tom Petty sound. But it also has a pop sense that flows over the entire album.

The album opens with Refugee and Here Comes My Girl two big hits for Petty, but really most any song on the album could have been released as a single and they all work to build toward a concise sound on the album.

Now as I said I'm not a big Tom Petty fan, so this album isn't one I'll be picking up to play anytime soon, but it's a good album and I would think that anyone who is into jangle rock would enjoy it.