Damn the Torpedoes

Blu-ray

Label: Eagle Rock

Style: Rock & Roll

Damn the Torpedoes

UPC: 801213335596

Release Date: 08/03/2010

Original Release Date: 08/03/2010

Number of Discs: 1

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Universal's 2010 Deluxe Edition of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' breakthrough 1979 album Damn the Torpedoes adds a full disc of rarities to a nicely remastered version of the original LP. This second disc doesn?t serve up many unreleased songs -- the quite nice ?Nowhere,? a solid pop song that does feel like an outtake compared to what made it to the finished album; ?Surrender,? which popped up as a bonus track on 2000?s Anthology; ?It?s Rainin? Again,? which showed up on the 1995 box set -- but the quality of cuts here is quite strong, particularly the live recordings taken from a March 1980 performance at the Hammersmith Odeon, highlighted by a barnstorming cover of Eddie Cochran's ?Somethin' Else.? Add to these rarities the cool, grooving B-side ?Casa Dega? and its accompanying affecting demo, and a spare alternate take of ?Refugee,? and this is an entertaining collection of odds and ends that?s a nice addition to a classic album. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi