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Original Icelandic:
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — Damn the Torpedoes | ★★★★
„Damn the Torpedoes" — Bölvuð ver i tundurskeytin, nefnist nýjasta plata bandarisku rokkhljómsveitarinnar Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Þessi plata er þriðja plata hljómsveitarinnar og trúlega sú besta til þessa — a.m.k. hefur plötunni verið ákaflega vel tekið, jafnt af gagnrýnendum sem almenningi.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers slógu fyrst I gegn á Knebworth hljómleikahátiðinni I Bretlandi fyrir tæpum tveim árum slðan og varð hljómsveitin fljdtlega þekkt i Bretlandi sem besta nybylgjuhljómsveit Bandarikjanna. Þetta „uppnefni" átti þó ekki við nein rök að styðjast enda er hljómsveitin sprottin ur allt öðrum jarðvegi en hinar eiginlegu nýbylgjuhljómsveitir og eihs vantaði mikið á að tonlistin stæðist þær „kröfur" sem gerðar eru til nýbylgjuhljómsveita. „Damn the Torpepoes" er besta vitnið um tónlist Tom Petty og félaga hressilegt rokk og á köflum með „country" ívafi og reyndar er eitt lagiðá plötunni, „Louisiana rain" I hreinræktuðum „country rock" stíl. „Damn the Torpedoes" er mjög jöfn og skemmtileg plata, vaxandi hljómsveitar, sem varla hefur sungið sitt slðasta. —ESE
Translation:
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers -- Damn the Torpedoes | ★★★★
Review by ESE
Tíminn - February 24, 1980
"Damn the Torpedoes" -- Damn the Torpedoes is the name of the new record by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. This record is the third record by the band is is probably the best so far -- the record has been extremely well accepted, both by critics and the public.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' first strike was at the Knebworth Festival in the U.K. less than two years ago and made the the band well-known in the U.K. as the best New Wave band from the United States. This "nickname" was not of any substance as the band was rooted in a different soil than the New Wavers and their music was missing a lot of the "demands" of New Wave. "Damn the Torpedoes" is the best witness of music by Tom Petty and Co, with refreshing rock and at times with "country" drinking is in fact one fine song, "Lousiana Rain," in purebred "country rock" style. "Damn the Torpedoes" is a very even and entertaining record by a growing band which has hardly sung their last. -- ESE