The Last DJ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

• 1The Last DJ03:48
• 2Money Becomes King05:10
• 3Dreamville03:47
• 4Joe03:16
• 5When A Kid Goes Bad04:57
• 6Like A Diamond04:33
• 7Lost Children04:28
• 8Blue Sunday02:56
• 9You And Me03:11
• 10The Man Who Loves Women02:54
• 11Have Love, Will Travel04:06
• 12Can't Stop The Sun05:00
• Total Runtime48:06

Info for The Last DJ

The Last DJ is a bit of a concept record, with the first four tracks (“The Last DJ”, “Money Becomes King”, “Dreamville”, and “Joe”) being direct shots fired squarely at the music business in general. Take a little trip back in time to the early 2000s, and what stands out about mainstream popular music? Most of it seemed to come from manufactured pop groups (Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Britney Spears). These were the acts that Tom Petty was writing about. While he had built his legacy on writing his own songs and playing his own instruments, he is none too easy on the eyes. Even his vocals are far from perfect, musically speaking, but who can tell a story better than Tom Petty? He’s in the same company as Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan when it comes to painting a vivid picture. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, collectively, are the anti-popstars. Simon Cowell would have laughed them off his stage, and that’s exactly why music needs Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

A vivid picture is exactly what The Last DJ is. “Dreamville” paints a picture of the days of yesteryear, when life’s pleasures were simpler. “The Last DJ” tells the tale of a renegade DJ who refused to bend to the corporate machine, instead playing songs that he deemed worthy of being pressed upon the public instead of leaving the decision to corporate finance managers – in essence, a refusal to appeal to the lowest common denominator. “Money Becomes King” is a heartbreaking story of a hero who has fallen from his lofty pedestal. “Blue Sunday” explores how quickly people can enter, and then exit, one’s life. What all these songs have in common is that they trigger responses in the listener – one cannot help but nod in agreement and immediately have a thought of a similar life experience.

The one weak point in the album – “The Man who Loves Women” – is harmless enough. The rest of this album, from the opening riff of “The Last DJ” to the closing notes of “Can’t Stop the Sun”, are as amazing of a musical journey as one could expect to take. (Steve Shreve, www.unappreciatedscholars.com)

Tom Petty, guitars, vocals, piano, ukulele, bass
Mike Campbell, guitars, bass
Benmont Tench, piano, organ, various keyboards
Scott Thurston, guitar, lap steel guitar, ukulele, background vocals
Ron Blair, bass (on 'Lost Children' and 'Can't Stop The Sun“)
Steve Ferrone, drums
Lenny Castro, percussion
Lindsey Buckingham, background vocals (on 'The Man Who Loves Women“)
Jon Brion, orchestral arrangements and conducting

Recorded 2001–02 at Cello Studios, Hollywood, California
Engineered by Jim Scott, Richard Dodd
Produced by Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, George Drakoulias

Digitally remastered

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame inductees TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS released their debut album in 1976. They have since sold more than 60 million records. Between the Heartbreakers' recordings and his solo work, Tom Petty has won two GRAMMY awards and been honored with lifetime achievement awards including induction the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, Billboard's Century Award, and MTV's Video Vanguard Award. Tom Petty, with the Heartbreakers at his side, has become a rock and roll icon lauded by fellow musicians and music lovers worldwide. Tom Petty's Sirius/XM radio show, Tom Petty's Buried Treasure, is one of the most beloved and popular shows on satellite radio. It features Tom Petty spinning favorite tunes from his extensive private music collection.

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