The Last DJ

Infobox Album | Name = The Last DJ
Type = Album
Artist = Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers


Released = 8 October 2002
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 47:23
Label = Warner Bros.
Producer = Tom Petty, George Drakoulias
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|1.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:86xsa9ygw238~T0 link]
Last album = ""
(2000)
This album = "The Last DJ"
(2002)
Next album = "Highway Companion"
(2006) |

"The Last DJ" is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, first released in early October 2002 (see 2002 in music). The tracks "The Last DJ", "Money Becomes King", "Joe", and "Can't Stop the Sun" are all sharp attacks on the greediness of the music industry. Petty says that "Joe" is the angriest song he has ever written; interestingly, the album's Allmusic review calls it "easily the worst song he's ever written".digipack version was also released, including a DVD of music videos and other footage shot during the album's production.

The album reached #9 on the Billboard 200 aided by the single "The Last DJ" which hit #22 on "Billboard's" Mainstream Rock Tracks in 2002.

Track listing

All songs written by Tom Petty except where noted.

# "The Last DJ" – 3:31
# "Money Becomes King" – 5:12
# "Dreamville" – 3:46
# "Joe" – 3:16
# "When a Kid Goes Bad" – 4:51
# "Like a Diamond" – 4:35
# "Lost Children" – 4:29
# "Blue Sunday" (Petty, Mike Campbell) – 2:56
# "You and Me" – 2:56
# "The Man Who Loves Women" – 2:53
# "Have Love Will Travel" – 4:06
# "Can't Stop the Sun" (Petty, Campbell) – 4:52

Personnel

*Tom Petty - Guitars, Bass, Piano, Ukulele, Vocals
*Mike Campbell - Guitars, Bass
*Benmont Tench - Piano, Organ, Various Keyboards
*Scott Thurston - Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Ukulele
*Steve Ferrone - Drums
*Ron Blair - Bass
*Lenny Castro - Percussion
*Lindsey Buckingham - Background Vocals

Produced by: George Drakoulias, Tom Petty, and Mike Campbell.

Engineered by Jim Scott and Richard Dodd,Assistant Engineer: Ryan Hewitt,Mixed and Mastered by Richard Dodd,Additional Engineering by Ed Thacker,Demo Engineer: Steve McGrath

Orchestra Arranged by Jon Brion and Tom PettyOrchestra Conducted by Jon Brion

Recorded at Cello Studios, Hollywood, CA.Heartbreakers Studio Crew: Alan "Bugs" Weidel, Mark Carpenter, and Dave Greene.

In Popular Culture

* In an episode of "The Simpsons" entitled "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation", Homer Simpson receives instruction in song-writing from Tom Petty himself, and the track "The Last DJ" can be heard playing over the radio in the final scene.

References

External links

* [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/tompettyandtheheartbreakers/lastdj?q=The%20Last%20DJ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: The Last DJ (2002): Reviews] at Metacritic.