The Last DJ
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| Studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | ||
| Released | 8 October 2002 | |
| Recorded | 2002 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 47:23 | |
| Label | Warner Bros. | |
| Producer(s) | Tom Petty, George Drakoulias | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers chronology | ||
| Anthology: Through The Years (2000) |
The Last DJ (2002) |
Live at the Olympic: The Last DJ (2003) |
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.com review calls it "easily the worst song he's ever written". [1]
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.
[edit] Track listing
- "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" – 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" – 4:52
[edit] Personnel
- Tom Petty - bass, guitar, piano, ukulele, vocals, orchestral arrangements
- Lindsey Buckingham - background vocals
- Benmont Tench - organ, piano, keyboards
- Scott Thurston - guitar, ukulele, lap steel guitar
- Ron Blair - bass
- Steve Ferrone - drums
- Lenny Castro - percussion
- Jon Brion - conductor, orchestral arrangements
- Richard Dodd - engineer, mastering, mixing
- Jim Scott - engineer
- Don Smith - engineer
- Ed Thacker - engineer
- Ryan Hewitt - assistant engineer
- Zachary Larner - design
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers |
| Tom Petty | Ron Blair | Mike Campbell | Howie Epstein | Stan Lynch | Benmont Tench |
| Steve Ferrone | Scott Thurston |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | You're Gonna Get It! | Damn the Torpedoes | Hard Promises | Long After Dark | Southern Accents Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) | Into the Great Wide Open | Songs and Music from "She's the One" | Echo | The Last DJ |
| Tom Petty solo albums: Full Moon Fever | Wildflowers | Highway Companion |
| Tom Petty with Traveling Wilburys: Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 |
| Compilations: Greatest Hits | Playback | Anthology: Through The Years |
| Live albums: Pack up the Plantation: Live! | Live at the Olympic: The Last DJ |
| Production |
| Jimmy Iovine | Robbie Robertson | Jeff Lynne | Rick Rubin | George Drakoulias |
