The Last DJ

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The Last DJ
Studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Released	8 October 2002
Genre	Rock
Length	47:23
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer(s)	Tom Petty, George Drakoulias
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
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 All Music Guide review calls it "easily the worst song he's ever written".^[1]

A "limited edition" 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 Modern Rock Tracks in 2002.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 In Popular Culture 4 References 5 External link

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Last DJ" – 3:31
2. "Money Becomes King" – 5:12
3. "Dreamville" – 3:46
4. "Joe" – 3:16
5. "When a Kid Goes Bad" – 4:51
6. "Like a Diamond" – 4:35
7. "Lost Children" – 4:29
8. "Blue Sunday" – 2:56
9. "You and Me" – 2:56
10. "The Man Who Loves Women" – 2:53
11. "Have Love Will Travel" – 4:06
12. "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

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. allmusic (((The Last DJ > Overview))). All Music Guide.

[edit] External link

• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: The Last DJ (2002): Reviews at Metacritic.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty | Mike Campbell | Scott Thurston | Ron Blair | Benmont Tench | Steve Ferrone
Howie Epstein | Stan Lynch
Discography
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