''The Last DJ'' is the 11th studio album by American

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band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The title track, "Money Becomes King", "Joe" and "Can't Stop the Sun" are all critical of greed in the music industry. A "limited edition"

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version of the album was also released, including a DVD of music videos and other footage shot during the album's production. The album reached number 9 on the ''Billboard'' 200, aided by the single "The Last DJ", which peaked at number 22 on ''Billboard'''s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 2002. As of 2010, ''The Last DJ'' had sold 353,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album marks the return of original Heartbreaker

Ron Blair Ronald Edward Blair (born September 16, 1948 in San Diego, California) is an American musician notable for being the bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He was originally the band's bassist from 1976 to 1981. In 2002, he returned to the ...

on bass guitar, replacing his own replacement, the ailing

Howie Epstein Howard Norman Epstein (July 21, 1955 – February 23, 2003) was an American musician best known as a bassist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Early life Epstein was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in a musical household. His ...

. His return was late in the recording process, however, and Petty and Campbell contribute most of the bass work themselves. The title track (which was the first single) and "Dreamville" were included on the compilation '' The Best of Everything''.

Track listing

All songs written by

Tom Petty Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950October 2, 2017) was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, was a member of the la ...

except where noted.

Personnel

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers *

– guitars, vocals, piano, ukulele, bass guitar on "The Last DJ", "Money Becomes King", "Joe", "Like a Diamond", "Blue Sunday", "You and Me" and "Have Love Will Travel" * Mike Campbell – guitars, bass guitar on "Dreamville", "When a Kid Goes Bad", and "The Man Who Loves Women" *

Benmont Tench Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III (born September 7, 1953) is an American musician and singer, and a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Early years Tench was born in Gainesville, Florida, the second child of Benjamin ...

– piano, organ, various keyboards *

Scott Thurston Scott Troy Thurston (born January 10, 1952) is an American guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and session musician. He was a member of the Stooges, and of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, in which he sang harmony vocals and played guitar, bass, ...

– guitar, lap steel guitar, ukulele, background vocals *

– bass guitar on "Lost Children" and "Can't Stop the Sun" * Steve Ferrone – drums Additional musicians *

Jon Brion Jon Brion is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and composer. He performed with the Excerpts, the Bats, 'Til Tuesday and the Grays before becoming an established producer and film score composer. Brion has ...

– orchestration, conductor *

Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician and record producer, best known as the lead guitarist and male lead vocalist of the band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with Fl ...

– background vocals on "The Man Who Loves Women" *Lenny Castro – percussion Production *Mike Campbell – producer *

Richard Dodd Richard Dodd (born April 25, 1965) is an English cellist, recording artist and musician. He has appeared on numerous records beginning from The Three O'Clock's Album Sixteen Tambourines, and spanning different musical genres in Pop, with acts l ...

– recording engineer *

George Drakoulias George Drakoulias (born 1965) is a Greek-American music producer and a former A&R executive at the American Recordings label. He is often considered a protégé of Rick Rubin. Drakoulias grew up in Syosset, New York, and attended Syosset High Sc ...

– producer *

Ryan Hewitt Ryan Michael Hewitt (born January 24, 1991) is a former American football tight end and Fullback (gridiron football), fullback. He played college football at Stanford Cardinal football, Stanford and was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an und ...

– assistant engineer *Steve McGrath – demo engineer *Tom Petty – producer * Jim Scott – recording engineer *Ed Thacker – additional engineer

Charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Last Dj, The Tom Petty albums 2002 albums Albums produced by Tom Petty Albums produced by George Drakoulias Warner Records albums