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The Last DJ is the 11th studio album by American rock 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.

The Last DJ
Studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Released	October 8, 2002 (2002-10-08)
Recorded	2001–2002
Studio	Cello Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	Heartland rock
Length	47:36
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Tom Petty Mike Campbell George Drakoulias
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers chronology
Anthology: Through the Years (2000) The Last DJ (2002) The Live Anthology (2009)
Tom Petty chronology
Anthology: Through the Years (2000) Highway Companion (2006)
Singles from The Last DJ
"The Last DJ" Released: September 23, 2002 "Have Love Will Travel" Released: 2002 "You and Me" Released: 2002

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	61/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	C+[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[4]
Kludge	9/10[5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
PopMatters	[7][1]
Q	[1]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Stylus Magazine	D−[9]
Uncut	[1]

A "limited edition" digipack 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.[10]

The album marks the return of original Heartbreaker Ron Blair on bass guitar, replacing his own replacement, the ailing Howie Epstein. 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.[11]

Track listing

All songs written by Tom Petty except where noted.

Personnel

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

• Tom Petty – 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 – piano, organ, various keyboards
• Scott Thurston – guitar, lap steel guitar, ukulele, background vocals
• Ron Blair – bass guitar on "Lost Children" and "Can't Stop the Sun"
• Steve Ferrone – drums

Additional musicians

• Jon Brion – orchestration, conductor
• Lindsey Buckingham – background vocals on "The Man Who Loves Women"
• Lenny Castro – percussion

Production

• Mike Campbell – producer
• Richard Dodd – recording engineer
• George Drakoulias – producer
• Ryan Hewitt – assistant engineer
• Steve McGrath – demo engineer
• Tom Petty – producer
• Jim Scott – recording engineer
• Ed Thacker – additional engineer

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12]	54
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13]	15
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14]	21
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15]	44
US Billboard 200[16]	9

References

External links

• The Last DJ at Metacritic

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The Last DJ — десятый студийный альбом рок-группы Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, изданный в 2002 году.

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