THE LAST DJ
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
THE LAST DJ
The Last DJ is the eleventh 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 sharp attacks on the greediness of the music industry. 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 #9 on the Billboard 200 aided by the single "The Last DJ" which hit #22 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks in 2002. As of 2010, The Last DJ had sold 353,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. -WIKIPEDIA
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RollingStone
Tom Petty sounds like the crankiest middle-aged punk this side of Neil Young.
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Medium
It’s terrible and embarrassing.
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Prindle Record Reviews
a great bunch of songs about the corruption of the music business, women, nostalgia and young people in pain.
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AV/MUSIC
a loosely structured concept album about just how bad the job of making music has gotten.
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popMATTERS
The Last DJ is earnest and straightforward, as rock and roll should be.
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The Music Box
The Last DJ is filled with music so sweet and pure — and includes some of the sunniest pop songs he’s ever created — makes the bitter truth about the industry at large all the easier to digest.
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ALL MUSIC
The Last DJ, Petty sounds utterly lost -- and instead of liberating him like it did in the past, it paralyzes him, boxing him into a corner where he can't draw on his strengths. It's the first true flop in a career that, until now, had none.
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People
Tom Petty, 51, is starting to sound as acerbic as Neil Young.
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The Guardian
this semi-concept album raging against corporate greed and dumbing-down. If only The Last DJ were the cure.
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Journey Home
this whole album is track for track a takedown of the recording industry.
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entertainment.ie
a concept record that rails against corporate greed, sponsorship and dumbing-down within the music industry - a worthy subject.
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Silent Uproar
Tom Petty is fed up with the way the music industry is running the game these days.
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Rock Music Reviews
I definitely respect the themes and thought behind this record, and I have a feeling it will grow on me as time goes by. Good for the fans, but if you want to hear them at their best, buy one of their earlier records.
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