The Last DJ (2 Lp's) Vinyl Record

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Tom Petty (vocals, guitar, ukelele, piano, bass); Scott Thurston (guitar, lap steel guitar, ukelele); Mike Campbell (guitar, bass); Benmont Tench (piano, organ, keyboards); Ron Blair (bass); Steve Ferrone (drums). Additional personnel includes: Lenny Castro (percussion); Lindsey Buckingham (background vocals). Producers: George Drakoulias, Tom Petty, Mike Campbell. Contains an Enhanced CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files, as well as a bonus DVD. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Tom Petty (vocals, guitar, ukelele, piano, bass); Scott Thurston (guitar, lap steel guitar, ukelele); Mike Campbell (guitar, bass); Benmont Tench (piano, organ, keyboards); Ron Blair (bass); Steve Ferrone (drums). Additional personnel includes: Lenny Castro (percussion); Lindsey Buckingham (background vocals). Producers: George Drakoulias, Tom Petty, Mike Campbell. Money and its corrupting effects on rock music are the subject matter on much of THE LAST DJ, the umpteenth Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers album since the band's eponymous 1976 debut. The singer is shocked--shocked!--to find just how insidious the green stuff's effects are on the music business. On hearing this, a listener might reasonably wonder if Tom Petty has spent the last 30 years under a proverbial rock, but being a Tom Petty album, of course, tunes and songcraft are beyond reproach and much may be forgiven. Both songwriter and listeners find themselves on more familiar ground with "When a Kid Goes Bad," about the kind of kids that make the headlines after criminal misadventures with firearms and the like. The broad rock & roll landscape of "Blue Sunday" is vintage Petty in its minimalist retelling of a brief encounter on the road. "Lost Children" is a heartfelt prayer that develops into an extended guitar jam. Ultimately the plain, unvarnished pop of "You and Me" reveals Tom Petty doing what he does best--telling a simple story simply.

• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: POP
• Released: 04/21/2017