Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersThe Last DJ

Jangling Rickenbacker chime and Mike Campbell's clean leads, golden-toned but laced with disillusionment. The defiant title track mourns the death of free-form radio so sharply that some stations boycotted it, proving its point. "Money Becomes King" rides Jon Brion's wistful strings through a fan watching his hero sell out, while "Dreamville" glows warm with Petty's Gainesville childhood. Divisive in 2002, since reclaimed as a prophetic gem. Drop the needle and hear him call it years early.