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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Some time in the last few years Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers took a left turn. Maybe it was when Petty woke up in the night with the idea of reuniting his first band, Mudcrutch, to cut the album they never got a chance to make back in the early 70's. Maybe it was when the Heartbreakers assembled the mammoth multi-disc 'The Live Anthology,' which detailed thirty years of concerts. Maybe it was when they gave all their home movies, outtakes and live footage to director Peter Bogdanovich to create the Grammy-winning four-hour career documentary 'Runnin Down A Dream.' There have been side projects and experiments since the band last went into the studio to cut a new Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers album.
With 'MOJO,' they have taken their recent freedom and experimentation to heart. They have gone off the reservation and all signs indicate they aren't coming back.
The first thing that hits you about 'MOJO' is that the spirit of the Mudcrutch sessions has carried on with the Heartbreakers. This is the sound of a band playing together in a room not a studio - facing each other, all singing and playing at the same time. The music is alive, with no overdubs or studio trickery. What you hear is what they created on the spot at that time.
Tom Petty says, 'With this album, I want to show other people what I hear with the band. 'MOJO' is where the band lives when it's playing for itself.'
As for the songs, 'MOJO' showcases a wide variety of American music from rock 'n' roll to country and both electric and acoustic blues. And then there are the images in Petty's lyrics which slip in on the melodies and set up a home in your head: The barefoot girl in the high grass chewing on a stick of sugar cane, the run-in with the law that begins when a carload of buddies decide to party with the motel maids, and the hilariously audacious idea of opening an album with an electric blues rocker about Thomas Jefferson's love affair with Sally Hemings. Petty would probably chuck a rock at anyone who called him a poet, but he sure is a southern writer of humor and sensitivity.
'MOJO' has juice and guts but it also has some sweet balladry for the slow dancers and even a wacked-out reggae number that is unlike anything that the Heartbreakers have done before. It's the kind of album nobody's supposed to be able to make anymore. It got here just in time.
Album Description:
Blu-Ray audio pressing. 2010 album from the veteran rockers, their first album in eight years. The first thing that hits you about Mojo is that this is the sound of a band playing together in a room - not a studio - facing each other, all singing and playing at the same time. The music is alive, with no overdubs or studio trickery. What you hear is what they created on the spot at that time. Tom Petty says, "With this album, I want to show other people what I hear with the band. Mojo is where the band lives when it's playing for itself." As for the songs, Mojo showcases a wide variety of American music from Rock `n' Roll to Country and both electric and acoustic Blues. Mojo has juice and guts but it also has some sweet balladry for the slow dancers and even a wacked-out Reggae number that is unlike anything that Heartbreakers have done before. It's the kind of album nobody's supposed to be able to make anymore. It got here just in time.
Customer Reviews:
Average Rating: 
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Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers never disappoint us. They keep cranking out awesome music, without regard to the trendy pop radio. This album in unique and each song holds you, nice flow to the tracks too. Perfection.
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I'm not a Tom Petty fan. I have a few of the CDs he's put out throughout his career but most of his mid career music I have found to be unoriginal and overly simplistic (Running Down a Dream). But I still like a few songs, particular his music that features minor keys and organs. When he has ventured into blues ("It's Good to Be King"), he's had some interesting outcomes. The MTV years were most definitely his least creative in terms of music with the Heartbreakers (Traveling Wilbouries is a ... Read More
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This was not the album the hype led me to expect. I had heard this was going to be primarily a rocking blues album that would capture the electricity of Petty and the Heartbreakers' live performance jams. I'm a huge Mike Campbell fan, so was really looking forward to this release with the Heartbreakers at full tilt. Too bad. There are a couple of great kick-ass rockers on it, but if you saw TPH's recent SNL gig, you've already heard the best of the album. Most of the other cuts are pretty dull ... Read More
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Best Petty in years, inspired in more of a rock and blues way. He needed to change as
his recent formula was getting stale and this is a good direction. Most songs are interesting from the first play.
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After several listens I like each of the tracks. Unlike some of the other reviewers who only like the first track I think the first one is one of the the weaker ones.
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