Mojo (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album)

In November 2009, Petty told Rolling Stone{{'s}} David Fricke that he intended to record the album live in the studio without overdubs.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tompetty/articles/story/31095462/tom_petty_looks_back|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203134236/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tompetty/articles/story/31095462/tom_petty_looks_back|archive-date=2009-12-03|title=Tom Petty Looks Back|last=Fricke|first=David|date=November 25, 2009|magazine=Rolling Stone|url-status=dead|access-date=26 February 2010}}

He said of the album's tone, "It's blues-based. Some of the tunes are longer, more jammy kind of music. A couple of tracks really sound like the Allman Brothers – not the songs but the atmosphere of the band."

The band began streaming the album song "Good Enough" on their website February 24, 2010, followed two days later by "First Flash of Freedom".{{cite web|url=http://www.tompetty.com/news/title/listen-to-good-enough|title=Listen to "Good Enough"|access-date=26 February 2010}} Videos for "Jefferson Jericho Blues", "First Flash of Freedom", "I Should Have Known It", "Something Good Coming" and "Good Enough" were posted on the band's YouTube channel.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/tompetty|title=Tom Petty's YouTube Channel|website=YouTube |access-date=31 May 2010}}

Tom Petty also released five of the songs prior to his and the Heartbreakers' Mojo tour via his YouTube account.[https://www.youtube.com/user/tompetty "tompetty" user account] on YouTube The first of these was the single "Good Enough", released March 4, 2010.{{YouTube|zHS8Ns-8bW0|"Good Enough"}}{{dead link|date=August 2012}} The songs released were, in order of release:

1. "Good Enough"
2. "First Flash of Freedom"{{YouTube|dvW6f7ujutk|"First Flash of Freedom"}}{{dead link|date=August 2012}}
3. "I Should Have Known It" (official video){{YouTube|3_iBKacXIA4|"I Should Have Known It" official video}}
4. "Something Good Coming" (official video){{YouTube|rSvlJe1mwlw|"Something Good Coming" official video}}
5. "Jefferson Jericho Blues" (official video){{YouTube|5LAA6lF6uFI|"Jefferson Jericho Blues" official video}}

The last three of the songs were clean, non-overdubbed songs filmed in his new studio, as he expressed in a roughly 12-minute "Mojo Documentary".{{YouTube|FOJeUhUz70E|Mojo Documentary}} He noted he had had the studio for "eight or nine years", which dates back approximately to before the recording of his previous studio album with the Heartbreakers, The Last DJ.

In addition to his YouTube account, Mojo{{'s}} track list was made available June 8, 2010, via an article on one of ESPN's websites. The article went into brief detail of the tour and songs. Most of the songs were made available on the website through a "Streampad" music player, at least until the album was officially released.{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/thelife/music/news/story?id=5260264 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611075621/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/thelife/music/news/story?id=5260264 |archive-date=2010-06-11 |title='Mojo' by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – The Life – ESPN |publisher=ESPN.go.com |date=2010-06-11 |access-date=2012-08-22}}

Mojo was released via compact disc and limited edition vinyl (2x LP). The vinyl pressing is largely out of print and is considered a collector's item, selling for large sums in the vinyl aftermarket.

{{Music ratings

| MC = 72/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/mojo/tom-petty-the-heartbreakers/critic-reviews |title=Critic Reviews for Mojo |website=Metacritic |access-date=2012-01-03}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last=Leggett |first=Steve |url={{AllMusic|class=album |id=r1805755 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Mojo - Tom Petty, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers |website=AllMusic |date=2010-06-15 |access-date=2012-08-22}}

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2score = B−{{cite news|author=Noel Murray |url=https://www.avclub.com/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-mojo-1798165246 |title=Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Mojo |newspaper=The A.V. Club |date=2010-06-22 |access-date=2013-01-03}}

| rev3 = Chicago Tribune

| rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news|author=Greg Kot |url=http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2010/06/album-review-tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-mojo.html |title=Turn It Up: Album review: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 'Mojo' |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=2010-06-14 |access-date=2013-01-03}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4score = B{{cite magazine|author=Tom Sinclair |url=https://ew.com/article/2010/06/09/mojo/ |title=Mojo Review |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=2010-06-18 |access-date=2012-08-22}}

| rev5 = The Guardian

| rev5score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite news|author=Michael Hann |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jun/18/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-mojo-cd-review |title=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Mojo |newspaper=The Guardian |date=2010-06-17 |access-date=2013-01-03}}

| rev6 = Now

| rev6score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite news|author=Carla Gillis |url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/story.cfm?content=175343 |title=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Mojo |newspaper=Now |date=June 10–17, 2010 |access-date=2013-01-03}}

| rev7 = Paste

| rev7score = 8/10{{cite magazine|author=Steve Dollar |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/06/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-mojo.html |title=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Mojo :: Music :: Reviews |magazine=Paste |date=2010-06-17 |access-date=2012-08-22}}

| rev8 = PopMatters

| rev8score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite magazine|last=Clifford |first=Bill |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/127018-tom-petty-the-heartbreakers-mojo |title=Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Mojo |magazine=PopMatters |date=2010-06-17 |access-date=2012-08-22}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|author=David Fricke |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mojo-20100615 |title=Mojo |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2010-06-15 |access-date=2012-08-22}}

| rev10 = Slant Magazine

| rev10score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine|author=Matthew Cole |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-mojo/2157 |title=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Mojo |magazine=Slant Magazine |date=2010-06-14 |access-date=2012-08-22}}

}}

The album has a score of 72 out of 100 from Metacritic based on "generally favorable reviews". ChartAttack gave it a score of 2.5 out of five and said it was "an incredible disappointment" and "a record destined to be a cult hit 10 years from now, recognized as the band's most expansive and sonically adventurous disc. But expectations for Petty and his band are incredibly high, and from a contemporary standpoint, it comes off as lacking memorable hooks and choruses, something we all expect these guys to pull off in their sleep."{{cite web|author=Ian Gormely|url=http://www.chartattack.com/reviews/86339/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-mojo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607021443/http://www.chartattack.com/reviews/86339/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-mojo|date=2010-06-16|archive-date=2011-06-07|title=Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Mojo|url-status=usurped|publisher=ChartAttack}} The Independent, however, gave it all five stars and said "it's one of their very best efforts, as ought to be the case when a band plugs into the potency of raw R'n'B spirit. [...] It's such a perfect alliance of sentiment and setting that Muddy himself might have penned it."{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-tom-petty-amp-the-heartbreakers-mojo-1996870.html|title=Album: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (Mojo) |newspaper=The Independent | location=London | first=Andy | last=Gill | date=June 11, 2010}} The Globe and Mail gave it three out of four stars and said, "The carefree Petty, at this stage of the game, isn't worried about hits. Like Big Bill Broonzy and others, he's found the key to the highway, and he's billed out and bound to go."{{cite news|author=Brad Wheeler |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/music/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers/article1603644/ |title=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Mojo |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=2010-06-14 |access-date=2012-08-22}} Uncut gave it three out of five stars and said, "Unfortunately, and rather ironically, Mojo is ultimately undone by the very virtuosity of its creators: the band stumbles repeatedly into that musician's trap of making music that sounds intended principally to impress other musicians."{{cite journal|author=Andrew Mueller |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/tom-petty/tom-petty-mojo-review |title=TOM PETTY – MOJO |journal=Uncut |date=July 2010 |page=102 |access-date=2013-01-03}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Mojo track listing

| all_writing = Tom Petty, except 2, 7 and 15, co written by Mike Campbell

| title1 = Jefferson Jericho Blues

| length1 = 3:24

| title2 = First Flash of Freedom

| length2 = 6:53

| title3 = Running Man's Bible

| length3 = 6:02

| title4 = The Trip to Pirate's Cove

| length4 = 5:00

| title5 = Candy

| length5 = 4:12

| title6 = No Reason to Cry

| length6 = 3:04

| title7 = I Should Have Known It

| length7 = 3:36

| title8 = U.S. 41

| length8 = 3:01

| title9 = Takin' My Time

| length9 = 4:21

| title10 = Let Yourself Go

| length10 = 3:23

| title11 = Don't Pull Me Over

| length11 = 4:05

| title12 = Lover's Touch

| length12 = 4:24

| title13 = High in the Morning

| length13 = 3:36

| title14 = Something Good Coming

| length14 = 4:11

| title15 = Good Enough

| length15 = 5:57

| total_length = 65:09

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = iTunes bonus track

| title16 = Little Girl Blues

| length16 = 3:08

| total_length = 68:17

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Extra Mojo Version

| title16 = Help Me

| writer16 = Ralph Bass, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Willie Dixon

| length16 = 3:30

| title17 = Mystery of Love

| length17 = 4:05

| title18 = Little Girl Blues

| length18 = 3:08

| total_length = 75:32

}}

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

• Tom Petty – vocals, rhythm guitar, lead and bass guitar on "Running Man's Bible", tambourine on "Candy", producer
• Mike Campbell – lead guitar, lap steel on "No Reason to Cry", producer
• Benmont Tench – acoustic and electric piano, organ
• Scott Thurston – rhythm guitar, harmonica
• Ron Blair – bass guitar, upright bass on "U.S. 41"
• Steve Ferrone – drums, percussion

Production

• Chris Bellman – mastering
• Greg Looper – engineer
• Ryan Ulyate – producer, recording, mixer
• Travis Weidel – recording

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