New Tom Petty

very succint comments, shardorne. tom petty may not make my list of the ultimate greats, but I can't think of another artist who has put out as consistently high quality a product for as long a period. I believe the key to his longevity is his innate conservatism--he sticks to his basic bar-band fare and doesn't fall into the dreaded "we must expand our artisitic horizons" syndrome. the one time he dabbled in the experimental, southern accents, he got slammed critically (though i kinda like that record).
anyway, mojo's another good record, to me his best since the (hugely underrated) she's the one. damn good guitar player, btw.

you're welcome, srwooten. for the record, i meant "succinct" (which i inexcusably misspelled, btw) in the complimentary, "compact precise" sense, as opposed to the "being girded" sense, mainly because i'm not sure what "girded" means....

inspired in part by this thread, i've devoted more time listening to mojo and my initial enthusiasm has somewhat temepered. there's a distinct, 70s fleetwood mac vibe to these proceedings, which is not necessarily a bad thing. however, the record is, in the end, decidedly schizophrenic--really cool, hard edged rockers are offset by the underdriven, mostly forgettable ballady stuff. plus "pirates cove" should never have entered the canon of such a fine band. nonetheless, i reiterate that mike campbell is a god. and i vote with those opining that the recording quality is superb--if nothing else, the record sounds damn good.