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The Great Radio Controversy

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Released
  
February 1, 1989

Artist
  
Tesla

Label
  
Geffen Records

Length
  
59:18

Release date
  
1 February 1989

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Recorded
  
1988 Bearsville Studios, New York, USA

The Great Radio Controversy (1989)
  
Five Man Acoustical Jam (1990)

Genres
  
Hard rock, Heavy metal, Glam metal, Blues rock, Traditional heavy metal

Producers
  
Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero

Similar
  
Mechanical Resonance, Psychotic Supper, Bust a Nut, Five Man Acoustical Jam, Into the Now

The Great Radio Controversy is the second album by American rock band Tesla, released in 1989. The songs combine 1980s metal with some blues-influenced elements, as well as the occasional love ballad. The record features many two-part counterpoints provided by guitarists Frank Hannon and Tommy Skeoch, on both electric and acoustic guitars.

Contents

The hit singles "Love Song", "Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)", "Hang Tough" and "The Way It Is" received considerable MTV airplay and rocketed the band to stardom. Many tracks on this album later received acoustic versions on their follow-up album, Five Man Acoustical Jam, a precursor of the Unplugged trend.

The album is titled after the controversy about the identity of the inventor of radio. It is posed that Serbian engineer Nikola Tesla (whom the band is named after) is the true inventor of radio, while the Italian Guglielmo Marconi took the credit and is widely regarded as having the title. The album's inner sleeve recounts this story.

The album was certified double platinum by the RIAA on July 23, 1998.

Track listing

  1. "Hang Tough" (Jeff Keith, Tommy Skeoch, Frank Hannon, Brian Wheat) – 4:21
  2. "Lady Luck" (Keith, Skeoch, Hannon, Wheat) – 3:39
  3. "Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)" (Keith, Skeoch) – 4:41
  4. "Be a Man" (Keith, Hannon, Skeoch) – 4:20
  5. "Lazy Days, Crazy Nights" (Keith, Skeoch) – 4:26
  6. "Did It for the Money" (Keith, Skeoch, Hannon) – 4:25
  7. "Yesterdaze Gone" (Keith, Hannon) – 3:43
  8. "Makin' Magic" (Keith, Skeoch, Hannon, Wheat) – 5:03
  9. "The Way It Is" (Keith, Troy Luccketta, Skeoch, Hannon) – 5:14
  10. "Flight to Nowhere" (Keith, Skeoch, Hannon, Wheat) – 4:43
  11. "Love Song" (Keith, Hannon) – 5:20
  12. "Paradise" (Keith, Wheat, Hannon) – 4:59
  13. "Party's Over" (Keith, Hannon, Skeoch) – 4:24

Personnel

Tesla

  • Jeff Keith – vocals
  • Tommy Skeoch – guitars
  • Frank Hannon – guitars, piano, organ
  • Brian Wheat – bass
  • Troy Luccketta – drums

    • Production

  • Recorded at Bearsville Studios, New York, USA
  • Produced and mixed by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero
  • Engineered by Michael Barbiero
  • Additional recording and assistant engineered by George Cowan
  • Mixed at Media Sound, New York City, USA
  • Assistant engineered by Vic Deyglio
  • Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York City, USA
  • CD mastered by Barry Diament at BDA, New York City, USA

    • Charts

    Album

    Singles and Album Tracks

    Songs

    1Hang Tough4:22
    2Lady Luck3:46
    3Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)4:44

    References

    The Great Radio Controversy Wikipedia
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