Tesla Great Radio Controversy Geffen Records GHS 24224 1989 Club Edition Metal

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Tesla – The Great Radio Controversy
Label: Geffen Records – GHS 24224 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition Country: US Released: 1989 Genre: Rock Style: Rock & Roll, Hard Rock A1 Hang Tough Written-By – Wheat*, Keith*, Skeoch* Written-By, Lead Guitar – Hannon* 4:21 A2 Lady Luck Written-By – Wheat*, Hannon*, Keith* Written-By, Lead Guitar – Skeoch* 3:39 A3 Heaven's Trail (No Way Out) Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar, Backing Vocals, Gong – Frank Hannon Written-By – Keith* Written-By, Acoustic Guitar – Skeoch* 4:41 A4 Be A Man Written-By – Keith*, Skeoch* Written-By, Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar, Backing Vocals – Hannon* 4:20 A5 Lazy Days, Crazy Nights 12-String Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano – Frank Hannon Written-By – Keith* Written-By, Lead Guitar – Skeoch* 4:26 A6 Did It For The Money Written-By – Keith*, Skeoch* Written-By, Lead Guitar – Hannon* 4:25 A7 Yesterdaze Gone Written-By – Keith* Written-By, Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals – Hannon* 3:43 B1 Makin' Magic Written-By – Wheat*, Keith* Written-By, Soloist [First] – Hannon* Written-By, Soloist [Second] – Skeoch* 5:03 B2 The Way It Is Written-By – Keith*, Skeoch*, Luccketta* Written-By, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Hannon* 5:14 B3 Flight To Nowhere Written-By – Wheat*, Keith* Written-By, Acoustic Guitar – Hannon* Written-By, Lead Guitar – Skeoch* 4:43 B4 Love Song Written-By – Keith* Written-By, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Hannon* 5:20 B5 Paradise Soloist [Jam] – Tommy Skeoch Written-By – Wheat*, Keith* Written-By, Lead Guitar, Piano, Organ, Soloist [Jam] – Hannon* 4:59 B6 Party's Over Written-By – Keith*, Skeoch* Written-By, Lead Guitar – Hannon* 4:24 Record Company – BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. – R 100839 Licensed To – BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. Manufactured For – BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – The David Geffen Company Copyright © – The David Geffen Company Recorded At – Bearsville Studios Mixed At – Mediasound Mastered At – Sterling Sound Pressed By – Cinram A&R [Coordination] – Tom Zutaut Bass [Various], Voice [Various] – Brian Wheat Drums, Percussion – Troy Luccketta Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals – Tommy Skeoch Engineer – Michael Barbiero Engineer [Assistant] – George Cowan, Vic Deyglio* Guitar – Frank Hannon Management – Q Prime Inc. Mastered By – George Marino Producer, Mixed By – Steve Thompson And Michael Barbiero* Vocals – Jeff Keith BMG Direct Marketing club edition.
The Great Radio Controversy is the second studio album by American hard rock band Tesla, released in 1989. The album's sound has been described as "glam metal to play inside the cab of a tractor-blusey denim and downright wholesome".[3]
The hit singles "Love Song", "Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)", "Hang Tough" and "The Way It Is" received considerable airplay on MTV's Headbangers Ball and rocketed the band to stardom. The album was certified double platinum by the RIAA on July 23, 1998.[1]
The album is titled after the controversy about the identity of the inventor of radio. It is posited 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.
Critical reception Kirk Blows of British newspaper Music Week gave positive a response to the album. He said that the album musical material will "satisfy even the most fastidious rock fan", and that "there's plenty of light and shade here too, all conveyed with an overwhelming air of confidence from a band set to expand on their promising base".[11]
Spin wrote, "This is hard rock's call to the Party, and it will compel anyone with a butt to wiggle and huff and leap around playing air to all eight solos."[2]
Track listing No. Title Writer(s) Length 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, Skeoch, Hannon, Troy Luccketta 5:14 10. "Flight to Nowhere" Keith, Skeoch, Hannon, Wheat 4:43 11. "Love Song" Keith, Hannon 5:20 12. "Paradise" Keith, Hannon, Wheat 4:59 13. "Party's Over" Keith, Hannon, Skeoch 4:24 Personnel Tesla Jeff Keith – vocals Tommy Skeoch – guitars, backing vocals Frank Hannon – guitars, piano, synthesizer, organ Brian Wheat – bass, backing vocals Troy Luccketta – drums Production Steve Thompson – producer, mixing at Mediasound, New York City Michael Barbiero – producer, engineer, mixing George Cowan – additional recording and assistant engineer Vic Deyglio – assistant engineer George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City Barry Diament – CD mastering at BDA, New York City