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Tracklist (Vinyl)
A1 | | Hang Tough | | 4:21 | A2 | | Lady Luck | | 3:39 | A3 | | Heaven's Trail (No Way Out) | | 4:41 | A4 | | Be A Man | | 4:20 | A5 | | Lazy Days, Crazy Nights | | 4:26 | A6 | | Did It For The Money | | 4:25 | A7 | | Yesterdaze Gone | | 3:43 | See more tracksB1 | | Makin' Magic | | 5:03 | B2 | | The Way It Is | | 5:14 | B3 | | Flight To Nowhere | | 4:43 | B4 | | Love Song | | 5:20 | B5 | | Paradise | | 4:59 | B6 | | Party's Over | | 4:24 |
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Review Don't let the name fool you. Tesla is a dangerous moniker for an up-and-coming band; it's the sort of name that makes you put an album back in the rack because you already have albums by Witness, Teazer, Winger, Sacrifice, Anvil, Machine, Whiplash, Ritual, Disciple and Toximia.But the fact is, Tesla has about as much in common with the ever-growing parade of one-word wonders as Tiffany does with Motörhead, and the band's second album, The Great Radio Controversy, brings that home with a resounding WHAP. The musicianship… Read More displayed on Controversy is startling in both its tastefulness and its diversity. Vocalist Jeff Keith is a rare commodity in a metal band; he possesses the sort of soulful, sandpaper-on-silk voice that seems made for whatever he's singing at the moment, be it a ballad or an exercise in balls-to-the-wall grunge. Guitarists Tommy Skeoch and Frank Hannon (so opposite in their technical approach that their guitar technician dubbed them Mess n' Finesse) create an always interesting contrast, blending razor-sharp power chords with brilliant acoustic and slide work. The songs on Controversy run the gamut from breakneck speed metal ("Yesterdaze Gone") to slow, piano-tinged R&B ("Lazy Days, Crazy Nights"), and oddly, nothing seems contrived or out of place. Controversy abounds with fast, rowdy rockers like the irresistible reverb-fueled stomp "Be a Man" but the album's high points invariably emerge during slower, more melodic numbers. On the eerily quiet "Love Song," Hannon explores classical-guitar territory with riveting aplomb; "The Way It Is," with haunting chords and soaring, intricately crafted guitar leads, has an almost Allmanesque feel. These songs aren't homogenized, hurriedly constructed power ballads. They were obviously written carefully and lovingly. The Great Radio Controversy is a shining example of what can happen when a talented band puts on blinders, ignores what everybody else is selling and forges ahead on instinct. (RS 551) KIM NEELY |
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Great Radio Controversy (1989)
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The Great Radio Controversy
Disc And Booklet Only In Plastic Wallet Us, Geffen Records, Ged24224gefd24224, 1989 |
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The Great Radio Controversy
Japanese Pressing, Promo Sample, 1989, 25p2-2490, 13-tracks, With Obi Strip -obi Is Torn 2", [hm-tana]
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The Great Radio Controversy
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