The Great Radio Controversy

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The Great Radio Controversy
Studio album by Tesla
Released	February 1, 1989
Recorded	1988 Bearsville Studios, New York, USA
Genre	Hard Rock
Length	59:18
Label	Geffen Records
Producer	Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Tesla chronology
Mechanical Resonance (1986) The Great Radio Controversy (1989) Five Man Acoustical Jam (1990)

The Great Radio Controversy is the second album by American rock band Tesla, released in 1989. Songs combine typical '80s 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.

The hit single "Love Song" got 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 (who the band is named after) is the true inventor of radio, while the Italian Guglielmo Marconi took the credit and is widely regarded with the title. The album inner sleeve recounts this story.

[edit] 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

[edit] Credits

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

• 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

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1989	The Billboard 200	18

Singles and Album Tracks

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	Hang Tough	Mainstream Rock Tracks	34
1989	Love Song	Mainstream Rock Tracks	7
1989	Love Song	Billboard Hot 100	10
1990	The Way It Is	Mainstream Rock Tracks	13
1990	The Way It Is	US Billboard Pop Singles	55
1991	Paradise	Mainstream Rock Tracks	28

v • d • e Tesla Jeff Keith • Frank Hannon • Dave Rude • Brian Wheat • Troy Luccketta Tommy Skeoch Studio albums Mechanical Resonance • The Great Radio Controversy • Psychotic Supper • Bust a Nut • Into the Now • Real to Reel •A Peace of Time Compilations Times Makin' Changes - The Best of Tesla • 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tesla • Time Machine Live albums Five Man Acoustical Jam • Replugged Live • Standing Room Only Songs "Gettin' Better" • "Love Song" • "Signs"