The Great Radio Controversy

The Great Radio Controversy

Infobox Album
Name = The Great Radio Controversy
Type = Studio
Artist = 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
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pau67ur0h0ja link]
Last album = "Mechanical Resonance" (1986)
This album = "The Great Radio Controversy" (1989)
Next album = "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 (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.

Track listing

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

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

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Singles and Album Tracks


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