23 YEARS AGO TODAY
TESLA RELEASES "THE GREAT RADIO CONTROVERSY"!
The Great Radio Controversy was 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.
The hit singles "Love Song", "Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)", "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. RIAA certified the album 2x platinum on July 23, 1998.
Check out "The Great Radio Controversy" page for audio samples and all the classic videos!
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Ecouter l’abum chez un amy en 1988, un group incroyable, de trop sous estime.
tesla Rock toujours. long live to TESLA. JE TIRE MON CHAPEAU POUR SE GROUP. Bravo
Awesome album 16 when it came out love hang tough makin magic long live tesla
Hang Tough es un tema inolvidable. La versión acustica más reciuente es una OBRA DE ARTE.
(Hang Tough is a memorable theme. The acoustic version is a work of art.)
LADY LUCK ROCKS THE FUCKING HOUSE DOWN!
Great Great album I have listened to it 100 times. ‘Be A Man’ and ‘Lady Luck’ or two of my favs off this album