#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #Tesla Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy (1989) No, not the car. The second album from the band Tesla, the title refers to the disagreement about who is the true inventor of radio---"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." (Wiki) But we won't get into that, we're here for the music, and this album is full of good tunes. Reaching #18 on the US Billboard 200 album chart, #10 on the Hot 100 with the single "Love Song", and four songs on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks ("Heaven's Trail" #13, "The Way It Is" #13, "Love Song" #7, and "Hang Tough" #34) and selling over 2 million copies in the US, it would be the best-selling album of their career. And I have to slip in mention here of "The Whitest Teeth in Rock & Roll". I saw the band a few years ago and lead singer Jeff Keith blinded the audience with his pearly whites...it was as though they had an inner light making them positively glow, just unreal. lol Good stuff. Side one - 1. "Hang Tough" 2. "Lady Luck" 3. "Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)" 4. "Be a Man" 5. "Lazy Days, Crazy Nights" 6. "Did It for the Money" 7. "Yesterdaze Gone" Side two - 1. "Makin' Magic" 2. "The Way It Is" 3. "Flight to Nowhere" 4. "Love Song" 5. "Paradise" 6. "Party's Over" Heaven's Trail (No Way Out) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8QDeY-CbLo
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Very cool. Were the band inspired from the great inventor and scientist Nikola Tesla?
Tesla (the inventor and person) was robbed a lot of accolades. He needed a better PR man. Anyway, love 'Love Song' but it is 'Signs' that I like the most from this band.