Tesla : The Great Radio Controversy (Expanded Edition)

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 The Great Radio Controversy

 is the second

 studio album 

by American 

Hard Rock Band 

Tesla

 released in 1989. 

The album's sound

 has been described as

 "glam metal 

to play inside 

the cab of a 

tractor

bluesy denim 

and 

downright wholesome".

The hit singles

 "Love Song",

 "Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)",

 "Hang Tough" 

and 

"The Way It Is"

 received considerable

 airplay on 

MTV's Headbangers Ball 

and rocketed 

the band to stardom. 

The album was

 certified 

double platinum

 by the RIAA on

 July 23, 1998.

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.

Critical Reception

Kirk Blows

 of British newspaper 

Music Week 

gave a positive response

 to the album. 

He said that the album 

musical material will

 "satisfy even the most

 fastidious rock fan", 

and that 

"there's plenty of light 

and shade here too, 

all conveyed with an 

overwhelming air of confidence

 from a band set

 to expand on

 their promising base".

Spin wrote, 

"This is hard rock's call 

to the Party, 

and it will compel 

anyone with a butt 

to wiggle 

and huff

 and leap around 

playing Air Guitar

 to all eight solos

TRACKLIST

Hang Tough

Lady Luck

Heaven's Trail 

(No Way Out)

Be a Man

Lazy Days, Crazy Nights

Did It for the Money

Yesterdaze Gone

Makin' Magic

The Way It Is

Flight to Nowhere

Love Song

Paradise

Party's Over

Heaven's Trail 

(No Way Out)

(Acoustic Live)

Paradise

(Acoustic Live)

Love Song

(Acoustic Live)

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