![Tesla’s third album, Psychotic Supper, the band’s third studio album, is being reissued for the first time as a two-LP issue vinyl. This album was the follow-up to the live Five Man Acoustical Jam, […]](http://www.obsessed-with-music.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-11.51.38-AM-603x250.png "Classic Tesla Album Sees New Vinyl Release")
Tesla’s third album, Psychotic Supper, the band’s third studio album, is being reissued for the first time as a two-LP issue vinyl.
This album was the follow-up to the live Five Man Acoustical Jam, peaking at #13 on the Billboard 200, featuring an aggressive change in direction from the previous disc, landing five songs on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, including “What You Give,” which went to #7 and cracked the Billboard Hot 100 at #86. Other songs include “Edison’s Medicine,” which spotlights how its subject received credit for harnessing electricity over the band’s own namesake, Nikola Tesla, which climbed to #20 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks, along with “Call It What You Want” (#19), “Song & Emotion” (#13) and “Stir It Up” (#35). The album was eventually certified platinum in 1993 by the RIAA, and was included in German magazine Rock Hard’s book of “The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.” The band themselves have been quoted as considering Psychotic Supper their best record.
On Psychotic Supper, the band largely eschewed the previous live album’s acoustic bent and let loose with a stripped-down production that enhanced the band’s bluesy take on rock and roll. “Edison’s Medicine” is highlighted by Jeff Keith’s frenetic, yet soulful vocals and some scorching guitar solos by Tommy Skeoch and Frank Hannon. Skeoch also rocks out on theremin, while Hannon straps on a bass for a memorable solo.
Tesla was formed in Sacramento, CA in late 1981 by bassist Brian Wheat and Frank Hannon, with lead vocalist Jeff Keith, drummer Troy Luccketta and guitarist Tommy Skeoch joining them by 1984, settling on the name Tesla two years later.
Track listing:
SIDE 1
1. Change in the Weather
2. Edison’s Medicine
3. Don’t De-Rock Me
SIDE 2
1. Call It What You Want
2. Song & Emotion
3. Time
4. Government Personnel
SIDE 3
1. Freedom Slaves
2. Had Enough
3. What You Give
SIDE 4
1. Stir It Up
2. Can’t Stop
3. Toke About It
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