TESLA: Mechanical Resonance LP + Inner Sleeve (lyrics etc.) The classic debut. Check samples + videos. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Mechanical Resonance is the debut album by the American rock band Tesla. It was released in 1986.

SAMPLES:
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Track listing:
"EZ Come EZ Go" (Frank Hannon, Jeff Keith, Troy Luccketta, Tommy Skeoch, Brian Wheat) - 3:32
"Cumin' Atcha Live" (Hannon, Keith, Wheat) - 4:25
"Gettin' Better" (Hannon, Keith) - 3:20
"2 Late 4 Love" (Hannon, Keith, Luccketta, Skeoch, Wheat) - 3:50
"Rock Me to the Top" (Keith, Skeoch)- 3:38
"We're No Good Together" (Hannon, Keith, Luccketta) - 5:15
"Modern Day Cowboy" (Hannon, Keith, Skeoch)- 5:19
"Changes" (Hannon, Keith, Luccketta, Skeoch, Wheat)- 5:02
"Little Suzi" (Jim Diamond, Tony Hymas)- 4:55
"Love Me" (Hannon, Keith, Wheat)- 4:15
"Cover Queen" (Hannon, Keith)- 4:32
"Before My Eyes" (Hannon, Keith, Luccketta, Skeoch)- 5:25

"Cumin' Atcha Live" is generally the first song played at concerts by the band. It is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
"Gettin' Better" was released as the second single from the album on February 10, 1987. The B-side was "Rock Me to the Top".
"Little Suzi" is a cover of the Ph.D. song "Little Suzi's on the Up" and was the highest charting single from the album.

Personnel:
Jeff Keith: Lead Vocal
Frank Hannon: Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Keyboards, Mandolin, Backing Vocals
Tommy Skeoch: Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Backing Vocals
Brian Wheat: Bass, Backing Vocals
Troy Lucketta: Drums, Percussion

5.0 out of 5 stars Start your TESLA collection here,
(1986) 12 tracks clocking in at just under 54 minutes. "Mechanical Resonance" absolutely rocks. No filler - one blistering song after another. The album reached #32 on the Billboard charts. Certified radio hits with "Modern Day Cowboy" and "Little Suzi". Mild successes with "Changes", "Getting' Betta" and "Cumin' Atcha Live". 4 of the 5 here (minus "Cumin Atcha Live") made it to their "Time's Makin' Changes - The Best Of Tesla" disc. 5 songs from this album made it to their "Five Man Acoustical Jam" (1990) disc. "Mechanical Res" starts off fast and stays that way through track 7... with the exception of the slow and bluesy "We're No Good Together". The last 4 songs lean toward the slower/pop side. Simply a classic rock album (5 stars).

5.0 out of 5 stars No words. Simply perfection in rock.,
I'm so excited in writing this review, more than twenty years after I did buy this album. I'm excited in writing the review for Mechanical Resonance, MECHANICAL RESONANCE, which to me is like a picture from my youth, a smell from my youth, ... it is like having again the taste of the first kiss I had in my life. MECHANICAL RESONANCE GUYS!!!!! I remember quite clearly those days, when this album came out. Instead I can't remember how many times I have listened to this one. A billion maybe! It is the soundtrack of my teen age years! This album is just one of those albums that sign a time. It is simply perfect, one note after the other, one riff after the other, one song after the other, nothing is out of place here. This album is perfection in this style. Few albums in this style we love, rock, hard rock, metal, hair metal whatever you may call this, can match this perfection. But Mechanical Resonance is up there with the best of them in the very first positions. It was a shot in the dark to me! I will never forget the first listenings! I remember quite well I immediatly thought ... Wow this is unbelievable! Mechanical Resonance, yes, is perfect. It is the "Kind of blue" of rock 'n' roll, modern hard rock I might call this. Rock with chops, more chops than the Zep or Aerosmith. It was rock 'n' roll in the era of guitar heroes when the competition in guitar was very high. The guys from Tesla won that contest through a kind of Van Halen guitar style taking back to the simple and no frills rock'n' roll. This is the album to have from those years. From any era if you want a rock album that will shake your walls and delight your ears. It will never sound dated because it is simple and sophisticated, hard and tender, anthemic and brilliant. It has that special quality of the things that you know from the very first time you listen to them, that will last. It is a perfect example of what rock should be about. No frills, great chops, great energy, simple but catchy songwriting, extremely clever arrangements, and that special sense of modernity that will never fade away in a thousand years from now. There are wonderful ballads like We're no good together, phenomenal country rock songs like Little Suzi, incredible rock anthems like Ez come Ez go, or Comin atcha live, Cover Queen. I mean. It is perfect. It is FOR SURE one of the albums I love the most FROM ANY ERA. Neither Tesla ever reached this level. Some people say The great radio controversy is better. I don't agree. "Radio" is a good album, but Mechanical Resonance is PERFECTION. Everything is perfect in this album, even the cover which exactly speaks for the music. A shot of fire, the warmth of the tubes, an electric meltdown that was going to shake the world. And it did!!!!! Lights and thunder guys, close your eyes and listen here it is one the best rock albums ever made, MECHANICAL RESONANCE!!!!!!!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock n Roll Perfection,
Yes, I was a hair metal 13-yr-old headbanger when this baby came out. But only this album makes me proud of that fact. Like anything of quality, it's stood the test of time. It sounds as relevant today as it did back then. Maybe even more so, considering their lack of popularity when this was first released.
For those of you who only know the "Love Song" or "Signs" Tesla, slap some Depends on before you listen to this album. If memory serves, this release hangs in history somewhere between '1984' and 'Appetite for Destruction'. It's the perfect spot for it. If any comparison's can be attached to Mechanical Resonance, it would be a mix between those two albums. But take that and make it harder, slicker and somehow more raw.