Tesla - Psychotic Supper (1991) [FLAC] {Japan UICY-94116}

Tesla's 3rd Studio Album
Charted U.S. Platinum

Tesla - Psychotic Supper (1991) [FLAC] {Japan UICY-94116}

Psychotic Supper is the third studio album from the rock band Tesla. The album was a tribute to the band's namesake Nikola Tesla, a Serbian-American inventor. The album was originally called "Man Out Of Time", but was later changed to "Psychotic Supper". The relevance of "Psychotic Supper" was a reference to Nikola's psychosis in later life, where he was obsessive about cleanliness and avoidance of food poisoning. The song "Edison's Medicine" is a documentary on the battle between Edison, who championed DC transmission and Tesla, who was in favor of AC power transmission. AC is by far the most popular today due to the ability to reduce I²R losses through voltage transformation. Nonetheless, Edison was convinced that DC was best.

Released 1991
Recorded 1991
Genre Hard rock
Length 1:07:59
Label Geffen Records

Psychotic Supper was reissued outside the US in 2000 with 3 bonus tracks

Track listing

1. Change in the Weather (Hannon, Keith, Skeoch) - 3:38
2. Man Out Of Time Edison's Medicine (Barbiero, Hannon, Keith, Skeoch, Wheat) - 4:47
3. Don't De-Rock Me (Barbiero, Skeoch) - 5:11
4. Call It What You Want (Barbiero, Keith, Wheat) - 4:29
5. Song & Emotion (Barbiero, Hannon, Keith, Skeoch) - 8:29
6. Time (Hannon, Keith) - 5:13
7. Government Personnel (Hannon) - :58
8. Freedom Slaves (Hannon, Wheat) - 6:40
9. Had Enough (Skeoch) - 4:49
10. What You Give (Hannon, Keith) - 7:15
11. Stir It Up (Keith, Skeoch) - 5:41
12. Can't Stop (Hannon, Keith, Skeoch, Wheat) - 5:27
13. Toke About It (Barbiero, Hannon) - 5:27
14. Rock the Nation (Montrose) [import version bonus track] - 3:31
15. I Ain't Superstitious (Dixon) [Import version bonus track-Original B-Side of "Love Song" single-Released in 1989] - 3:12
16. Run Run Run (Ferguson, Andes) [Import version bonus track-Original B-Side of "The Way It Is" single-Released in 1990] - 2:47

A little too edgy to be considered pop metal, Tesla were probably the least pretentious band of the genre. On Psychotic Supper, they focus on understated, bluesy hard rock, with an occasional acoustic guitar thrown in for variety. The result is well worth a listen, and this album contains some of their best material, including the anthemic "Edison's Medicine" and the no-bull "Call It What You Want." "What You Give" is a lovely, tender alternative to the syrupy power ballads that so many hard rock bands indulged in during the late '80s and early '90s. "Song & Emotion," another slow song, is a tribute to the late Steve Clark of Def Leppard. Tesla's favorite themes are evident on songs like "Change in the Weather," "Don't De-Rock Me," and "Freedom Slaves," but "Toke About It" shows that they also retained their sense of humor. --Genevieve Williams

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Tesla - Psychotic Supper (1991) [FLAC] {Japan UICY-94116}