Mechanical Resonance (album)

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Mechanical Resonance
Tesla Mechanicalresonance.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 8, 1986
Recorded1986
Studio Bearsville (Woodstock, New York)
Genre Hard rock
Length53:28
Label Geffen
Producer Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero
Tesla chronology
Mechanical Resonance
(1986)
The Great Radio Controversy
(1989)
Singles from Mechanical Resonance
  1. "Modern Day Cowboy"
    Released: 1986
  2. "Little Suzi"
    Released: 1987
  3. "Gettin' Better"
    Released: February 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 [2]
Metal Forces 9.3/10 [3]
Rolling Stone (mixed) [4]
Rock Hard 8/10 [5]

Mechanical Resonance is the debut studio album by the American hard rock band Tesla. It was released on December 8, 1986, by Geffen Records. [6] The album peaked at No. 32 on the Billboard 200 on April 3, 1987, [7] and was certified platinum by the RIAA on October 5, 1989. [8]

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ez Come Ez Go"Frank Hannon, Jeff Keith, Troy Luccketta, Tommy Skeoch, Brian Wheat3:33
2."Cumin' Atcha Live"Hannon, Keith, Wheat4:25
3."Gettin' Better"Hannon, Keith3:20
4."2 Late 4 Love"Keith, Skeoch, Hannon, Luccketta, Wheat3:50
5."Rock Me to the Top"Keith, Skeoch3:38
6."We're No Good Together"Hannon, Keith, Luccketta5:15
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Modern Day Cowboy"Hannon, Keith, Skeoch5:19
8."Changes"Hannon, Keith, Luccketta, Skeoch, Wheat5:02
9."Little Suzi" (Ph.D. cover) Jim Diamond, Tony Hymas 4:55
10."Love Me"Hannon, Keith, Wheat4:15
11."Cover Queen"Hannon, Keith4:32
12."Before My Eyes"Hannon, Keith, Luccketta, Skeoch5:25

Personnel

Band members
Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [11] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

PublicationCountryAccoladeRank
PopMatters US10 Essential Glam Metal Albums [12] 4
Guitar World USTop 20 Hair Metal Albums of the Eighties [13] 8
Loudwire USTop 30 Hair Metal Albums [14] 7

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