Simplicity (Tesla album)

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Simplicity
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 6, 2014 (2014-06-06)
Genre Hard rock
Length60:30
Label Frontiers Records (Europe)
Tesla Electric Company Recording (US)
Producer Tesla, Tom Zutaut
Tesla chronology
Forever More
(2008)
Simplicity
(2014)
Shock
(2019)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Simplicity is the tenth studio album by American hard rock band Tesla. It was released on June 10, 2014 in the US and four days earlier in Europe, "Simplicity", sold around 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 24 on The Billboard 200 chart. The record arrived in stores on June 10 via Tesla Electric Company Recording's arrangement with Entertainment One Music and distribution.

Contents

Track listing

North American / European / Japanese versions

No.TitleLength
1."MP3"5:13
2."Ricochet"3:47
3."Rise and Fall"3:57
4."So Divine..."4:53
5."Cross My Heart"4:11
6."Honestly"4:13
7."Flip Side!"3:33
8."Other Than Me"3:22
9."Break of Dawn"5:04
10."Burnout to Fade"4:51
11."Life Is a River"4:56
12."Sympathy"4:04
13."Time Bomb"4:10
14."'Til That Day"4:16
Bonus tracks:
No.TitleLength
15."Burnout to Fade" (Writing Demo Version)4:29
16."Taste My Pain" (Japanese Bonus Track (original single released in 2013))4:08

Personnel

Band
Production

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [3] 182
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [4] 93
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [5] 224
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [6] 42
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [7] 37
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [8] 18
US Billboard 200 [9] 24
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [10] 2

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