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| | Five Man Acoustical Jam | | | Music Artist : | | Tesla | | Music Style : | | Glam | | Record Label : | | Geffen Records | | Release Date : | | 1990-12-08 | | Store Price : | | $13.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $13.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Comin' Atcha Live/Truckin'
2. Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)
3. Way It Is
4. We Can Work It Out
5. Signs
6. Gettin' Better
7. Before My Eyes
8. Paradise
9. Lodi
10. Mother's Little Helper
11. Modern Day Cowboy
12. Love Song
13. Tommy's Down Home
14. Down Fo' Boogie
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Unfortunate Trend Setter
Submitted on: 2009-06-24 |
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| Why do bands fool themselves into thinking that they have to "unplug" and "go acoustic" in order to have any credibility? Ugh! I really despise the whole "unplugged" fad. Why is it necessary to take a totally awesome, totally rockin' band, and make them sit down and pluck away as if they are frustrated folk singers? This makes no sense to me at all. I love Tesla, but this album I see as an abomination. That MTV jumped on the bandwagon just shows how shallow and devoid of any originality the modern music industry really has become. These "acoustic" versions add nothing to the original songs, and it's just a cheap and lazy way to put out more product for easily satisfied and non-discriminating consumers. You want my respect? Let's see Joan Baez plug into a screaming Marshall stack and ride the lightning. If she can. |
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 I was very disappointed
Submitted on: 2008-03-01 |
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| The whole reason i bought this cd was to be able to listen to it in my car. However, it will not play at all in the car. Lower quality cd's and cd's that are made at home quality will not play on my cd player, so I thought by ordering them on Amazon I would get new cd's that were good quality. |
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 4.5
Submitted on: 2006-09-12 |
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| I really love this cd. A first of its kind (now everyone has done an acoustic cd). They proved to be much more than anything in their league in the late 80's with this cd. Great ambiance and a really full sound. excellent for background music while having some beers with friends. Something everyone can enjoy. Classic. |
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 highly enjoyable
Submitted on: 2006-09-10 |
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I am not a big Tesla fan but this is a great album. I think what hurt them is that they were categorized with the all the goofy hair metal bands but they were more in the vein of your classic 70's style rock and roll band. This live album, along with the accoustic format, helped to distinguish Tesla from the hair metal bands of the era.
Tesla did not do much after this cd so this acts as an excellent greatest hits compilation as well.
Besides their own work, the covers are good and interesting selections. They do not just play "Truckin", rather they segue into it. "Lodi" is done very well and then the song that essentially launched the cd, as well as the band, is "Signs". They take this marginal 60's era protest song and put their stamp of it. It still maintains a protest aura to it but the accoustic treatment makes it grittier and it rocks out harder. Tesla made the song their own!
As far as the accoustic format, the song "Love Song" showcases the musicianship of the band. I like how they could not resist plugging in for the guitar solo.
Overall, you do not have to be a fan of this band to enjoy this cd. If you like any classic rock Led Zep, CCR, Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple, Aerosmith etc. then you will like this.
Like I said, I am not a big fan but b/c of this cd, I would see them live any day! |
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IMPRESCINDIBLE
Submitted on: 2006-04-11 |
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Este es uno de esos discos que deber?an acompa?arte de por vida. Una aut?ntica maravilla. Muchos de los temas, como la preciosa "Paradise" ganan en ac?stico y el resultado es mucho mejor que en estudio. La banda al completo versionea cl?sicos de Grateful Dead, Stones, Beatles o la Creedence y los hace suyos sin problemas, rindiendo un perfecto homenaje. Muy por encima de la gran mayor?a de "unpluggeds" que desfilaron despu?s copiando esta formula.
No lo dudes, Tesla es una de esas grandes bandas capaces de facturar maravillas, y esta es su maravilla m?s grande. |
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