Psychotic Supper

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{{Infobox album

| name = Psychotic Supper

| type = studio

| artist = Tesla

| cover = Tesla_Psychoticsupper.jpg

| alt =

| released = September 10, 1991{{Cite web|title=Gold & Platinum|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Tesla&ti=Psychotic+Supper&format=Album&type=#search_section|access-date=April 22, 2021|website=RIAA|language=en-US}}

| recorded = 1991

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{flatlist|

}}

| length = 67:59

| label = Geffen

| producer = {{flatlist|

}}

| prev_title = Five Man Acoustical Jam

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Bust a Nut

| next_year = 1994

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Psychotic Supper

| type = studio

| single1 = Edison's Medicine

| single1date = 1991

| single2 = Call It What You Want

| single2date = 1991

| single3 = What You Give

| single3date = 1992

| single4 = Song & Emotion

| single4date = 1992

| single5 = Stir It Up

| single5date = 1992

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Citation|title=Psychotic Supper - Tesla {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/psychotic-supper-mw0000269239|language=en|access-date=March 28, 2021}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2Score = C+{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,315457,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421181456/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,315457,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 21, 2009|title=Psychotic Supper Review|last=Garza|first=Janiss|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=September 13, 1991|accessdate=March 22, 2013}}

| rev3 = Rock Hard

| rev3score = 10/10{{cite web|last=Trojan|first=Frank|title=Rock Hard|url=http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=11362|work=issue 54|accessdate=May 22, 2013}}

}}

Psychotic Supper is the third studio album by American hard rock band Tesla, released in 1991. It peaked at 13 on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by RIAA on November 5, 1993.

Music

According to AllMusic, the album "mashes a few convincing pop metal hits with moderate stabs at the Black Crowes' roots rock purity".{{Citation|title=Bust a Nut - Tesla {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bust-a-nut-mw0000120261|language=en|access-date=March 28, 2021}}

Reception

The album's reception was mostly positive. Steve Huey from AllMusic gave the album three-and-a-half stars, saying it "benefits from a more stripped-down production than The Great Radio Controversy, using fewer overdubs and thereby enhancing Tesla's bluesy, acoustic-tinged rock & roll".

In 2005, Psychotic Supper was ranked number 475 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.{{cite book|title=Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten|year=2005|publisher=Rock Hard|language=de|isbn=3-89880-517-4|page=17}} The album was retrospectively called Tesla's peak by Ultimate Classic Rock writer Matt Wardlaw in 2016.{{Cite web|date=August 30, 2016|first=Matt|last=Wardlaw|title=25 Years Ago: Tesla Reach Their Peak With 'Psychotic Supper'|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tesla-psychotic-supper/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|language=en}}

Track listing

{{tracklist

| total_length = 68:01

| title1 = Change in the Weather

| writer1 = Keith, Skeoch, Hannon

| length1 = 3:38

| title2 = Edison's Medicine

| writer2 = Keith, Barbiero, Hannon, Skeoch, Wheat

| length2 = 4:47

| title3 = Don't De-Rock Me

| writer3 = Keith, Barbiero, Skeoch

| length3 = 5:11

| title4 = Call It What You Want

| writer4 = Keith, Barbiero, Wheat

| length4 = 4:29

| title5 = Song & Emotion

| writer5 = Keith, Barbiero, Hannon, Skeoch

| length5 = 8:29

| title6 = Time

| writer6 = Keith, Hannon

| length6 = 5:13

| title7 = Government Personnel

| writer7 = Keith, Hannon

| length7 = 0:58

| title8 = Freedom Slaves

| writer8 = Keith, Hannon, Skeoch, Wheat

| length8 = 6:40

| title9 = Had Enough

| writer9 = Keith, Skeoch

| length9 = 4:49

| title10 = What You Give

| writer10 = Keith, Hannon

| length10 = 7:15

| title11 = Stir It Up

| writer11 = Keith, Skeoch

| length11 = 5:41

| title12 = Can't Stop

| writer12 = Keith, Hannon, Skeoch, Wheat

| length12 = 5:27

| title13 = Toke About It

| writer13 = Keith, Barbiero, Hannon

| length13 = 5:24

}}

Personnel

Tesla

  • Jeff Keith – vocals
  • Tommy Skeoch – guitars
  • Frank Hannon – guitars, piano, synth, organ
  • Brian Wheat – bass
  • Troy Luccketta – drums

Production

  • Lee Anthony – mixing assistant
  • Michael Barbiero – arranger, composer, engineer, mixing, producer
  • George Cowan – engineer
  • Victor Deyglio – engineer
  • Lolly Grodner – mixing assistant

Art

  • Nick Egan – art direction, design
  • Michael Halsband – photography

Charts

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scope="col"| Chart (1991)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url= https://imgur.com/a/9T8tKI7| title=Tesla ARIA Chart History (albums) complete to 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date= July 26, 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

|align="center"| 158

{{album chart|Canada|32|artist=Tesla|album=Psychotic Supper |chartid=1641|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 6, 2024}}
scope="row"| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts){{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5 | language= fi}}

| align="center"| 38

scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}

|18

{{album chart|Switzerland|39|artist=Tesla|album=Psychotic Supper |rowheader=true|accessdate=June 6, 2024}}
{{album chart|UK2|44|date=19910915|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 6, 2024}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|13|artist=Tesla|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 6, 2024}}

Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Tesla|title=Psychotic Supper |award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1991|certyear=1991}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Tesla|title=Psychotic Supper|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1991|certyear=1993}}

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References

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Category:Tesla (band) albums

Category:1991 albums

Category:Geffen Records albums