Tesla decided to make a new album after saying the last one was…well the last one. Thankfully, that is not the case. Tesla’s new album is called ‘Shock’ and there has been a lot said of this new album and about how much it sounds like Def Leppard since it was produced by Phil Collen, lead guitarist of the band.
And let me tell you, they are 100% RIGHT!! It really does!! Mostly, it is from the backing vocals. On a lot of the songs, the backing vocals have been done in the same way Lep does it. In fact, all the backing singers sound exactly like Phil. Now, I am not saying sounding like Lep is a bad thing. It is, however, a little distracting and a little detracting.
From the opening track, “You Won’t Take Me Alive”, “Taste Like”, “I Want Everything” and “Afterlife” it is the classic Lep sound. They aren’t bad songs at all and they do grow on you with each listen. It is just strange. At times I feel like I am listening to a Lep album with a new lead singer.
The album is also very soft at time. It has several ballads (“We Can Rule The World”, “Love is a Fire” and “Forever Loving You”) and even a breezy little song called “California Love Song”. At times you could compare this album to Def Leppard’s X (often called the “Love” album for it’s ballad heavy track list).
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