4th Top Rock Ballad of All Time
The countdown is in full swing and it keeps getting better as I get to reveal the top 4th rock ballad that exists out there now. So many great rock ballads exist out there, so picking only 10 is a hard job to do. I do think I am listing the 10 best in terms of popularity today, personal taste and just how popular they were when they first came out. So I won’t keep you in suspense any longer and let you know what the 4th best rock ballad is.
4th Best Rock Ballad
Great song!
I got to hear these guys in concert back in the early 1990’s and they put on a good show in concert. Yes, Tesla’s Love Song is the 4th top rock ballad out there. This is a great song and even today it’s consider a good song by most. Tesla has a lot of good songs, but there is no doubts that Love Song is the one that put them on the map and will make newer generations continue to know the name Tesla. I don’t think anyone could complain that this song is not worthy of a top 10 choice when deciding on the top 10 rock ballads of all time.
This song was released in 1989 and MTV didn’t waste any time getting this one on the air. It was in heavy roatation and the song rose to number 10 in the U.S. charts and was one of the biggest hits by the group Tesla. Tesla is from Sacramento, California and the video was shot in their hometown of Sacramento. If you look in the background you can see banners hanging from a local radio station there called 93 Rock. The band called their self “City Kidd”, but would later change their name before they released their first album Mechanical Resonance. The original members that made up Tesla are Jeff Keith, Frank Hannon, Tommy Skeoch, Brian Wheat and Troy Luccketta. Tesla’s music is considered heavy metal, but most will describe their songs as hard rock with a bluesy feel.
The band really put their self on the map of rockers all around when they released the album The Great Radio Controversy and it was on this album that Love Song was born and sometimes that is all it takes to put a band on the map. Just get that one hit that will be huge and the fame and fortunes that come from being in a rock band will follow. Another great album that was produced by the band was Five Man Acoustical Jam and Love Song was also on this album too. This album had several good songs, but perhaps one of the best songs on this album was Signs.
So Tesla swoops in and grabs the 4th spot on my countdown of the top 10 rock ballads of all time. I still have 3 more awesome rock ballads to put up, so don’t worry if you haven’t seen your favorite rock ballad yet, it’s possible it might just be my favorite rock ballad of all time too!
If you missed the other rock ballads I have picked out, be sure to go back and see what was the 10th, 9th, 8th, 7th, 6th and 5th best rock ballads of all time.
The countdown continues…
