Tesla discography

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Short description|none}} {{Infobox artist discography | Artist = Tesla | Image = Tesla at the Chance cropped.jpg | Caption = | Studio = 8 | Live = 5 | Compilation = 3 | Video = 3 | Music videos = | Tribute = 2 | EP = 1 | Singles = 28 | B-sides = | Soundtrack = }} This is a complete discography of the hard rock band Tesla. They have released eight full-length studio albums, four live albums, three compilation albums, three video releases, two tribute albums, one extended play album and 23 singles.

==Albums==

===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable" |- !rowspan=2|Title !rowspan=2|Album details !colspan=7|Peak chart positions !rowspan=2|Certifications |- ! style="width:2em"|US <ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/tesla/chart-history/tlp/|title=Tesla Chart History: Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 8, 2020}}</ref> ! style="width:2em"|AUS <ref name="ARIA history pages">{{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.</ref> ! style="width:2em"|AUT ! style="width:2em"|JPN <ref name="Oricon.co.jp">{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/107052/ranking/cd_album/ |title=テスラのCDアルバムランキング、テスラのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE |publisher=Oricon.co.jp |language=ja |access-date=January 1, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Oricon>The Great Radio Controversy & Five Man Acoustical Jam {{Cite book |author= [Oricon] |title= Album Chart-Book Complete Edition 1970-2005 |year= 2006 |publisher = Oricon,ltd |page=412 |isbn= 4-87131-077-9}}</ref> ! style="width:2em"|NLD ! style="width:2em"|SWI <ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/album/Tesla/Shock-378625|title=Tesla – Shock|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref> ! style="width:2em"|UK <ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.com/notauth.html|title=everyHit.com search results|website=www.everyhit.com}}</ref><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited| location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 554}}</ref> |- | align="left"| ''Mechanical Resonance'' | * Released: December 8, 1986 * Label: Geffen * Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL | style="text-align:center;"|32 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |align="left"| * US: Platinum<ref name="riaa.com">{{cite web |title=Recording Industry Association of America |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=tesla&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section |access-date=January 15, 2024 |publisher=RIAA}}</ref> |- | align="left"| ''The Great Radio Controversy'' | * Released: February 1, 1989 * Label: Geffen * Format: CD, CS, LP, DL | style="text-align:center;"|18 | style="text-align:center;"|121 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|94 | style="text-align:center;"|91 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|34 |align="left"| {{smalldiv| * US: 2× Platinum<ref name="riaa.com"/> * CAN: Gold }} |- | align="left"| ''Psychotic Supper'' | * Released: September 10, 1991 * Label: Geffen * Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"|158 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|18 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|39 | style="text-align:center;"|44 |align="left"| {{smalldiv| * US: Platinum<ref name="riaa.com"/> * CAN: Gold }} |- | align="left"| ''Bust a Nut'' | * Released: August 23, 1994 * Label: Geffen * Formats: CD, CS, DL | style="text-align:center;"|20 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|37 | style="text-align:center;"|31 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|43 | style="text-align:center;"|51 |align="left"| * US: Gold |- | align="left"| ''Into the Now'' | * Released: March 9, 2004 * Label: Sanctuary * Formats: CD, DL | style="text-align:center;"|31 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|9 | style="text-align:center;"|— | |- | align="left"| ''Forever More'' | * Released: October 7, 2008 * Label: Ryko * Formats: CD, LP, DL | style="text-align:center;"|33 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | |- | align="left"| ''Simplicity'' | * Released: June 6, 2014 * Label: Tesla * Formats: CD, LP, DL | style="text-align:center;"|24 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | |- | align="left"| ''Shock'' | * Released: March 8, 2019 * Label: UMe * Formats: CD, LP, DL | style="text-align:center;"|21 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|34 | style="text-align:center;"|— | |}

===Acoustic albums=== {| class="wikitable" |- !rowspan=2|Year !rowspan=2|Details !colspan=1|Peak chart positions |- ! style="width:2em"|US <ref name="autogenerated1"/> |- | align="left"| ''Twisted Wires & the Acoustic Sessions'' | * Released: July 12, 2011 * Label: Tesla * Formats: CD, DL | style="text-align:center;"|97 |}

===Live albums=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Year !Title !width="45"|US <ref name=autogenerated1 /> !width="45"|AUS <ref name="ARIA history pages"/> !width="45"|JPN <ref name=Oricon /> !width="45"|UK <ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> !Certifications |- | 1990 | ''Five Man Acoustical Jam'' | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"|145 | style="text-align:center;"|65 | style="text-align:center;"|59 |align="left"| {{smalldiv| * US: Platinum<ref name="riaa.com"/> * CAN: Gold }} |- | 2001 | ''Replugged Live'' | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | |- | 2002 | ''Standing Room Only'' | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | |- | 2010 | ''Alive in Europe'' | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | |- | 2016 | ''Mechanical Resonance Live'' | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | |- | 2020 | ''Five Man London Jam (Live at Abbey Road)'' | style="text-align:center;"|129 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | |}

===Compilation albums=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Year !Title !width="45"|US <ref name=autogenerated1 /> !RIAA <ref name="riaa.com"/> |- | 1995 | ''Time's Makin' Changes – The Best of Tesla'' | style="text-align:center;"|197 | style="text-align:center;"|Platinum |- | 2001 | ''20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tesla'' | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |- | 2008 | ''Gold'' | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |}

===Tribute and cover albums=== {| class="wikitable" |- !rowspan=2|Year !rowspan=2|Details !colspan=1|Peak chart positions |- ! style="width:2em"|US <ref name="autogenerated1"/> |- |rowspan="2"|2007 | ''Real to Reel'' * Label: Ryko | style="text-align:center;"|48<ref name="billboard.com">{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=tesla|chart=Billboard 200}}</ref> |- | ''Real to Reel, Vol. 2'' * Label: Ryko | style="text-align:center;"|— |}

=== Soundtracks === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Song ! Album<ref name=Soundracks>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1659237/#Soundtrack Tesla. Soundtrack] at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 6, 2023.</ref> ! Comments |- | 1993 | "Last Action Hero" | ''Last Action Hero soundtrack'' |- |- |}

===Video albums=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Year !Title |- | 1990 | ''Tesla – Five Man Video Band'' |- | 1995 | ''Time's Makin' Changes: The Videos & More'' |- | 2008 | ''Comin' Atcha Live! 2008'' |}

==Extended plays== {| class="wikitable" |- !Year !Details |- | align="left"| ''A Peace of Time'' | * Released: November 20, 2007 * Label: Ryko * Formats: DL |}

==Singles== {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2"|Year ! rowspan="2"|Title ! colspan="3"|Chart positions ! rowspan="2" |Certifications ! rowspan="2" |Album |- !width="30"|US <ref>{{cite magazine|publisher=Eldridge Industries|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/tesla/chart-history/hsi/|title=Tesla Chart History (Hot 100)|access-date=May 30, 2017}}</ref> !width="30"|US Main. Rock <ref>{{cite magazine|publisher=Eldridge Industries|magazine=Billboard|url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/tesla/chart-history/rtt/|title=Tesla Chart History (Mainstream Rock)|access-date=May 29, 2017}}</ref> !width="30"|UK <ref>{{Cite web|title=TESLA {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26979/tesla/|access-date=June 26, 2021|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|1987 |"Modern Day Cowboy" |align=center|— |align=center|10 |align=center|— | | rowspan="3" |''Mechanical Resonance'' |- |"Little Suzi" |align=center|91 |align=center|12 |align=center|— | |- |rowspan="1"|1988 |"Gettin' Better" |align=center|— |align=center|8 |align=center|— | |- |rowspan="3"|1989 |"Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)" |align=center|— |align=center|13 |align=center|— | | rowspan="4" |''The Great Radio Controversy'' |- |"Hang Tough" |align=center|— |align=center|9 |align=center|— | |- |"Love Song" |align=center|10 |align=center|7 |align=center|140 | * RIAA: Gold<ref name="riaa.com" /> |- |rowspan="1"|1990 |"The Way It Is" |align=center|55 |align=center|13 |align=center|— | |- |rowspan="4"|1991 |"Paradise" |align=center|— |align=center|28 |align=center|— | | rowspan="2" |''Five Man Acoustical Jam'' |- |"Signs" |align=center|8 |align=center|2 |align=center|70 | |- |"Edison's Medicine" |align=center|— |align=center|20 |align=center|80 | | rowspan="5" |''Psychotic Supper'' |- |"Call It What You Want" |align=center|— |align=center|19 |align=center|— | |- |rowspan="3"|1992 |"What You Give" |align=center|86 |align=center|7 |align=center|— | |- |"Song & Emotion" |align=center|— |align=center|13 |align=center|— | |- |"Stir It Up" |align=center|— |align=center|35 |align=center|— | |- |rowspan="2"|1994 |"Mama's Fool" |align=center|— |align=center|5 |align=center|— | | rowspan="4" |''Bust a Nut'' |- |"Need Your Lovin'" |align=center|— |align=center|19 |align=center|— | |- |rowspan="3"|1995 |"A Lot to Lose" |align=center|— |align=center|35 |align=center|— | |- |"Need Your Lovin'" (re-release) |align=center|— |align=center|25 |align=center|— | |- |"Steppin' Over" |align=center|— |align=center|31 |align=center|— | |''Times Makin' Changes – The Best of Tesla'' |- |rowspan="2"|2004 |"Caught in a Dream" |align=center|— |align=center|21 |align=center|— | | rowspan="2" |''Into the Now'' |- |"Words Can't Explain" |align=center|— |align=center|35 |align=center|— | |- |2007 |"Thank You" |align=center|— |align=center|39 |align=center|— | |''Real to Reel'' |- |2008 |"I Wanna Live" |align=center|— |align=center|38 |align=center|— | |''Forever More'' |- |2013 |"Taste My Pain" |align=center|— |align=center|— |align=center|— | |Non–album single |- |2014 |"So Divine" |align=center|— |align=center|— |align=center|— | |''Simplicity'' |- |2016 |"Save That Goodness" |align=center|— |align=center|— |align=center|— | |''Mechanical Resonance Live'' |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090902141728/http://www.teslatheband.com/media/ts_media_discography.php Official discography of Tesla] * {{Discogs artist|Tesla}}

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