Triptych (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Triptych
Type = Album
Artist = The Tea Party


Released = June 8 1999
Recorded = Oct 10, 1998 - Mar 3, 1999, Alkemical Studios, (Montreal) and Studio Morin Heights, (Morin Heights, Quebec)
Genre = Rock
Length = 51:25
Label = EMI Music Canada
Producer = Jeff Martin
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:tx0xlfke0cqy link]
Last album = "Transmission"
(1997)
This album = "Triptych"
(1999)
Next album = "Live at the Enmore Theatre"
(1999)

"Triptych" (1999) is The Tea Party's fifth album, and saw the trio blending the major influences found on their previous albums: the earthy rock of "Splendor Solis", the world music inspired arrangements of "The Edges of Twilight", and the industrial edge of "Transmission".

"Triptych" displayed a band with a new confidence in songwriting. After the gloom of "Transmission", which relied heavily on sampling and electronica, "Triptych" saw a band writing with both melody and content, whilst using electronica subtlety.Triptych overview [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:tx0xlfke0cqy All Media Guide] Accessed 19 June 2007] Evidenced by the Juno Award nominated single "Heaven Coming down", the band's first number one single in Canada. "Triptych" received a Juno nomination for "Best Rock Album", before achieving double platinum sales in Canada.

Track listing

# "Touch" – 3:57
# "Underground" – 3:41
# "Great Big Lie" – 3:50
# "Heaven Coming Down" – 4:01
# "The Halcyon Days" – 5:57
# "The Messenger" (Daniel Lanois cover) – 3:32
# "Samsara " – 3:56
# "A Slight Attack" – 3:15
# "Taking Me Away" – 5:02
# "These Living Arms" – 5:03
# "Chimera" – 4:29
# "Gone" – 3:35
# "Untitled" – 1:02

Singles

* "Heaven Coming down"
* "The Messenger"
* "Touch"
* "These Living Arms"
* "Gone"

Special Tour Edition 2000

Infobox Album |
Name = Triptych Special Tour Edition 2000
Type = Compilation album
Artist = The Tea Party


Released = June 2000
Recorded = Alkemical Studios, (Montreal) and Studio Morin Heights, (Morin Heights, Quebec)
Genre = Rock
Length = 94:09
Label = EMI Music Canada
Producer = Jeff Martin
Reviews =
Last album = "Triptych"
(1999)
This album = "Triptych Special Tour Edition 2000"
(2000)
Next album = "Live at the Enmore Theatre"
(1999)In June 2000 the EMI labels in Europe released "Triptych Special Tour Edition 2000", which included a bonus disc of eight unreleased songs.

Special Tour Edition 2000 bonus disc track listing

# "Psychopomp (live)"
# "The River (live)"
# "Save Me (live)"
# "Lifeline (unreleased)"
# "A Woman like You (unreleased)"
# "Temptation (Rhys Fulber remix)"
# "Sister Awake (live)"
# "Waiting for a Sign (unreleased)"

Credits

*Jeff Martin - production and recording
*Don Hachey - engineering
*Recorded at Alkemical Studios, (Montreal) and Studio Morin Heights, (Morin Heights, Quebec)
*Jeff Martin and Nick Blagona - mixing at Metalworks Studios, (Mississauga)
*Nick Blagona - mastering at Metalworks Mastering
*Stuart Chatwood - cover art conception
*Antonie Moonen - design
*James St Laurent - cover photography

String quartet

* "Gone"
** Ligia Paquin - viola
** François Paquin - violin
** Benoit Loiselle - cello
** Stéphanie Meyer - cello

References

External links

* [http://www.lyricscrawler.com/artist/Tea-Party.html Lyrics]