Released December 12, 2000 Length 67:09 Artist The Tea Party Genre Rock music | Recorded 1993 - 2000 Label EMI Music Canada Release date 12 December 2000 Producers Jeff Martin, Ed Stasium | |
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Tangents The Tea Party Collection
(2000) The Interzone Mantras
(2001) Awards Juno Award for Recording Package of the Year Similar The Tea Party albums, Rock music albums | ||
Tangents is a greatest hits collection from Canadian band The Tea Party, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music).
Contents
Tangents includes singles from Splendor Solis (1993), The Edges of Twilight (1995), Transmission (1997) and Triptych (1999), together with the single "Walking Wounded", B-sides recorded during the Triptych sessions and a cover of The Rolling Stones' "Paint It, Black". The album reached platinum status within a few months of its release.
The DVD compilation Illuminations was released in 2001 to complement Tangents.
Stuart Chatwood (Creative Director), Antoine Moonen (Graphic Artist), James St. Laurent/Margaret Malandruccolo/Nick Sarros (Photographers) won the 2001 Juno Award for "Best Artwork".
Tangents debuted at #10 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 14,780 copies in its first week.
Track listing
- "Walking Wounded" – 4:37
- "Temptation" (Transmission) – 3:25
- "The Messenger" (Daniel Lanois cover) (Triptych) – 3:31
- "Psychopomp" (Transmission) – 5:15
- "Sister Awake" (The Edges of Twilight) – 5:43
- "The Bazaar" (The Edges of Twilight) – 3:42
- "Save Me" (remix) (Splendor Solis) – 6:36
- "Fire in the Head" (The Edges of Twilight) – 5:06
- "Release" (Transmission) – 4:04
- "Heaven Coming Down" (Triptych) – 4:01
- "The River" (remix) – 5:43 (Splendor Solis)
- "Babylon" (Transmission) – 2:49
- "Waiting on a Sign" – 4:21
- "Lifeline" – 4:37
- "Paint It Black" (The Rolling Stones cover) – 3:34
Singles
Special thanks
Songs
1Walking Wounded4:38
2Temptation3:25
3The Messenger3:32