Released June 8, 1999 Release date 8 June 1999 | Length 51:25 Artist The Tea Party | |
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Recorded October 10, 1998 – March 3, 1999, at Alkemical Studios, Montreal, Studio Morin Heights, Morin-Heights, Quebec, and Metalworks Studios, Mississauga, ON Nominations Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year Similar The Tea Party albums, Rock music albums |
The tea party triptych full album
Triptych (1999) is The Tea Party's fifth album. It has 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.
Contents
- The tea party triptych full album
- Reception
- Track listing
- Special Tour Edition 2000 Bonus Disc
- Singles
- Personnel
- String quartet
- Songs
- References
Triptych showed a band with a new confidence in songwriting. After the gloom of Transmission, which relied heavily on sampling and electronica, for Triptych the band wrote with both melody and content, while using electronica subtlety. This is evidenced by the Juno Award nominated single "Heaven Coming Down", the band's first number one single in Canada. The album itself reached #4 on the Canadian album chart, and received a Juno nomination for "Best Rock Album", before achieving double platinum sales in Canada.
In June 2000, the EMI labels in Europe released Triptych Special Tour Edition 2000, which included a bonus disc of eight unreleased songs.
Reception
In 2005, Triptych was ranked number 435 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.
Track listing
The unlisted 13th track is the sound of a clock chiming.
Special Tour Edition 2000 Bonus Disc
- "Psychopomp" (live) - 5:10
- "The River" (live) - 5:11
- "Save Me" (live) - 8:23
- "Lifeline" - 4:37
- "A Woman Like You" (Bert Jansch) - 3:46
- "Temptation" (Rhys Fulber remix) - 5:50
- "Sister Awake" (live) - 5:35
- "Waiting for a Sign" - 4:19
Singles
Personnel
String quartet
Songs
1Touch3:57
2Underground3:41
3Great Big Lie3:50