Triptych (album)

Triptych
Studio album by The Tea Party
Released	June 8 1999
Recorded	Alkemical Studios, (Montreal) and Studio Morin Heights, (Morin Heights, Quebec)
Genre	Rock
Length	51:25
Label	EMI Music Canada
Producer	Jeff Martin
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Tea Party chronology
Transmission (1997) Triptych (1999) 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.^[1] 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.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Singles 3 Special Tour Edition 2000 4 Credits 4.1 String quartet 5 References 6 External links

Track listing

1. "Touch" – 3:57
2. "Underground" – 3:41
3. "Great Big Lie" – 3:50
4. "Heaven Coming down" – 4:01
5. "The Halcyon Days" – 5:57
6. "The Messenger" (Daniel Lanois cover) – 3:32
7. "Samsara " – 3:56
8. "A Slight Attack" – 3:15
9. "Taking Me Away" – 5:02
10. "These Living Arms" – 5:03
11. "Chimera" – 4:29
12. "Gone" – 3:35
13. Untitled – 1:02

Singles

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

Special Tour Edition 2000

Triptych Special Tour Edition 2000
Compilation album by 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
The Tea Party chronology
Triptych (1999) Triptych Special Tour Edition 2000 (2000) 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

1. "Psychopomp (live)"
2. "The River (live)"
3. "Save Me (live)"
4. "Lifeline (unreleased)"
5. "A Woman like You (unreleased)"
6. "Temptation (Rhys Fulber remix)"
7. "Sister Awake (live)"
8. "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

• Lyrics

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Discography
Albums: The Tea Party | Splendor Solis | The Edges of Twilight | Alhambra | Transmission | Triptych | The Interzone Mantras | Seven Circles
Live albums: Live at the Enmore Theatre
Compilations: Tangents: The Tea Party Collection
Demos: Capitol Records demo
Singles
"The River" | "Save Me" | "A Certain Slant of Light" | "In This Time" | "Midsummer Day" | "Fire in the Head" | "The Bazaar" | "Shadows on the Mountainside" | "Sister Awake" | "Sister Awake Remix" | "Temptation" | "Babylon" | "Release" | "Psychopomp" | "Gyroscope" | "Heaven Coming down" | "The Messenger" | "Touch" | "These Living Arms" | "Gone" | "Walking Wounded" | "Lullaby" | "Angels" | "Soulbreaking" | "Writing's on the Wall" | "Stargazer" | "Oceans"
DVDs
Illuminations | Live: Intimate & Interactive
Related bands
The Art Decay
Related albums and DVDs
Live in Brisbane 2006 | Live in Dublin | Live at the Enmore Theatre (DVD)