Transmission (album)
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| Transmission | ||
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| Studio album by The Tea Party | ||
| Released | June 1997 | |
| Recorded | Alkemical Studios (Montreal), NRG Studios (Los Angeles), Studio Morin Heights (Morin Heights) | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 49:34 | |
| Label | EMI (Canada) Atlantic (U.S.) |
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| Producer(s) | Jeff Martin | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| The Tea Party chronology | ||
| Alhambra (1996) |
Transmission (1997) |
Triptych (1999) |
Transmission (1997) is the fourth full length studio album recorded by Canadian band The Tea Party. The album sees the band expanding on the mix of classic rock, blues, and world music found in their previous albums by adding electronic instruments and recording techniques to their repertoire.
While still using several exotic instruments and maintaining the "eastern" influence in the recording, many songs also include samples, sequencers, and loops alongside the traditional acoustic instruments. The result is a harder, industrial sound, owing more to Nine Inch Nails than Led Zeppelin. The album is also the darkest release by the band, with lyrical references to the afterlife (see Psychopomp) as well as the dystopian works of Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, and Yevgeny Zamyatin.
Transmission continued to build on the momentum generated by The Edges of Twilight, reaching douple-platinum status in Canada and receiving a Juno nomination for Blockbuster Rock Album of the Year in 1998.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by The Tea Party (Martin/Burrows/Chatwood).
- "Temptation" – 3:25
- "Army Ants" – 3:33
- "Psychopomp" – 5:17
- "Gyroscope" – 2:56
- "Alarum" – 4:58
- "Release" – 4:05
- "Transmission" – 5:17
- "Babylon" – 2:50
- "Pulse" – 4:09
- "Emerald" – 4:51
- "Aftermath" – 5:43
[edit] Hidden Tracks
Transmission contains two hidden pieces of music:
- An untitled piece consisting solely of electronically processed voices and sounds is located between tracks 6 and 7, lasting approximately 15 seconds
- An instrumental piece entitled "Embryo", lasting approximately 2 minutes, can be found between tracks 8 and 9
Rather than placing the music in separate tracks on the CD, or adding the pieces at the end of the preceding songs, the two hidden instrumentals can only be accessed by listening to the entire album, or skipping to either track 7 or 9 and using the "search" function on the player to rewind the track to -0.15 and -2.00 respectively.
[edit] Singles
- "Temptation"
- "Babylon"
- "Release"
- All profits from the release of this single were donated to the White Ribbon Campaign
- "Psychopomp"
[edit] Recording Personnel
- Produced and recorded by: Jeff Martin
- Recording Assistants: Don Hachey and Lee Moro
- Recorded at: Alkemical Studios (Montreal), NRG Studios (Los Angeles), Studio Morin Heights (Morin Heights)
- Mixed by: Jeff Martin
- Tracks 2, 3, and 6 mixed Jeff Martin and Adam Kasper
- Mixed at: NRG Studios (Los Angeles), Studio Morin Heights (Morin Heights)
- Mastered by: Bob Ludwig
- Mastered at: Gateway Mastering (Portland)
- Assistants: Don Hachey, Brian Virtue, and Robert Carranza
[edit] Art Details
- Cover Painting: "The Earth We Inherit" by Stuart Chatwood
- Concept: Stuart Chatwood and James St. Laurent
- Art Design: Verve Graphic Design Consultants Inc.
