The Edges of Twilight

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The Edges of Twilight
Studio album by The Tea Party
Released	March 23, 1995 (Canada)
Recorded	A&M Studios (Los Angeles)
Genre	Rock
Length	67:21
Label	EMI Music Canada Chrysalis Records
Producer	Jeff Martin and Ed Stasium
Professional reviews
Q June 1995 (Pg. 128) All Music Guide link
The Tea Party chronology
Splendor Solis (1993) The Edges of Twilight (1995) Alhambra (1996) Singles from The Edges of Twilight "Fire in the Head" Released: 1995 "The Bazaar" Released: 1995 "Shadows on the Mountainside" Released: 1995 "Sister Awake" Released: 1996

The Edges of Twilight (1995) is the third album by The Tea Party. The album features many instruments from around the world, giving various songs a strong world music flavour in addition to the rock/blues influences evident in the band's earlier releases. Jeff Burrows explained that "basically we wanted to expand upon the initial idea that we tried on Splendor Solis, which was trying to incorporate different styles of world music into our music. So with this album we became more familiar with many more instruments. In our minds we were trying to do for a rock album what Peter Gabriel does to pop by infusing various cultures, percussion and exotic sounds into it."^[1]

The Edges of Twilight helped propel the band into mainstream success in their native Canada, where it reached double platinum status and earned the band several Juno nominations, including "Best Rock Album" and "Group of the Year".

The title of the album is taken from a chapter of the book Fire in the Head, by American author Tom Cowan, which also inspired the name of the first track on the album.

The album also includes a hidden song which features a spoken word performance by folk legend Roy Harper, who is a friend of the band.

Featured on the cover is a statue by William Wetmore Story called Angel of Grief.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Credits 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Fire in the Head" – 5:06
2. "The Bazaar" – 3:42
3. "Correspondences" – 7:28
4. "The Badger" – 3:58
5. "Silence" – 2:51
6. "Sister Awake" – 5:43
7. "Turn the Lamp down Low" – 5:16
8. "Shadows on the Mountainside" – 3:39
9. "Drawing down the Moon" – 5:26
10. "Inanna" – 3:48
11. "Coming Home" – 5:53
12. "Walk with Me" – 14:20 (includes a spoken word piece by Roy Harper)

[edit] Credits

• Jeff Burrows - drums and percussion
• Stuart Chatwood - bass guitars
• Jeff Martin - guitars, vocals, production at A&M Studios (Los Angeles)
• Roy Harper - spoken word
• Ed Stasium - recording, production and mixing
• Paul Hamington - engineering
• Dave Collins - mastering at A&M Mastering (Los Angeles)
• Patrick Duffy - art direction and design
• Michael White - management

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Lyrics

v • d • e The Tea Party Jeff Burrows | Stuart Chatwood | Jeff Martin 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)