Alhambra(EP)
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| Released | March 1996 (Canada) 18 November 1996 (Australia) | |||
| Recorded | December 1994, August 1995 | |||
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 27:50 | |||
| Label | EMIMusic Canada | |||
| Producer | Jeff Martin,Ed Stasium | |||
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Alhambra(1996) is the first EP bythe Tea Partyand was used as a bridge betweenThe Edges of TwilightandTransmissionalbums. It includes four intricately re-worked acoustic songs fromThe Edges of Twilightand two others; the first a song entitled "Time" withRoy Harperon vocals, the second a remix of "Sister Awake" byRhys Fulber.
Alhambrais anEnhanced CDand includes multimedia that the band used as a way to explain themselves, inviting fans to explore the details of exotic instruments, song meanings and video and audio clips.
The first song on the EP is "The Grand Bazaar", which was recorded duringThe Edges of Twilightsessions in December 1994 atA&M StudiosinLos Angeles.The acoustic songs and "Time" were recorded in August 1995 atLe Studio(Morin Heights), with more acoustic versions of songs from these sessions appearing as B-sides ( "The River","Save Me"and"Sister Awake") on later singles and the EuropeanTriptych Special Tour Edition 2000album.[1][2][3][4]
EMI Music Canada re-issuedAlhambraon 5 March 2002 with the multimedia CD-ROM component updated to work correctly on theWindows XPOperating System.[citation needed]The EP was long out of stock in Canada.
"The Grand Bazaar", "Inanna (acoustic version)", "Silence (acoustic version)" and "Time" can be found on second disc of the 2015 deluxe edition of The Edges of Twilight. "The Grand Bazaar" is incorrectly listed as "Sarode Bazaar (previously unreleased)".
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by the Tea Party, except "Time" written by Jeff Martin and Roy Harper.
- "The Grand Bazaar" – 3:55
- "Inanna (acoustic version)" – 3:20
- "Silence (acoustic version)" – 3:57
- "Turn the Lamp Down (acoustic version)" – 4:58
- "Time" – 6:58
- "Sister Awake Remix"– 4:37[5]
Credits
[edit]- Jeff Burrows – drums and percussion
- Stuart Chatwood – bass guitars
- Jeff Martin – guitars, vocals, production at A&M Studios
- Roy Harper– vocals on "Time"
- Rhys Fulber– additional production and keyboard programming on "Sister Awake Remix"
- Susann Richter – background vocals on "Sister Awake Remix"
- Ed Stasium – recording, production and mixing
- Paul Hamington – engineering
- Simon Pressey – engineering and mixing on "Inanna" (acoustic version), "Silence" (acoustic version), "Turn the Lamp Down" (acoustic version) at Le Studio
- Greg Reely – mixing on "Sister Awake Remix" at Warehouse Studio,Vancouver
- Dave Collins – mastering at A&M Mastering (Los Angeles)
- Verve Graphic Design Consultants Inc. (Toronto) – design
- Simone Orlando– front & back cover image
- Ray Dannielsand Steve Hoffman (SRO Management) – management
References
[edit]- ^"Alhambra - EP".apple.com.Retrieved29 October2013.
- ^Sheaks, Mathias."Alhambra (1996)".theteaparty.de. Archived fromthe originalon 10 December 2013.Retrieved29 October2013.
- ^"The Tea Party - Time (ft. Roy Harper) A4=432Hz".youtube.com.Retrieved29 October2013.[dead link]
- ^"The Tea Party Biography".sing365.com. Archived fromthe originalon 2 May 2006.Retrieved29 October2013.
- ^"Tea Party, The– Alhambra".discogs.com.Retrieved29 October2013.
