''Alhambra'' (1996) is an EP by

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and was used as a bridge between ''

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'' albums. It includes four intricately re-worked acoustic songs from ''The Edges of Twilight'' and two others; the first a song entitled "Time" with Roy Harper on vocals, the second a remix of "Sister Awake" by

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. ''Alhambra'' is an

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and 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 during ''The Edges of Twilight'' sessions in December 1994 at

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. The acoustic songs and "Time" were recorded in August 1995 at

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), 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 European '' Triptych Special Tour Edition 2000'' album. EMI Music Canada re-issued ''Alhambra'' on 5 March 2002 with the multimedia CD-ROM component updated to work correctly on the

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Operating System. 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

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 ''The Edges of Twilight'' is the third album by Canadian rock band The Tea Party, released in 1995. The album features many instruments from around the world, giving various songs a strong world music flavour in addition to the rock/ blues infl ...

" – 4:37

Credits

*Jeff Burrows – drums and percussion *Stuart Chatwood – bass guitars *Jeff Martin – guitars, vocals, production at A&M Studios * Roy Harper – vocals on "Time" *

– 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,

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*Dave Collins – mastering at A&M Mastering (Los Angeles) *Verve Graphic Design Consultants Inc. (Toronto) – design * Simone Orlando – front & back cover image *

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and Steve Hoffman (SRO Management) – management

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alhambra The Tea Party albums 1996 debut EPs albums produced by Ed Stasium