The Tea Party is the eponymous debut album of Canadian rock group The Tea Party

The Tea Party

The Tea Party is a Canadian rock band with blues, progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences, dubbed "Moroccan roll" by the media. Active throughout the 1990s up until 2005 when the band broke up, The Tea Party released eight albums on EMI Music Canada, selling 1.6 million records...

. The album was originally recorded as a demo

Demo (music)

A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...

 which the band submitted to several record companies, however the trio was not signed to any recording contract and decided to release the album independently. The album production is relatively lo-fi, and the band re-recorded several of the songs for their major label follow-up Splendor Solis

Splendor Solis (album)

Splendor Solis is The Tea Party's second album, and their first release on EMI Music Canada. The overall tone of the album is very organic and natural, with many songs featuring 6 and 12 string guitar acoustic guitars, and very little in terms of electronic effects or production techniques.The...

. Only 3500 copies of the album were made, some of which were cassettes, making the recording collectible

Collectible

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 to fans.

Track listing

1. "Let Me Show You the Door" – 3:22
2. "Midsummer Day
   Midsummer Day (song)
   "Midsummer Day" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tea Party. It was released as a promotional single in Canada....
   
   " – 5:48
3. "Little Miss Heaven" – 3:18
4. "Winter Solstice" – 2:48
5. "Save Me
   Save Me (The Tea Party song)
   "Save Me" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tea Party. It was released as a promotional single in Canada. The music video was shot in Toronto, directed by Floria Sigismondi....
   
   " – 8:18
6. "Sun Is Going down" – 5:17
7. "Watching What the Rain Blows in" – 5:45
8. "Fallen Angel" – 4:52
9. "Dreams of Reason" – 7:40
10. "Goodman Rag" – 3:57
11. "All My Charms" – 5:50
12. "Baby What You Trying to Do" – 5:56

Singles

No singles were released from this recording although a video was filmed for "Let Me Show You the Door".

The Tea Party

• Jeff Burrows - drums and percussion
• Stuart Chatwood - bass guitars, executive producer
• Jeff Martin - guitars, vocals, producer

Others

• Jeff Robillard - art direction
• Michael Green - cover art