Artist · chart history
The Tea Party
Band Windsor Canada Formed 1990
The Tea Party formed in 1990 in Windsor, Canada. The Tea Party has 41 chart appearances on 20 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 1994–2010. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Temptation”, which appears on 7 lists with a best position of #44. The station that charted The Tea Party most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 16 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2004.
The Tea Party came out of Windsor, Canada, in 1990, a trio of Jeff Martin, Jeff Burrows and Stuart Chatwood, who covers bass and keyboards, and from the start they aimed a long way past the three-chord bar. The self-titled debut arrived in 1991, then Splendor Solis in 1993 and The Edges of Twilight in 1995, each broodier and more ornate than the last, prog ambition hauled through the murk on songs like "Fire in the Head" and "Sister Awake". Transmission in 1997 went darker and harder with "Temptation", and TRIPtych in 1999 brought "Heaven Coming Down" and "The Messenger".
The Interzone Mantras in 2001 and Seven Circles in 2004 closed out the first run, and in November 2002 they took a decade of songs across Canada with symphony orchestras behind them. Canada kept them busy: 21 tours of the country, 12 more of Australia, and more than 3 million records sold worldwide.
Creative differences split them in 2005, but a handful of Canadian dates in 2011 turned into a proper reunion: a double live album from the 2012 Australian tour, The Ocean at the End in 2014, and the Black River EP in 2019.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Tea Party on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Temptation | 7 | #44 | – | 1997 | |
| 2 | Heaven Coming Down | 5 | #32 | – | 1999 | |
| 3 | Save Me | 5 | #48 | – | – | |
| 4 | The River | 4 | #352 | – | – | |
| 5 | The Writing's On The Wall | 2 | #29 | – | 2004 | |
| 6 | Fire In The Head | 4 | #66 | – | 1995 | |
| 7 | Lullaby | 2 | #27 | – | 2002 | |
| 8 | Release | 1 | #158 | – | – | |
| 9 | The Bazaar | 3 | #553 | – | – | |
| 10 | Apathy | 1 | #54 | – | 2003 | |
| 11 | Walking Wounded | 1 | #30 | – | 2000 | |
| 12 | Sister Awake | 1 | #348 | – | – | |
| 13 | Stargazer | 2 | #90 | – | 2004 | |
| 14 | Babylon | 1 | #853 | – | – | |
| 15 | The Messenger | 1 | #177 | – | – | |
| 16 | A Certain Slant of Light | 1 | #98 | – | 1994 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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