Splendor Solis
by The Tea Party

Splendor Solis by The Tea Party
Year: 1993
Overall rank: 6,572nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 30 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1993 (112th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,057th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,572nd)

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The Tea Party bestography

Splendor Solis is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by The Tea Party on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Tea Party is The Edges Of Twilight which is ranked number 4038 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 357.

The Tea Party album bestography « Higher ranked (4,038th)
The Edges Of Twilight
This album (6,572nd)
Splendor Solis
Lower ranked (13,553rd) »
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Splendor Solis rankings

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Overall rank: 6,572nd | 1990s rank: 1,057th | 1993 rank: 112th

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74/100 (from 30 votes)
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12/07/2025 11:16 Strangel  Ratings distribution  99274/100
 
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11/19/2025 03:46 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,10933/100
 
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12/11/2024 21:21 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,91864/100
 
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01/13/2024 16:37 bonnequestion  Ratings distribution  1,62170/100

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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.

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75/100
From 12/07/2025 11:16 | #312050
Music with swagger.
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From 05/04/2023 13:03 | #296606
In my view this album is misunderstood and highly underrated - unfortunately that's the case for the band in general. This shows the beginnings of their experimentalism with the Indian and Eastern sounds, less exotic than Edges of Twilight, but for me it is so beautifully crafted, with stunning six and twelve string guitar, sublime bass playing, rock solid drumming/percussion and a very strong and cohesive mystical theme that binds it all together. The light and shade is very well balanced on this album with great songwriting structure constructed with awesome rock riffs to go with folkier elements, blending Celtic, Eastern and Indian flavours sometimes all within the one song. One is very easily reminded of Led Zep in some of these songs (and some might say The Doors), but it doesn't at all sound like an impersonation (unlike some bands that are quite obviously guilty of this) - it just draws from that realm and takes it to new places.
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80/100
From 07/23/2021 22:38 | #271886
Agree with the comment below. Very Doors-y feel with a middle eastern vibe. Great album. Many good tracks
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From 04/28/2012 17:37 | #41129
Pretty good album by this Jim Morrison obsessed lead singer 4some. Fav tracks; the river and Save me.
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