Transmission
by The Tea Party
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The Tea Party bestography
Transmission is ranked 3rd 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 4240 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 343.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Transmission track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Transmission rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jaymantheman | Top 34 Music Albums of 1997 | 16/34 | 3 |
| 2026 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 56 Music Albums of 1997 | 16/56 | 4 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 72 Music Albums of 1997 | 34/72 | 3 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 29 Music Albums of 1997 | 22/29 | 1 |
| 2025 | lanis | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2024 |  Arthurknight | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | Fade2Black | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 54/100 | 38 |
| 2023 |  phantom1305 | Top 80 Music Albums of the 1990s | 70/80 | 3 |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | TheDarkOrb | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 93/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 22 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 82 | |||
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Transmission ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/10/2026 11:51 | cicadelic | 14,040 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/29/2026 18:55 | BrianBoehm | 87 | 94/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 11:18 |  Strangel | 1,008 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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Transmission forum mentions
pedro1976 08/19/2026 09:23 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) dihansse 09/11/2020 20:00 in My discoveries per yearTransmission comments
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/13/2012 16:23 | #48413
Much darker than Edges of Twilight... The Tea Party had confidence, and were pushing themselves lyrically and musically to groovier, edgier, and generally darker places. It's an interesting sound - kind of a cross between Alice in Chains and Nine Inch Nails, without surpassing either. It's decent and interesting, but not the groundbreaking landmark they were hoping for.
Strangel TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/07/2025 11:17 | #312051
Temptation lifts this album. Great song. (Edited)
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