18 Candles: The Early Years

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18 Candles: The Early Years is the first compilation album by Silverstein, released in 2006. It compiles their first two previously released, then-out-of-print EPs Summer's Stellar Gaze (2000) and When the Shadows Beam (2002), along with some newly recorded acoustic and live material and a remix of the song "Smile in Your Sleep". By July 2006, the album had sold over 20,000 copies.

Track listing

Summer's Stellar Gaze (2000)

1. "Waiting Four Years" – 4:02
2. "Wish I Could Forget You" – 3:36
3. "Friends In Fall River" – 3:01
4. "Summer's Stellar Gaze" – 2:47
5. "My Consolation" – 4:02
6. "Forever and a Day" – 4:27

When the Shadows Beam (2002)

7. "Red Light Pledge" – 3:51
8. "Dawn of the Fall" – 4:17
9. "Wish I Could Forget You" – 3:27
10. "Bleeds No More" – 3:17
11. "Last Days of Summer" – 4:26
12. "Waiting Four Years" – 4:14

Bonus tracks (2006)

13. "My Heroine" (Acoustic) – 3:34
14. "Call It Karma" (Acoustic) – 4:18
15. "Discovering the Waterfront" (Live) – 4:45
16. "Defend You" (Live) – 3:34
17. "Bleeds No More" (Live ft. Wil Francis) – 4:16
18. "Smile in Your Sleep" (A Crude Mechanical Remix) – 4:35

Personnel

Silverstein

• Shane Told – Lead vocals, keyboard, bass guitar (Summer's Stellar Gaze)
• Josh Bradford – Rhythm guitar
• Neil Boshart – Lead guitar
• Billy Hamilton – Bass guitar, backing vocals
• Paul Adam Koehler – Drums, percussion, guitar
• Richard McWalter - Lead guitar (Summer's Stellar Gaze)

Production

• Engineered by Scott Komer, Justin Koop and Cameron Webb
• Produced by Shane Told, Alan Szymkowiak, Justin Koop and Cameron Webb
• Mixed by Alan Szymkowiak, Scott Komer and Cameron Webb
• Josh Bradford, Andy Owens and Kevin Kennaley - photographers

Chart positions

Charts (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	148
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums	10

External links

• 18 Candles: The Early Years at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)