18 Candles: The Early Years

18 Candles: The Early Years
18 Candles: The Early Years
Compilation album by Silverstein
Released	May 30, 2006
Recorded	April 2000 – March 21, 2006
Genre	Emo; post-hardcore;
Length	70:29
Label	Victory
Producer	Scott Komer; Justin Koop; Cameron Webb; Shane Told;
Silverstein chronology

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 and When the Shadows Beam, 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.^[1]

Track listing[edit]

*Summer's Stellar Gaze* (2000)
No.	Title	Length
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)
No.	Title	Length
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)
No.	Title	Length
13.	"My Heroine" (acoustic version)	3:34
14.	"Call It Karma" (acoustic version)	4:18
15.	"Discovering the Waterfront" (live)	4:45
16.	"Defend You" (live)	3:34
17.	"Bleeds No More" (featuring Wil Francis of Aiden) (live)	4:16
18.	"Smile in Your Sleep" (A Crude Mechanical remix)	4:35
Total length:		70:29

Personnel[edit]

Silverstein

Shane Told – Lead vocals; bass guitar (Summer's Stellar Gaze)
Josh Bradford – Rhythm guitar
Neil Boshart – Lead guitar (When the Shadows Beam and bonus tracks)
Billy Hamilton – Bass guitar, backing vocals (When the Shadows Beam and bonus tracks)
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[edit]

Charts (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200^[2]	148
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums^[3]	10

References[edit]

^ Kohli, Rohan (July 19, 2006). "Soundscan Results: Week Ending July 16th, 2006". absolutepunk.net. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
^ "Silverstein - Chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
^ "Silverstein - Chart history (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2014.

External links[edit]

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

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[1] Kohli, Rohan (July 19, 2006). "Soundscan Results: Week Ending July 16th, 2006". absolutepunk.net. Retrieved February 12, 2016.

[2] "Silverstein - Chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2014.

[3] "Silverstein - Chart history (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2014.

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v t e Silverstein
Josh Bradford Billy Hamilton Paul Koehler Paul Marc Rousseau Shane Told Richard McWalter Neil Boshart
Studio albums	When Broken Is Easily Fixed Discovering the Waterfront Arrivals & Departures A Shipwreck in the Sand Rescue Short Songs This Is How the Wind Shifts I Am Alive in Everything I Touch Dead Reflection A Beautiful Place to Drown Misery Made Me
Compilations	18 Candles: The Early Years Redux: The First Ten Years
Live albums	Decade (Live at the El Mocambo)
Extended plays	Transitions
Related articles	Discography Victory Hopeless Rise UNFD