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	Post-hardcore, emo, screamo
Length	70:29
Label	Victory
Producer	Scott Komer, Justin Koop, Cameron Webb, Shane Told.
Silverstein chronology
Discovering the Waterfront (2005) 18 Candles: The Early Years (2006) Arrivals & Departures (2007)

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.^[1]

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[2]	148
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums[3]	10

References

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.

External links

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