The Early Years (2005) (Sixpence None the Richer compilation album)

The Early Years is compilation album from the Christian alternative rock band Sixpence None the Richer. It was originally released on January 25, 2005 through the independent label Intersound. This collection features eleven songs taken from the band's early releases The Fatherless and the Widow, This Beautiful Mess and their EP Tickets for a Prayer Wheel. The compilation was later re-issued in 2010 as Early Favorites with an alternate album cover containing all tracks, including the full-length version of "Within a Room Somewhere" from This Beautiful Mess, replacing the radio edit of the same song. The only track left out of the 2010 release was "Dresses."

Track listing

All songs written by Matt Slocum, except where noted.

1. Healer (from Tickets for a Prayer Wheel) -3:42

2. Angeltread (from This Beautiful Mess) -3:29

3. Within a Room Somewhere (radio edit) (from Tickets for a Prayer Wheel) -4:03

4. The Fatherless and the Widow (from The Fatherless and the Widow) -4:45

5. Trust (from The Fatherless and the Widow) -3:26

6. Field of Flowers (from The Fatherless and the Widow) -2:38

7. Bleeding (from This Beautiful Mess) -5:05

8. Love, Salvation, The Fear of Death (Matt Slocum, James Arhelger) (from This

Beautiful Mess) -3:52

9. Spotlight (T.J. Behling) (from The Fatherless and the Widow) -3:52

10. Dresses (from Tickets for a Prayer Wheel) -3:35

11. I Can't Explain (from This Beautiful Mess) -3:26

All songs produced by Armand John Petri.

Personnel

Sixpence None the Richer:

Leigh Nash -vocals

Matt Slocum -guitar, cello, bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals on 9

additional musicians:

Tess Wiley -guitar, vocals (tracks 1 -3, 7, 8, 10 and 11)

J.J. Plasencio -bass guitar (tracks 1 -3, 7, 8, 10 and 11)

Dale Baker -drums (tracks 1 -3, 7, 8, 10 and 11)

Chris Dodds -drums (tracks 4 -6 and 9)

Armand John Petri -percussion (tracks 4 -6 and 9)

Previous release: The Best of Sixpence None the Richer (2004) (compilation

album) 

Next release: My Dear Machine (EP) (2008)