18 Candles: The Early Years

18 Candles: The Early Years is the first compilation album by the Canadian post-hardcore band 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]

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
Discovering the Waterfront (2005) 18 Candles: The Early Years (2006) Arrivals & Departures (2007)

Track listing

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

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

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