This Beautiful Mess is the second album

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 by American

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 band Sixpence None the Richer

Sixpence None the Richer

Sixpence None the Richer is an American rock/pop band that formed in New Braunfels, Texas, eventually settling in Nashville, Tennessee. They are best known for their songs "Kiss Me" and "Breathe Your Name" and their covers of "Don't Dream It's Over" and "There She Goes". The name of the band is...

, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music

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). The recording was produced by Armand John Petri, who also managed the band from 1993 to 1997. This Beautiful Mess surpassed 50,000 copies sold during its first year of release and laid the foundation for Sixpence's self-titled breakout album

Sixpence None the Richer (album)

Sixpence None the Richer is the third album by American band Sixpence None the Richer, released in 1997.The album was listed at #19 in the 2001 book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music.-Track listing:...

 two years later. This Beautiful Mess won the 1996 Dove Award for "Alternative/Modern Rock Album of the Year."

Within a couple years of the album's release, two eventually significant rock bands formed under the moniker "This Beautiful Mess." The first originated in Colorado Springs, Co in 1996 and went on to become the platinum-selling act OneRepublic

OneRepublic

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. The second, formed in 1997, is the Dutch rock quintet from the Netherlands which continues making music under the same name.

"This Beautiful Mess" is also used as the title of author Rick McKinley's 2006 treatise on personal and social transformation. The book's forward was written by million-selling author Donald Miller, who is set to film the movie Blue Like Jazz with Sixpence None the Richer producer Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor

Roland Stephen Taylor , is an American Christian singer, songwriter, record producer and film director.-Early life:Taylor, the eldest of three children, was born in Brawley, California. Taylor's father, Roland Taylor, was a Baptist minister. When Taylor was six years old, the family relocated to...

 directing.

Track listing

all songs by Matt Slocum

Matt Slocum

Matt Slocum is a guitarist, cellist, pianist and composer, known for his work as the principal songwriter and lead guitarist of Sixpence None the Richer....

, except where noted

1. "Angeltread" – 3:28
2. "Love, Salvation, the Fear of Death" (James Arhelger, Slocum) – 3:51
3. "Bleeding" – 5:04
4. "Within a Room Somewhere" – 5:06
5. "Melting Alone" – 4:03
6. "Circle of Error" – 5:04
7. "The Garden" (Arhelger, Dale Baker
   Dale Baker
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   , Leigh Bingham, Slocum) – 4:03
8. "Disconnect" (Tess Wiley
   Tess Wiley
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   ) – 4:20
9. "Thought Menagerie" – 3:11
10. "Maybe Tomorrow" – 4:22
11. "Drifting" – 3:42
12. "I Can't Explain" – 3:25

Personnel

• Dale Baker - drums
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• Leigh Nash - vocals
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• J.J. Plasencio - bass
  Bass guitar
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• Matt Slocum
  Matt Slocum
  Matt Slocum is a guitarist, cellist, pianist and composer, known for his work as the principal songwriter and lead guitarist of Sixpence None the Richer....
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , cello
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• Tess Wiley
  Tess Wiley
  Tess Wiley is an American musician currently living in Germany.-Early life:Tess Wiley is the daughter of a Grammy award winning father and author/poet mother. Tess showed an interest in music and songwriting from an early age, adding Create In Me a Clean Heart and Tender Shepherd to her repertoire...
  
   - guitar, vocals

Production

• Producer: Armand John Petri
• Executive producers: Tyler Bacon, Gavin Morkel
• Engineers: Bryan Lenox, Armand John Petri
• Assistant engineers: Scott Lenox, Aaron Swihart
• Mixing: Bryan Lenox, Armand John Petri
• Mastering: Duncan Stanbury
• Digital pre-production: Jeff Spencer
• Design assistant: Jeff Spencer
• Title: Chris Taylor
• Photography: Ben Pearson