title: 18 Candles: The Early Years
text: # 18 Candles: The Early Years
  
  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.
  
  ## 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
  
  | Charts (2006) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | U.S. Billboard 200 | 148 |
  | U.S. Billboard Independent Albums | 10 |
  