Portrait of Their Best [Import]

Product Description
Japanese edition of collection with the best of the hit contemporary Christian rock group's recordings prior to their breakthrough with the smash 'Kiss Me'. Contains tracks from their first two albums, 1994's 'Fatherless & The Widow' and 1995's 'Beautiful Mess', plus material from their 1996 EP 'Tickets For A Prayer Wheel'. The Japanese edition includes two hidden bonus tracks , 'The Garden' & 'Trust'. 1999 release.

Portrait of Their Best,Sixpence None the Richer,Jvc Victor,Pop,Rock/Pop

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Collage: A Portrait of Their Best Sixpence None the Richer Manufacturer: Jvc Victor ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Alternative | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00003IQRB Release Date: 1999-10-21

Tracks:

1. Angelthread
2. Field of Flowers
3. Healer
4. Love, Salvation, the Fear of Death
5. Fatherless and the Widow
6. Within a Room Somewhere
7. Thought Menagerie
8. Love Letters in the Sand
9. Spotlight
10. Dresses
11. Bleeding
12. I Can't Explain
13. You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
14. Love, Salvation, The Fear Of Death (Remix)
15. Garden
16. Trust

Album Description

Japanese edition of collection with the best of the hit contemporary Christian rock group's recordings prior to their breakthrough with the smash 'Kiss Me'. Contains tracks from their first two albums, 1994's 'Fatherless & The Widow' and 1995's 'Beautiful Mess', plus material from their 1996 EP 'Tickets For A Prayer Wheel'. The Japanese edition includes two hidden bonus tracks , 'The Garden' & 'Trust'. 1999 release.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks: Garden, and Trust.

Average customer rating: A bit of background... Not a Pretty Picture Not For Me Collage A Poor Sampling Of Indie Sixpence Finally

Collage: A Portrait of Their Best Sixpence None the Richer Manufacturer: Flying Tart ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Alternative | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative | Christian & Gospel | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Divine Discontent Sixpence None The Richer This Beautiful Mess Tickets for a Prayer Wheel The Fatherless And The Widow ASIN: B00000J7O4 Release Date: 1999-04-13

Tracks:

1. Angelthread
2. Field Of Flowers
3. Healer
4. Love, Salvation, The Fear Of Death
5. The Fatherless & The Widow
6. Within A Room Somewhere
7. Thought Menagerie
8. Love Letters In The Sand
9. Spotlight
10. Dresses
11. Bleeding
12. I Can't Explain
13. You're A Mean One, Mr. Grineh
14. Love, Salvation, The Fear Of Death (Remix)
15. Bonus Track

Customer Reviews:

A bit of background..........2003-01-11

Quite a few fans have posted negative reviews of this compilation, and they're right. Although a number of Sixpence's stellar tracks made it onto the disc, it's mostly a tired collection of stuff-found-on-old-comps.

R.E.X. records, Sixpence's former label, kept the band in hellish limbo for three years after a nasty bankruptcy. Unable to escape their contract, but lacking the funds to produce or market a new CD, Sixpence languished for years between This Beautiful Mess and their self-titled release. Veteran artist Steve Taylor eventually bought their contract from REX's husk, fronted the money to record their self-titled release, and helped produce the CD.

Of course, REX still owns the rights to Sixpence's older songs -- and when they jumped into the national spotlight with Kiss Me, REX decided to cash in. A quick compilation of older (Owned-by-REX) songs was thrown together and marketed as 'Collage,' hoping to snag new fans looking for older material. They even misspelled the title of the band's earlier single, Angeltread, on the track listing. Sigh.

If you like Sixpence, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of This Beautiful Mess. Collage is nothing more than a sad attempt to cash in.

Not a Pretty Picture.......2000-11-24

Like many, I bought the eponymous album for "Kiss Me". That album was very different to the taster track, yet well worth coming back to.

This, on the other hand, is dreadful. There are a few good songs in there, but in the context of the others there it is just tiring to listen to virtually anything. The recordings are not top notch, and the sound quality varies noticably between tracks. This is what mastering houses were made for.

Nothing sounds like "Kiss Me", and nothing matches the quality of the album it comes from.

Highlight: "Love Salvation and the Fear of Death (REMIX)"

Lowlight: The Album

DISSAPPOINTING. AVOID.

Not For Me.......2000-08-24

This collection does not appeal to me. I don't like the shrill shrieking on some of the tunes. This is just not for me.

Collage A Poor Sampling Of Indie Sixpence.......2000-07-19

It is much more advisable for new Sixpence listners to buy Sixpence's first two albums, THIS BEAUTIFUL MESS and THE FATHERLESS AND THE WIDOW than this hastily thrown together collection. Missing from this "portrait" are Sixpence classics like "Trust" and "Meaningless," a song the band still plays live at epic length. The artwork is second-rate and goes against the artistic nature of a band. Avoid COLLAGE unless you just can't afford both of Sixpence's early CD's. One positive thing I will mention about COLLAGE is that whoever selected the tracks for the album (and it was not the band) had the forsight to pick the best songs from the TICKETS FOR A PRAYER WHEEL EP It is still unforgivable that the same care was not taken in selecting LP tracks. It sounds as if the compilers of the album tried to find as many "Kiss Me" clones as they could in Sixpence's back catalog.

Finally.......2000-02-28

Thank you Sixpence. Great music! Especially for my two daughters. It's good to know that good musicians with good hearts are on the air waves. Our culture needs more and more of you, and I will continue to pray for that. Well done!

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