Virtual Best-Of: Sixpence None the Richer

[murlough23]

OK, time to pull out the big guns; I have a feeling this one could end up being a little more controversial than our other best-ofs so far.

Nominate as many Sixpence songs as you'd like (album cuts, covers, B-sides, whatever) for our best-of mix. Whoever gets the most votes after everyone appears to be done nominating will make the cut; those on the borderline will undergo an elimination round to make sure we stay with the 80-minute time limit for a CD.

I should note that only songs where the band is credited as Sixpence None the Richer qualify - Leigh Nash solo appearances do not.

DEFINITELY MAKING THE CUT

Eight votes:
1. Melody of You (4:50)

Seven votes:
2. Kiss Me (3:30)
3. Paralyzed (3:54)
4. Breathe (4:06)

Six votes:
5. Trust (Reprise) (4:02)
6. Easy to Ignore (3:52)
7. Love (3:56)
8. Still Burning (4:02)
9. Tension Is a Passing Note (3:30)

Five votes:
10. Meaningless (5:08)
11. Love, Salvation, the Fear of Death (3:51)
12. Within a Room Somewhere (5:06)
13. Anything (4:44)
14. The Waiting Room (5:15)
15. I Can't Catch You (4:12)
16. Dizzy (6:36)

Four votes:
17. Field of Flowers (2:37)
18. The Lines of My Earth (4:26)

NOT MAKING THE CUT

Four votes:
19. The Fatherless and the Widow
20. Bleeding
21. Circle of Error
22. Puedo Escribir
23. Breathe Your Name
24. I've Been Waiting
25. A Million Parachutes
26. Love Is Blindness
27. I Need Love
28. Too Far Gone

Three votes:
29. We Have Forgotten
30. Falling Leaves
31. Angeltread
32. Moving On
33. Down and Out of Time
34. Eyes Wide Open
35. Brighten My Heart
36. Northern Lights

Two votes:
37. Spotlight
38. The Garden
39. I Can't Explain
40. Tonight
41. Don't Dream It's Over
42. Waiting on the Sun
43. Dancing Queen
44. Us
45. Healer
46. Dresses

One vote:
47. An Apology
48. Melting Alone
49. Disconnect
50. Thought Menagerie
51. Drifting
52. I Won't Stay Long
53. There She Goes
54. On the Run
55. Sad But True
56. The Ground You Shook
57. Don't Pass Me By
58. Stronger
59. Carry You
60. Alisha's First Steps
61. Loser Like Me

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MY PICKS:

From The Fatherless and the Widow
Field of Flowers
Spotlight
The Fatherless and the Widow
Falling Leaves
Meaningless
Trust (Reprise)

From This Beautiful Mess
Angeltread
Love, Salvation, the Fear of Death
Bleeding
Within a Room Somewhere

From Sixpence None the Richer
Kiss Me
Easy to Ignore
Puedo Escribir
I Can't Catch You
The Lines of My Earth
Love (I actually prefer a remixed, more electric version of this song, but I forget where it's from)
Moving On

From Divine Discontent
Breathe Your Name
Don't Dream It's Over
Still Burning
Melody of You
Paralyzed
Dizzy
Tension Is a Passing Note

Non-Album Tracks
Dancing Queen (Abba cover - from Dick Soundtrack)
I Need Love (Sam Phillips cover - from Here on Earth Soundtrack)
Love Is Blindness (U2 cover - from In the Name of Love: Artists United for Africa)
Breathe (from Streams)

[danny316]

There She Goes
Carry You
Christmastime is Here
Trust
On The Run
Disconnect
I Need Love
Brighten My Heart
Bouquet
Waiting On the Sun
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
Love Letters In the Sand
There He Goes
You're A Mean One Mister Grinch
Dancing Queen
Breathe
Road to Zion
Love Is Blindness
Don't Dream It's Over

...and didn't they do that "Kiss Me" song? That was pretty.

[murlough23]

There He Goes

Is that really one of their songs? If it's just a gender-corrected "There She Goes", then I think we should just stick with the better-known version.

...and didn't they do that "Kiss Me" song? That was pretty.

I'll take that as a vote unless you're just being cheeky.

I'm actually surprised that a vast majority of your picks are non-album tracks, and that the track which "Unfound Bloom" was named for didn't make your list. But hey, it's your list.

[danny316]

Is that really one of their songs? If it's just a gender-corrected "There She Goes", then I think we should just stick with the better-known version.

Yeah. They played it live a few times.

This was a joke...I'll post some real picks later. This was just tooo easy though. See, that's a list of songs that they didn't really write, and then a nod to "Kiss Me". I suppose I should have mentioned "Puedo Escriber" too, but that one's actually one of their better songs -  so it might seem like I wasn't kidding if I mentioned it.

[murlough23]

[danny316]

Yes, I can use straws quite easily. I'm not the one here with the broken bullshit detector. I mean, c'mon, a near-complete list of covers and you didn't even notice?

[danny316]

OK, a quick query of my still-in-progress all-time-favorite-songs-list turned up the following Sixpence entries:

Within A Room Somewhere
Love
Love Salvation The Fear of Death
Melody of You
Puedo Escriber
Paralyzed
I Can't Explain
Still Burning
Bleeding
Kiss Me
The Lines Of My Earth
Drifting
Easy to Ignore
The Garden
Angeltread
The Waiting Room
Circle of Error
Down and Out of Time
Moving On
Disconnect
Tension Is A Passing Note
Anything

Those 22 are a good start, but I never factored in any compilations here, or anything from their first album ("Meaningless" also will be on my final list, which I'll probably put in a later edit of this post). I'm assuming for practical reasons that we should leave out their Christmas tunes, even though they are gems?

EDIT: How long do I have to set my list in stone?

[murlough23]

EDIT: How long do I have to set my list in stone?

I'll check again tomorrow morning and see if you've changed it, and if anyone else has voted, and tally whatever's there. If you change/add anything, just make sure you let me know.

[Brenden]

From The Fatherless and the Widow
Field of Flowers
Spotlight
The Fatherless and the Widow
Falling Leaves
Meaningless
Trust (Reprise)

From This Beautiful Mess
Circle of Error
Love, Salvation, the Fear of Death


From Sixpence None the Richer
Kiss Me
Easy to Ignore
Puedo Escribir
I Can't Catch You
The Lines of My Earth
Anything

From Divine Discontent
Down And Out Of Time
Still Burning
Melody of You
Paralyzed
Dizzy
Tension Is a Passing Note

Non-Album Tracks
Dancing Queen (Abba cover - from Dick Soundtrack)
I Need Love (Sam Phillips cover - from Here on Earth Soundtrack)
Love Is Blindness (U2 cover - from In the Name of Love: Artists United for Africa)
Breathe (from Streams)
On The Run (Jeff Lynne cover)
Northern Lights
Sad But True

[plvarona]

I'm primarily familiar with Sixpence's music from their self-titled on.  Based on what I know, here are my votes:

From This Beautiful Mess:
Within a Room Somewhere (One of their few older songs I know)

From self-titled:
I Can't Catch You
Anything
The Waiting Room
Moving On
Love
Easy to Ignore

From Divine Discontent:
Melody of You
Paralyzed
Still Burning
Dizzy
Breathe Your Name
I've Been Waiting
Tension is a Passing Note
Eyes Wide Open
Tonight

Non-Album Tracks:
Brighten My Heart
Breathe
Love is Blindness
The Ground You Shook

[danny316]

Divine Discontent
Melody of You
Down and Out of Time
Still Burning
Paralyzed
I've Been Waiting
Dizzy
Tension Is A Passing Note
A Million Parachutes

Divine Discontent Sessions
Too Far Gone
Northern Lights
Don't Pass Me By (I am pubbing this since it is not hosted elsewhere)

Live Rarities
(never did get to hear "Montiero"...)
Stronger

Covers
I Need Love
Carry You
Love is Blindness

Sixpence None the Richer
Anything
The Waiting Room
Kiss Me
Easy to Ignore
Puedo Escriber
I Can't Catch You
The Lines Of My Earth
Love (I prefer the radio single edit (it's the album cut without the fade) - which I'm guessing no one else here has)
Moving On

Tickets For A Prayer Wheel
Within A Room Somewhere (demo version)
Healer
Dresses
Alisha's First Steps

This Beautiful Mess
Angeltread
Love Salvation The Fear of Death
Bleeding
Within A Room Somewhere (but preferably NOT this version of it - I prefer the demo cut from Tickets For A Prayer Wheel)
Circle of Error
The Garden
Disconnect
Drifting
I Can't Explain

The Fatherless and the Widow
Trust (Reprise)
The Fatherless and the Widow
Meaningless
Falling Leaves

I think I'm good with this list. 40 songs, and I'm still skipping some good ones...

[ajyouthguy]

The Fatherless and the Widow
Trust
Field of Flowers
Meaningless

Angeltread
Love, Salvation and the Fear of Death
Within a Room Somewhere
Thought Menagerie
I Can't Explain
Bleeding
Circle of Error

We Have Forgotten
The Waiting Room
Kiss Me
Love

Breathe Your Name
Paralyzed
Melody of You
Tension is a Passing Note
Waiting on the Sun

Loser Like Me
Us
Too Far Gone
Breathe
Brighten My Heart

[murlough23]

Just a note - for songs where moer than one version has been voted for (Trust, Love, Within a Room Somewhere, etc.), if any of them make the cut, we'll vote on versions later. I'll just count them together for now so that different versions of a song don't split the votes for that song.

NP: "Puncture Repair", Elbow

[MJanke]

Breathe Your Name
Tonight
Don't Dream It's Over
Waiting For the Sun
Still Burning
Melody of You
Paralyzed
I've Been Waiting
Eyes Wide Open
Dizzy
Tension Is A Passing Note
A Million Parachutes

Breathe (Streams)
Brighten My Heart
Kiss Me
Us
Too Far Gone
I Need Love

[murlough23]

Breathe Your Name
Tonight
Don't Dream It's Over
Waiting For the Sun
Still Burning
Melody of You
Paralyzed
I've Been Waiting
Eyes Wide Open
Dizzy
Tension Is A Passing Note
A Million Parachutes

Wow. I know Divine Discontent was awesome, but Jeez Louise, have you even listened to any of their other albums? (I'm not annoyed, nor am I dissing your votes... I'm just lightly teasing.)

[enemy anemone]

sorry it's taken me so long to post, esp. since I had voted for Sixpence to be the next Virtual Best-Of. I've been (and still am) out of town. anyway, here's my list.

We Have Forgotten
Anything
The Waiting Room
Kiss Me
Easy To Ignore
I Can't Catch You
I Won't Stay Long
Love
There She Goes
Melody Of You
Paralyzed
A Million Parachutes
Too Far Gone
Breathe
Trust

[murlough23]

We Have Forgotten
Anything
The Waiting Room

The number of votes that these songs are getting presents an interesting conundrum, because the three are inextricably linked, and "We Have Forgotten" seems to be lagging behind a bit. If only one or two from the "trilogy" make the cut, should we presents the song(s) as is, or include the whole trilogy?

[Tom]

Field of Flowers
Trust
Meaningless
An Apology
Love, Salvation & the Fear of Death
Bleeding
Within A Room Somewhere
Melting Alone
Circle of Error
The Garden
We Have Forgotten
Anything
The Waiting Room
Kiss Me
Easy To Ignore
Puedo Escribir
The Lines of My Earth
Love
Down And Out of Time
Still Burning
Melody of You
I've Been Waiting
Eyes Wide Open
Tension Is A Passing Note
A Million Parachutes
Northern Lights
Healer
Dresses
Breathe

[murlough23]

OK, I'm going to cap off the nominations here, since it's been about a week. Everything with five votes or more will make the cut. All of the four-vote songs will not make the cut, save for two (or possibly three if we have room). Here are the contenders:

The Lines of My Earth (4:26) +++
Field of Flowers (2:37) ++
A Million Parachutes (6:19) ++
We Have Forgotten (5:07) +
Puedo Escribir (3:45)
I've Been Waiting (4:19)
Too Far Gone (6:37)
I Need Love (4:12)
The Fatherless and the Widow (4:44) -
Breathe Your Name (3:56) -
Bleeding (5:04) --
Circle of Error (5:04) --
Love Is Blindness (3:25) --

"We Have Forgotten" is a special circumstance because it's part of the triolgy completed by "Anything" and "The Waiting Room", both of which made the cut. I figured it should get an extra chance to survive even though it only got three votes.

Everybody vote for your top three and bottom three songs out of this list. After it looks like all of the votes are in, the two (or three) songs that come out on top will be salvaged.

Another thing we need to vote on is which version of "Trust" makes the cut - the original, or the reprise.

Votes for Original: 1
Votes for Reprise: 1

And we also need to vote on versions of "Within a Room Somewhere" - This Beautiful Mess, or Tickets for a Prayer Wheel (edit or demo)?

Votes for TBM: 2
Votes for TFAPW edit: 0
Votes for TFAPW demo: 0

(Later on, I'll upload the version of "Love" that I like to the Pub and we'll decide if people would rather use that, or the original. Like Danny, I do have a version of the original without the troublesome bleed-in from "I Won't Stay Long" - it's on an old 7Ball sampler CD.)

MY PICKS:

Keep: Puedo Escribir, The Lines of My Earth, Field of Flowers
Kill: I've Been Waiting, Circle of Error, Too Far Gone
Preferred Version of "Trust": Reprise
Preferred Version of "Within a Room Somewhere": TBM

[Brenden]

Keep:
The Lines of My Earth (4:26) +
A Million Parachutes (6:19)
I Need Love (4:12)

Kill:
Bleeding (5:04)
Breathe Your Name (3:56)
Love Is Blindness (3:25)

[murlough23]

Brenden, I just edited to add questions about song versions, so make sure you vote for a version of "Trust" and "Within a Room Somewhere". Even if you've only heard one version, you can feel free to vote for that version, unless you don't care which we use.

[Brenden]

Brenden, I just edited to add questions about song versions, so make sure you vote for a version of "Trust" and "Within a Room Somewhere". Even if you've only heard one version, you can feel free to vote for that version, unless you don't care which we use.

It doesn't matter to me.

[enemy anemone]

I don't have a preference regarding Trust.

Keep:
We Have Forgotten
Too Far Gone
A Million Parachutes

Kill:
Puedo Escribir
Bleeding
Circle of Error

[Tom]

Keep:
I've Been Waiting
Field of Flowers
The Lines of My Earth

Kill:
I Need Love
Love Is Blindness
The Fatherless and the Widow

Original "Trust" (though I don't hate the reprise)

"Within a Room Somewhere" = TBM

[murlough23]

Looks like the voting's done. We're definitely keeping "The Lines of My Earth". "Field of Flowers" and "A Million Parachutes" tied - the problem is that "A Million Parachutes" might be too long to fit. Will anyone object if I decide to break the tie by declaring the shorter song the winner?

NP: "King Without a Crown", Matisyahu

[Tom]

no problems with that here. shorter song it is.

[murlough23]

OK. How's this for a track order?

1. Love
2. Field of Flowers
3. Kiss Me
4. Love, Salvation, the Fear of Death
5. I Can't Catch You
6. Melody of You
7. Easy to Ignore
8. Within a Room Somewhere
9. Paralyzed
10. Anything
11. The Waiting Room
12. Tension Is a Passing Note
13. The Lines of My Earth
14. Meaningless
15. Breathe
16. Still Burning
17. Dizzy
18. Trust (Reprise)

Whether "Love" works as the opener depends on which version we use - I still need to upload that electric guitar version for y'all to hear. My other choice for the opener would be "I Can't Catch You".

"Trust (Reprise)" closes the band's first album, and it's kind of cliche to do that here, but it works exceedingly well as the last track on a retrospective collection, I think.

Looking at the final track listing, the songs I definitely miss the most are "Angeltread", "Puedo Escribir", and "Falling Leaves".

[murlough23]

OK, I've uploaded the electric guitar mix of "Love", for anyone who wanted to check it out and weigh it against the original.

[murlough23]

There was no response from anybody about which mix of "love" to use, so I guess nobody cares.

The Sixpence mix has been uploaded to the Pub. Enjoy.