Editing This Beautiful Mess (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = This Beautiful Mess
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Sixpence None the Richer]]
| cover      = Sixpence None the Richer - This Beautiful Mess.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|1995|4|18}}
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Alternative rock]], [[pop rock]], [[Christian rock]]
| length     = 49:39
| label      = [[R.E.X. Records|R.E.X.]]
| producer   = Armand John Petri
| prev_title = [[The Fatherless & the Widow]]
| prev_year  = 1994
| next_title = Tickets for a Prayer Wheel
| next_year  = 1996
}}

'''''This Beautiful Mess''''' is the second studio album by American band [[Sixpence None the Richer]], released in 1995 (see [[1995 in music]]). The recording was produced by Armand John Petri, who also managed the band from 1993 to 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buffalomusic.org/2012_Armand_John_Petr.html|title=Armand John Petri: BMHOF Class of 2012|publisher=Buffalo Music Hall of Fame|date=October 4, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130824194909/http://www.buffalomusic.org/2012_Armand_John_Petr.html|archivedate=August 24, 2013}}</ref> ''This Beautiful Mess'' surpassed 50,000 copies sold during its first year of release and laid the foundation for [[Sixpence None the Richer (album)|Sixpence's self-titled breakout album]] two years later. ''This Beautiful Mess'' won the 1996 [[GMA Dove Award|Dove Award]] for "Alternative/Modern Rock Album of the Year."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/bfe94b788dae636a1726807d8fec7f87 |title=27th Annual Dove Awards Winners|publisher=Associated Press Archive|date=April 25, 1996 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924185903/https://apnews.com/bfe94b788dae636a1726807d8fec7f87 |archive-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> The songs "Within a Room Somewhere" and "I Can't Explain" were both minor hits on the Christian music charts.

Two bands named after this album exist. The first originated in [[Colorado Springs]], [[Colorado]] in 1996 and went on to become [[OneRepublic]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Freedman |first=Pete |url=http://www.csindy.com/colorado/one-love/Content?oid=1141204 |title=One Love: Who the Hell is OneRepublic? And What's This About Them Being from the Springs? |newspaper=Colorado Springs Independent |date=December 13, 2007 |accessdate=April 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324173501/http://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/one-love/content?oid=1141204 |archive-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref> The second, formed in 1997, is the Dutch rock quintet from the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stimp |first=Jake |url=http://www.theblahblah.net/?p=76 |title=This Beautiful Mess—Beautiful and Messy |publisher=The Blah Blah |date=November 19, 2007 |accessdate=April 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305152905/http://www.theblahblah.net/?p=76 |archivedate=March 5, 2012 }}</ref>