''The Edge of the Earth'' is an extended play by American rock band

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, released digitally on September 9, 2014 through

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. It consists of previously unreleased songs from Switchfoot's rock documentary film ''

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''. The EP has debuted at number 39 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, and reached top 10 positions on ''Billboard''

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, Soundtrack Albums and

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charts.

Songs

The first song on the record, "Fading West", is the only track that had been previously released, as the song was included on the physical edition of the ''

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'', which was released in September 2013. The second track, "Against the Voices", has been a "long-time fan favorite," as the song was first played by the band live in 2010. However, it hadn't made the cut for Switchfoot's two previous full-length albums, ''

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'' (2014). According to the band, the song "What It Costs" marked the first song recording for which bassist

Tim Foreman Switchfoot is an American rock music, rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman (lead vocals, guitar), Tim Foreman (bass guitar, backing vocals), Chad Butler (drum kit, drums, percussion), and Jerome Fontamillas (g ...

provided lead vocals, replacing his brother

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Track listing

Personnel

;Switchfoot *

– lead vocals (tracks 1–3, 5–7), rhythm guitar, lead guitar *

– bass, lead vocals (track 4) * Chad Butler – drums *

Jerome Fontamillas Jerome Fontamillas (born June 20, 1967) is an American musician. Fontamillas has played in several bands, notably with industrial rock band Mortal and alternative rock band Fold Zandura, with longtime musical partner Jyro Xhan. Since 2003, he has ...

– keyboards, rhythm guitar *

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– lead guitar ;Technical PersonnelInformation from the album booklet. *

Neal Avron Neal Avron (born December 31, 1965) is an American record producer, mixer, audio engineer, and musician. Working predominantly in rock music, Avron began working on records in 1993 and achieved his production breakthrough when he co-produced Eve ...

- production, engineering, mixing *

Tanner Sparks Tanner Sparks is an American audio engineer, mix engineer, record producer, and musician. Sparks has recorded multiple artists, including the double-platinum winning artist Switchfoot. Sparks was the previous bassist for the band Destroy the R ...

- engineering * Adam Hawkins - engineering, mixing * Eric Owyoung - mixing *

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- mastering

Charts

References

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