This Beautiful Mess is the second studio album by American band Sixpence None the Richer, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music).

"[2] The songs "Within a Room Somewhere" and "I Can't Explain" were both minor hits on the Christian music charts.

The magazine Cross Rhythms highly praised it, saying "This, their second (proper) album, has been eagerly awaited and does not disappoint.

"[5] However, following the release of their eponymous album in 1997 and the explosion in popularity of the song "Kiss Me" in 1999, the band began to gather a much larger following outside of the Christian music industry.

"[11] Jesus Freak Hideout noted that the album was a step up from their previous work and that the addition of three new members since then made Sixpence None the Richer "a full band," and ultimately summarized the album as "a must for fans of 90s alternative rock, and jangle pop, and those digging deeper into the history of Contemporary Christian Music.