The 18-song collection THE BEST YET – featuring one newly-released song, "This Is Home" (from the summer 2008 movie soundtrack of Disney's The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian) – will be available at all physical and digital retail outlets starting November 4 through Columbia/Legacy, a division of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTER¬TAIN¬MENT, and Credential Recordings, a division of EMI Christian Music Group. Switchfoot's legions of dedicated fans patiently await news of their band's first independent new album on lowercase people records, expected in the spring 2009.

In addition to "Dare You To Move" and "Meant To Live," THE BEST YET also turns to The Beautiful Letdown for four other tracks: "This Is Your Life," "On Fire," "Twenty-Four," and the title cut, "Beautiful Letdown." At the Gospel Music Association (GMA) 2004 Dove Awards in Nashville, The Beautiful Letdown won for Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year, and "Meant to Live" won for Rock/Contempo¬rary Recorded Song of the Year. Across the country at the San Diego Music Awards, Switchfoot earned Best Pop Album and Album of the Year honors, as well as Song of the Year for "Dare You To Move." (At the 2005 Dove Awards, "Dare You To Move" won Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year and Short Form Music Video of the Year as the band also took Artist of the Year honors. In 2006, "Dare You To Move" made ASCAP's Top 50 list of Most Performed Song of 2005.) The Beautiful Letdown was certified RIAA double-platinum in December 2004, and Switchfoot followed up less than a year later with the RIAA gold Nothing Is Sound, which debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200. In addition to the RIAA gold single "Stars" (which won Short Form Music Video of the Year at the 2006 Dove Awards), the album was the source for "Lonely Nation" and "The Shadow Proves The Sunshine."

The release of THE BEST YET follows (by two weeks) Switchfoot's conclusion of the groundbreaking 23-city "Music Builds" Tour. A portion of the funds raised during the tour benefits Habitat for Humanity affiliates located in the tour cities.

THE BEST YET by SWITCHFOOT (Columbia/Legacy 8869738346 2)
Selections: 1. Dare You To Move (D) • 2. Meant To Live (D) • 3. Stars (E) • 4. Oh! Gravity. (F) • 5. This Is Home (G) • 6. Learning to Breathe (C) • 7. Awakening (F) • 8. This Is Your Life (D) • 9. On Fire (D) • 10. Only Hope (B) • 11. Dirty Second Hands (F) • 12. Love Is the Movement (C) • 13. Company Car (B) • 14. Lonely Nation (E) • 15. The Shadow Proves The Sunshine (E) • 16. Concrete Girl (A) • 17. Twenty-Four (D) • 18. The Beautiful Letdown (D).