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| Released | May 16, 2000 (2000-05-16) | 
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- The Music Mill, Imagine Studios, Minnesota Man Studios, Javelina Studios, Emerald Sound Studios and The Sound Station (Nashville, Tennessee)
 
- Bailey Building & Loan Studio (Greenwich Village, New York)
  
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| Genre | Contemporary country | 
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| Length | 46:35 | 
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| Label | Mercury Nashville | 
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- "Trouble with Angels"
 Released: April 2000 
- "BFD"
 Released: June 2000  
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The Innocent Years is a studio album by American country artist, Kathy Mattea. It was released on May 16, 2000, via Mercury Nashville and included 12 tracks of original material. It was the eleventh studio project of Mattea's career and her last with the Mercury Nashville label. The Innocent Years was a collection of songs that discussed Mattea's feelings associated with her father's failing health. Among its songs were the singles "The Trouble with Angels" and "BFD". The album received positive reviews from critics and made the American country albums chart.