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Jars of Clay albums
The Shelter
Oct 2010
Album Tracks
- Small Rebellions
- Call My Name
- We Will Follow
- Eyes Wide Open
- Shelter
- Out of My Hands
- No Greater Love
- Run In the Night (Psalm 27)
- Lay It Down
- Love Will Find Us
- Benediction
Live At Gray Matters, Vol. 2 (The Rewind Edition)
Jul 2010
Album Tracks
- Liquid
- Boy On a String
- Like a Child
- Flood
- Love Song for a Savior
- Live At Gray Matters (Volume 2: The Rewind Edition)
Live At Gray Matters, Vol. 1
Feb 2010
Album Tracks
- Don't Stop
- Heart
- The Long Fall / Weapons
- Safe to Land
- Two Hands
- Live At Gray Matters
The Long Fall Back to Earth
Apr 2009
Album Tracks
- The Long Fall
- Weapons
- Two Hands
- Heaven
- Closer
- Safe to Land
- Headphones
- Don't Stop
- Boys (Lesson One)
- Hero
- Scenic Route
- There Might Be a Light
- Forgive Me
- Heart
Closer - EP
Jul 2008
Album Tracks
- Closer
- Safe to Land
- Love Song for a Savior
- Flood (New Rain)
- Prisoner of Hope
Jars of Clay: Greatest Hits
Apr 2008
Album Tracks
- Flood
- Love Song for a Savior
- Like a Child
- Worlds Apart
- Crazy Times
- Frail
- Unforgetful You
- I Need You
- Show You Love
- Amazing Grace
- God Will Lift Up Your Head
- Dead Man (Carry Me)
- Work
- Love Is the Protest
The Essential Jars of Clay
Sep 2007
Album Tracks
- Flood
- Sunny Days
- Liquid
- Tonight
- Worlds Apart
- Shipwrecked
- Love Song for a Savior
- Faith Enough
- Tea and Sympathy
- Jealous Kind
- Fade to Grey
- Needful Hands
- Crazy Times
- Dig
- Five Candles (You Were There)
- God Will Lift Up Your Head
- Goodbye, Goodnight
- Work
- Grace
- Oh My God
- Can't Erase It
- Dead Man (Carry Me)
- Unforgetful You
- Mirrors & Smoke
- I Need You
- This Road
- Fly
- The Widowing Field
- Silence
- Bethlehem Town
- Revolution
- Little Drummer Boy
- Coffee Song
- New Math
Live Monsters (Live)
Jul 2007
Album Tracks
- Work
- Dead Man (Carry Me)
- There Is a River
- Good Monsters
- Oh My God
- Surprise
- Light Gives Heat
Good Monsters
Mar 2007
Album Tracks
- Work
- Dead Man (Carry Me)
- All My Tears
- Even Angels Cry
- There Is a River
- Good Monsters
- Oh My God
- Surprise
- Take Me Higher
- Mirrors & Smoke
- Light Gives Heat
- Water Under the Bridge
iTunes Originals - Jars of Clay
Nov 2005
Album Tracks
- iTunes Original
- Sunny Days
- Making the Grade
- Like a Child
- We Were Becoming One With the Mud
- Flood
- The Other Side of Lightning In a Bottle
- Frail
- The Tip of the Iceberg
- Goodbye, Goodnight
- Starting With a Question
- Silence
- We Were Down to the Artists That Moved Us
- Lonely People
- Show Your Love
- A Good Song Is a Good Song
- My Heavenly
- A Career Highlight
- Nothing But the Blood
- A Modern Day Hymn
- All My Tears (feat. Ashley Cleveland) [iTunes Originals Version]
- Looking Back
- I'll Fly Away (feat. Sarah Kelly)
Redemption Songs
Mar 2005
Album Tracks
- God Be Merciful to Me
- I Need Thee Every Hour
- God Will Lift Up Your Head
- I'll Fly Away
- Nothing But the Blood
- Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder
- O Come and Mourn With Me Awhile (Our Lord Is Crucified)
- Hiding Place
- Jesus, I Lift My Eyes
- It Is Well With My Soul
- On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand
- Thou Lovely Source of True Delight
- They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love
Roots & Wings - EP
Mar 2005
Album Tracks
- God Will Lift Up Your Head
- What Wondrous Love
- Ship Wreck
- Tonight
Who We Are Instead
Nov 2003
Album Tracks
- Sunny Days
- Amazing Grace
- Lonely People
- Only Alive
- Trouble Is
- Faith Enough
- Show You Love
- Lesser Things
- I'm In the Way
- Jesus's Blood Never Failed Me Yet
- Jealous Kind
- Sing
- My Heavenly
The Eleventh Hour
Mar 2002
Album Tracks
- Disappear
- Something Beautiful
- Revolution
- Fly
- I Need You
- Silence
- Scarlet
- Whatever She Wants
- The Eleventh Hour
- These Ordinary Days
- The Edge of Water
If I Left the Zoo
Nov 1999
Album Tracks
- Goodbye, Goodnight
- Unforgetful You
- Collide
- No One Loves Me Like You
- Famous Last Words
- Sad Clown
- Hand
- I'm Alright
- Grace
- Can't Erase It
- River Constantine
Drummer Boy - EP
Nov 1997
Album Tracks
- Little Drummer Boy
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- He
- Little Drummer Boy (Grinch Mix)
Much Afraid
Sep 1997
Album Tracks
- Overjoyed
- Fade to Grey
- Tea and Sympathy
- Crazy Times
- Frail
- Five Candles (You Were There)
- Weighed Down
- Portrait of an Apology
- Truce
- Much Afraid
- Hymn
Jars of Clay
Oct 1995
Album Tracks
- Liquid
- Sinking
- Love Song for a Savior
- Like a Child
- Art In Me
- He
- Boy On a String
- Flood
- Worlds Apart
- Blind
Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage
Oct 1995
Album Tracks
- Overjoyed
- Disappear
- Something Beautiful
- Like a Child
- The Valley Song (Sing of Your Mercy)
- Crazy Times
- Liquid
- I Need You
- The Eleventh Hour
- The Eleventh Hour
- Dig
- This Road
- Redemption
- Fly
- Love Song for a Savior
- I'm Alright
- Frail
- Revolution
- Needful Hands
- Flood
- Worlds Apart
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Artist Bio
Jars of Clay were the breakout band of the so-called alternative CCM movement of the '90s, scoring an enormous mainstream hit with the debut single "Flood" and enjoying platinum sales. The group's lyrics may have been exclusively Christian, but their acoustic-oriented music fit perfectly into the folky jangle pop wing of alternative rock radio, at the time a rarity on the contemporary Christian music scene. Such success set the stage for breakthroughs by Christian bands like dc Talk and Sixpence None the Richer, and it's difficult to imagine the later popularity of heavier, Christian-themed hard rockers like Creed and P.O.D. without Jars of Clay's fusion of spiritual themes and mainstream alternative rock sounds. As popular tastes shifted, Jars of Clay found it increasingly difficult to maintain a secular audience, but still commanded a sizable Christian following while remaining one of the highest-profile groups in any gospel-music subgenre. Jars of Clay were formed at Illinois' Greenville College in 1993 by singer/songwriter Dan Haseltine and keyboardist Charlie Lowell; they soon added guitarist Stephen Mason, who shared Haseltine's fondness for Toad the Wet Sprocket (a good secular reference point for the typical Jars of Clay sound). All three were music majors in the college's new CCM department, and they initially banded together to write a song for a class recording project. Eventually, they chose a name for the band from a verse in the second book of Corinthians, which emphasized the frailty of the physical vessels in which God had placed the human spirit. Second guitarist Matt Bronleewe joined up later, and drummer Scott Savage became part of the band's live lineup, though they continued to use electronic drum loops on some of their recordings. Encouraged by the response to their small repertoire of originals, the band entered a talent competition run by the Gospel Music Association in 1994. After being chosen as finalists on the strength of their demo tape, Jars of Clay traveled to Nashville to perform for industry executives and wound up winning the contest. They returned to Greenville and began selling a self-released demo CD called Frail, leading to interest from record labels (several of whom began calling the musicians' dorm in the hopes of signing them). With such intense interest, the band decided to leave school and relocate to Nashville permanently; at this point, Bronleewe departed the lineup, wanting to finish school and settle down with his fiancée, and was replaced by Lowell's childhood friend Matt Odmark.After considering several offers, Jars of Clay signed with the smaller Essential label, which nonetheless had ample distribution power through its parent company, Brentwood, as well as its arrangement with the secular label Silvertone. As the group was recording its self-titled debut album, Frail caught the ear of prog rock guitarist (and recent Christian convert) Adrian Belew, who offered to produce a couple of tracks for the record. One of those songs was "Flood," which became a runaway hit on Christian radio upon the album's release in the spring of 1995. When "Flood" began to catch on with secular stations as well (particularly in the Northwest), Silvertone threw its full promotional muscle behind the album, and by early 1996, the song was a major crossover hit on mainstream rock radio, modern rock radio, and the pop charts. (Its peak of number 37 on the latter makes it one of many '90s-era hits whose release formats affected its chart eligibility, thus obscuring how massively popular it really was.) "Flood" helped push sales of Jars of Clay past the double-platinum mark, a stunning showing for a Christian group.Some secular listeners and radio programmers hadn't realized that Jars of Clay were a Christian band, and there was something of a backlash when that fact became more widely publicized. What was more, the group was criticized in some Christian quarters for touring with secular alternative rock bands during 1996. Jars of Clay spent most of the year on the road before taking a break to work on material for a second album, having already released the Christmas EP Little Drummer Boy at the end of 1995. After enlisting the help of British producer Steve Lipson, Jars of Clay released the sophomore effort Much Afraid in 1997. The record debuted in the Top Ten on the pop charts and not only went platinum, but won a Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album. Despite some success with the singles "Five Candles" and "Crazy Times," however, Much Afraid didn't gain the same level of mainstream exposure as its predecessor. Nonetheless, the band's Christian audience remained loyal, sending the 1999 effort If I Left the Zoo (produced by Dennis Herring, who'd also worked with Counting Crows) to gold status. By this time, Savage had left the band's concert lineup in order to back Jaci Velasquez, and was replaced by Joe Porter. Jars of Clay self-produced their fourth studio album, The Eleventh Hour, which was released in early 2002 and followed by a live DVD. The next year, the band issued the impressive double-disc set Furthermore: From the Studio/From the Stage, which highlighted fresh acoustic-driven classics as well as cuts from some of Jars of Clay's live shows. In November 2003, the group released its fifth album proper, Who We Are Instead. Redemption Songs followed in early 2005, comprised of the band's take on significant church hymns and popular spirituals, and Jars of Clay returned in fall 2006 with Good Monsters. Three albums arrived the following year — the compilation Essential Jars of Clay, Live Monsters, and the holiday-themed Christmas Songs — while 2009 saw the band release another studio album, Long Fall Back to Earth, whose sound paid homage to such '80s icons as Tears for Fears and the Cure. The band continued that trend, following up with The Shelter in 2010.
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