Jars of Clay manage to put a bit of spirit into their rock & roll. But the spirit isn't one of deceased loved ones or demons, but of religious enlightenment. This album revolves around the band's Christian beliefs, but never comes off as preachy or judgmental. It includes the hit "Flood" and also covers such topics as child abuse and the ...
The evolution to a pure rock sound on Jars of Clay's seventh studio album, Good Monsters, is not a far cry from traces of alternative rock that surface on nearly all of their recordings in one degree or another. Fans accurately predicted a return to a harder-edged rock outing after the band's three previous efforts -- 2003's Furthermore and Who We ...
WOW 2001 keeps the Christian-music compilation series going strong with two discs of the genre's best singles from around 1999 to 2000. Veterans and established stars like Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Jaci Velazquez, Jennifer Knapp, dc Talk, Newsboys, Audio Adrenaline, and Jars of Clay sit next to some of 2000's most talented newcomers ...
If you want to know what CCM sounded like at the end of the '90s, few collections give a better idea than WOW 1999: The Year's 30 Top Christian Artists and Songs. Spanning two discs and overflowing with strong songs, the disc features nearly every major artist in the genre -- dc Talk, Jars of Clay, Michael W. Smith, Rebecca St. James, Smalltown ...
Spanning the '70s through the '90s, WOW Gold styles itself as a compact history of contemporary Christian music (CCM), seeking not to define, but to sum up the genre, and showcase the range of music it encompasses in the process. One CCM star after another parades across the compilation's two discs; the only flaw is that they aren't always ...
Like other entries in the Songs 4 Life series, Feel the Power! contains 22 CCM anthems over the course of two discs. The compilers did an excellent job of mixing different strands of CCM -- Michael W. Smith and DC Talk sit side-by-side, as do Rich Mullins, 4Him, and Jars of Clay -- along with picking good material from the artists, making this a ...
Wow 2000 collects 30 tracks from 1999's most popular contemporary Christian artists, including dc Talk, Jars of Clay, Newsboys, Audio Adrenaline, Steven Curtis Chapman, Amy Grant, and Clay Crosse with BeBe Winans and Bob Carlisle. This double-disc set is a good sampling of CCM's diverse sounds and performers. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
Wow 1997: 30 Top Christian Artists & Sounds contains a good cross-section of the biggest names on Chordant's mid-'90s artist roster, making it a fine representation of the sound of CCM durin during that era. ~ Rodney Batdorf, All Music Guide
WOW 1998: 30 Top Christian Artists & Songs is a double-disc, 30-song collection that functions as a summary of the state of CCM and contemporary gospel in 1997. Boastin a wide array of styles, from the modern pop of Jars of Clay ("Overjoyed") and the Christian rap of DC Talk ("Colored People") to the smooth sounds of Michael W. Smith ("Live the ...
The soundtrack to Drive Me Crazy features lots of appropriately teen-friendly artists like Britney Spears, who performs the film's theme song, the Backstreet Boys, Jars Of Clay, Plumb, the Donnas, Less Than Jake and the Barenaked Ladies. Don Phillips's "Sugar" and Steps' "One For Sorrow" are also featured singles from the album. ~ Heather Phares, ...
In September 2001, the alternative pop/rock band Jars of Clay performed their first concert in over a year. The event served to foreshadow the group's March 2002 release The Eleventh Hour, an album heralded as comparable to the band's debut project. With this release, Jars of Clay -- composed of members Dan Haseltine, Matt Odmark, Charlie Lowell, ...
This gathering of Christian rockers was inspired by a book written in 1993 by businessman and entertainment figure Bob Briner in which he challenged his fellow believers to get out of their self-built ghettos and make more of an impact on the cultural world at large. A number of musicians took his message to heart, and the result has been an ...
The various artists compilation City on a Hill: Songs of Praise and Worship features select songs from some of Christian rock's most popular artists like Sixpence None the Richer, FFH, Newsboys frontman Peter Furler, Jars of Clay, Caedmon's Call, Gene Eugene, the Choir, Third Day, and Sonicflood. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide
Over the course of two discs, Songs 4 Life: Lift Your Spirit! contains 22 uplifting contemporary Christian songs, ranging from contemporary gospel from Bebe & Cece Winans and straight CCM from Sandi Patti to edgier selections from Jars of Clay. It's a nice balance of artists and, even better, they're all represented with first-rate cuts, making ...
With four studio releases to its credit, Jars of Clay returns with Furthermore, a two-disc set that features a disc of live material plus an entire disc of reworked material and three new tracks. One could be a bit apprehensive about a band whose sound is already traditionally "unplugged" and stripped down to begin with. How could a band like this ...
If the stripped-down, neo-vaudevillian sound of If I Left the Zoo's opener suggests that Jars of Clay is following a different path with their fifth album, that's because it's a little misleading. There are a few new quirks in the group's mature jangle pop, but overall, If I Left the Zoo is very much in the same vein as the group's other releases. ...
Wow: The 90s: 30 Top Christian Songs of the Decade is an excellent basic survey of CCM in the '90s, collecting 30 of the decade's biggest Christian radio hits over the course of two discs. Longtime CCM fans will probably have some, if not most, of these tracks already, but newcomers to the genre couldn't ask for a much better introduction than Wow ...
It's unlikely that this is the holiday album Jars of Clay would have created when they first started asking their record label for the chance. With the band's sound evolving from glossy alternative folk-pop to experimental synth rock, their approach to their first full-length Christmas record evolved as well. Other changes contributed, too. After ...
For 2002's Eleventh Hour, Jars of Clay seemed to transfer the inherent power of their music from soulful vocals and grassroots gospel to the din of ragged electric guitars and anxious drum machines. That wasn't a bad decision, necessarily, but the album did seem to be more of a mood piece than anything. For Who We Are Instead, the band settled ...
Boasting even more star power than its predecessor, Sounds of Wood & Steel, Vol. 2 again celebrates Taylor guitars with an impressive lineup including Clint Black, Nanci Griffith, Rodney Crowell, and Richie Sambora; the consistently excellent fretwork aside, the collection is also notable for featuring the first new collaboration from Kenny ...
Believe It is a pretty good double-disc collection of CCM and Christian rock. Although it doesn't epitomize any one facet of the genre -- instead ranging from style to style -- it does present a fair number of high-quality songs all in one place. Some of the biggest names here include Jars of Clay, Stryper, Guardian, Petra, Whiteheart, Caedmon's ...
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