''The Essential Jars of Clay'' is a
greatest hits album
A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be crea ...
from
Jars of Clay that was released on September 4, 2007 through
Essential Records/
Legacy Recordings
Legacy Recordings is an American record label that is a division of Sony Music. Formed in 1990 after Sony's acquisition of CBS Records, Legacy originally handled the archives of Sony Music-owned labels Columbia Records and Epic Records. In 20 ...
. This is the last release (along with a simultaneous release of ''
Live Monsters Live Monsters may refer to:
* Live Monsters (EP), ''Live Monsters'' (EP), 2007 live EP by Jars of Clay
* Live Monsters (video), ''Live Monsters'' (video), 2004 DVD concert release by Dave Gahan
* ''Live Monsters'', 1998 live album by Big Head Todd ...
'') from the band through Essential Records as they have since moved on to the
Nettwerk Music Group's Gray Matters imprint. The album is part of the
Sony BMG
Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyout o ...
series ''The Essential'', which is a series of greatest hits collections.
Track listing
All songs written by Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Matt Odmark, & Stephen Mason, unless otherwise noted
Disc one
# "
Flood
A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrol ...
" - 3:30
# "
Liquid
A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a (nearly) constant volume independent of pressure. As such, it is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, gas, a ...
" - 3:31
(Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason, Miguel DeJesus, Josh Cougle, Matt Bronleewe)
# "
Worlds Apart" - 5:18
# "
Love Song for a Savior
Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the love o ...
" - 4:45
(Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason, Matt Bronleewe)
# "Tea and Sympathy" - 4:46
(Dan Haseltine, Mark Hudson, Greg Wells)
# "
Fade to Grey" - 3:33
(Dan Haseltine, Matt Odmark, Stephen Mason, Charlie Lowell, Matt Bronleewe)
# "
Crazy Times
"Crazy Times" is a song recorded and performed by Jars of Clay. The song was a writing collaboration between the band members Dan Haseltine and Stephen Mason with songwriters Mark Hudson and Greg Wells. It was the first single from their secon ...
" - 3:35
(Dan Haseltine, Stephen Mason, Mark Hudson, Greg Wells)
# "
Five Candles (You Were There)" - 3:49
# "Goodbye, Goodnight" - 2:54
# "Grace" - 4:31
(Dan Haseltine, Matt Odmark, Stephen Mason, Charlie Lowell, Mark Hudson, Greg Wells)
# "
Can't Erase It
"Can't Erase It" is a song written and performed by Jars of Clay. The song was the sixth and final radio single in promotion of the band's third studio album, ''If I Left the Zoo''. The ''Tweed Horse Sessions'' demo of the song was released on t ...
" - 3:33
# "
Unforgetful You
"Unforgetful You" is a song written and performed by Jars of Clay. It was the first mainstream and Christian radio single from their 1999 studio album, ''If I Left the Zoo''. As the track was produced by Dennis Herring, many similarities in the s ...
" - 3:20
# "
I Need You" - 3:39
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Fly
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...
" - 3:19
# "Silence" - 5:16
# "
Revolution
In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...
" - 3:42
# "Coffee Song" - 3:02
# "New Math" - 3:20
Disc two
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Sunny Days" - 3:30
# "Tonight" - 3:39
# "Shipwrecked" - 2:52
# "Faith Enough" - 5:25
# "Jealous Kind" - 4:09
# "
Needful Hands" (Acoustic Version) - 2:45
# "Dig" - 3:15
(Gene Eugene, Greg Lawless, Riki Michele, Paul Valadez, Jon Knox)
# "
God Will Lift Up Your Head" - 4:22
(Paul Gerhardt, John Wesley, Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Matt Odmark, Stephen Mason)
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Work
Work may refer to:
* Work (human activity), intentional activity people perform to support themselves, others, or the community
** Manual labour, physical work done by humans
** House work, housework, or homemaking
** Working animal, an animal tr ...
" - 3:54
# "Oh My God" - 6:04
# "
Dead Man (Carry Me)
"Dead Man (Carry Me)" is a song written and performed by Jars of Clay. It is the first radio single from their 2006 studio album, ''Good Monsters''. A live concert version of the song appears on the ''Live Monsters'' EP, while the album version ...
" - 3:19
# "Mirrors & Smoke" - 3:58
# "
This Road" - 5:07
# "The Widowing Field" - 3:57
# "Bethlehem Town" - 4:34
# "
The Little Drummer Boy
"The Little Drummer Boy" (originally known as "Carol of the Drum") is a popular Christmas song written by American composer Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941. First recorded in 1951 by the Trapp Family, the song was further popularized by a 19 ...
" - 4:24
(Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone)
Technical credits
Compilation personnel
*Jeff Magid - producer
*Dave Donnelly - mastering (at DNA Mastering, Studio City, CA)
*Jim Parham - project direction
*Carol Bobolts - design
Track production
*
Ron Aniello
Ron Aniello is an American songwriter, record producer, composer and musician who has enjoyed a diverse career working with Bruce Springsteen, Matthew Koma, Shania Twain, Wanting Qu, Gavin DeGraw, Lifehouse, Patti Scialfa, Barenaked Ladies, Gus ...
- "Sunny Days", "Faith Enough"
*Robert Beeson - "Little Drummer Boy"
*
Adrian Belew
Robert Steven "Adrian" Belew (born December 23, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. A multi-instrumentalist primarily known as a guitarist and singer, he is noted for his unusual and impressionistic approach to ...
- "Flood", "Liquid"
*Mitch Dane - "Tonight", "Shipwrecked", "Jealous Kind"
*
Dennis Herring
Dennis Herring is an American record producer, engineer, mixer, and musician. Herring has produced for The Hives, Elvis Costello, Counting Crows, Modest Mouse, Camper Van Beethoven, and Jars of Clay. The producer owns a 24-track recording st ...
- "Goodbye, Goodnight", "Grace", "Can't Erase It", "Unforgetful You"
*
Steve Hindalong
Steve Hindalong (born November 29, 1959) is an American drummer, percussionist, songwriter and producer best known for his work with the alternative rock band the Choir. Since 2006, Hindalong has also been an official member of the alternative ...
- "This Road"
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Stephen Lipson
Stephen J. Lipson (born 16 March 1954) is an English record producer, audio engineer, guitarist and songwriter. As a record producer, he has worked with many artists including Annie Lennox, Propaganda, Act, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Will Youn ...
- "Tea and Sympathy", "Fade To Grey", "Crazy Times", "Five Candles (You Were There)"
*Jars of Clay - All others ("Worlds Apart", "Love Song For A Savior", "I Need You", "Fly", "Silence", "Revolution", "Coffee Song", "New Math", "Jealous Kind", "Needful Hands", "Dig", "God Will Lift Up Your Head", "Work", "Oh My God", "Dead Man (Carry M)e)", "Mirrors & Smoke", "The Widowing Field", "Bethlehem Town", "Little Drummer Boy")
Photography
*Jeremy Cowart
*Kristen Barlow
*David Dobson
*Michael Wilson
*Jimmy Abegg
*Martyn Atkins
References
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Albums produced by Stephen Lipson
Albums produced by Ron Aniello
Jars of Clay compilation albums
2007 greatest hits albums
Essential Records (Christian) compilation albums