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Jars of Clay - Much Afraid Audio CD

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Jars of Clay Band: Jars of Clay
Title: Much Afraid
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Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Overjoyed 2: Fade to Grey 3: Tea and Sympathy 4: Crazy Times 5: Frail 6: Five Candles (You Were There) 7: Weighed Down 8: Portrait of an Apology 9: Truce 10: Much Afraid 11: Hymn

Love it!!
"Frail" is hauntingly attractive, and I love "Crazy Times","Tea and Sympathy",etc. I love this CD!! I understand that their first CD was awesome, but this CD is great in its own right. In fact, the first seven songs are great in my opinion. The whole CD is really good, and I highly recommend it!!.


Less common, just as quality
Definitely highly recommended!. My belief is that Jars of Clay fans probably know less about this CD than any other - a definite problem! The guys came through with another thought-provoking high quality CD, with the usual interesting music and variety unlike most other groups.


This album made me a Jars fan.
They were promoting their new album, "Much Afraid", when I saw them in concert. I had heard of Jars of Clay in 1995-1996 and even had their debut album, but it wasn't until I saw Jars of Clay live in 1997 that I realized what a truly great band they were. I didn't own "Much Afraid" at the time so I wasn't familiar with the newer material, but a song that Jars of Clay sang that night stuck with me. I bought "Much Afraid" after the concert and when track #3 started playing, I quickly realized this was the song that struck a chord with me that night - Tea and Sympathy. It quickly became my favorite Jars of Clay song, and it remains my favorite to this day.

I have seen Jars of Clay two more times since then and have bought all of their records, including their newest masterpiece, "Good Monsters. " Jars of Clay's music has always been new, exciting, and relevant. They know how to reinvent themselves musically yet be true and fresh lyrically with each album that they put out.

"Much Afraid" will always hold a special place in my heart because this album is truly what made me a fan of the band. I don't regard this album as their personal best overall, but I do think that Tea and Sympathy is one of the best songs they have ever put on any album. That song makes this album shine. Other favorites of mine from this album are Fade To Grey, Crazy Times, and Portrait of an Apology.


an excellent album, even for non-christians like me
First of all, I hate the song Flood. Most of these reviews are written by Christians. I hear a song on the muzak at work and it really catches me. One day, I'm flipping channels and I come across the song and video. Until the end, I didn't realize it was Jars of Clay. About this time, I signed up for a CD club and put this album down (this was really pre-pirate downloads) so that I could get this song. I had also heard that this was more of a non-Christian album. So I gave it a try. No, I didn't convert. I found this album had a lot of catchy songs, that were well written and musically complex (Portrait of an Apology has duple rhythms against triples in compound time). If you are a Christian you will find Christian meaning in this album. If you are not a Christian, you will find music where the writer has a lot of questions, a lot of doubts and vulnerabilities. The lyrics tend to be vague enough to allow the listener their own interpretation of the lyrics (except for the last track Hymn).


Much Afraid...Timeless
Each song has so much expression. Much Afraid has to be one of Jars of Clay's best albums to date. Much Afraid is timeless, In 2007, the album will be ten years old and the songs will never become outdated. Jars of Clay are a genius group, I know each track had to be ahead of Its time. I think It may have been overwhelming for some, but Much Afraid is a very deep album. From the start when I first heard Crazy times, Fade to Gray, Frail and Truce, I was hooked. These are the songs that become timeless. I think Jars of Clay has broken the barriers of conventional music and ingenious composition.


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