Album Of The Day: Much Afraid by Jars of Clay

Album Art of Jars of Clay's Much Afraid album - On a golden background is printed the black-and-white photograph of a young man and woman in swimwear holding hands. From the framing of the photo, we only see one half of their bodies because the other half is cut off. It looks like they may be on a beach as there is some splashing water at the bottom. In the area of the sky in between the two persons above the clasped hands, the words 'jars of clay' are smushed together without spaces in a serif font and red color, and then 'much afraid' is scribbled below that in black.

Released on this day 27 years ago, Much Afraid was the first Jars of Clay album I owned. It's still one of their best albums, though they do have many great albums. I love the guitar solo on "Crazy Times", the great drums, keys and epic 7-minute runtime of "Frail", the frenetic energy of "Fade To Grey" and "Truce", and the quiet close to the album with "Much Afraid" and "Hymn". This album a perfect collection of 11 songs and I love the sounds the band put together with producer Stephen Lipson and drummer Greg Wells. It maybe was not exactly what their fans expected after their first album, but I find it to be even better. The band's members stayed the same and they continued to evolve their sound since Much Afraid, but it is the album that made me a fan. Plus, if you put the CD in your computer back in those days, you could get 50 free hours of America Online!

Release Year: 1997
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