Released 25 years ago yesterday, this is the fourth album from southern rock band Third Day and their first album that is a mix of studio and live tracks. Throughout the late 1990s, Third Day was one of the biggest Christian rock bands, and on occasion, a few of their slower songs worked as a worship song; as music that could be sung together in church for prayer or praise. Conspiracy No. 5 and Time were some of my favorite rock albums in the late '90s, and I still listen to them regularly. In 2000 they were asked to put together a collection of more worship-focused songs, so they put 5 live recordings of songs from their previous albums with covers of songs by Bob Dylan, Michael W. Smith, and Jacob's Trouble, and added three original studio tracks (plus an original CD hidden track which is not on streaming). "King Of Glory" is a strong, emotional original to start the album, and the other, not-so-great originals are in the back half of the album mixed with some solid live recordings. I'm pretty sure I remember listening to "King of Glory" the first time in the car with my dad and loving it. The cover of Dylan's "Saved" and the live version of "Agnus Dei" are some of my favorite songs on this album too. But unfortunately, this album found the band a new level of success and they quickly redefined themselves as a Christian pop band, much to my disappointment. Their albums after this rarely had music I enjoyed as it seemed much less rock and more pop with lyrics meant to appeal to soccer moms and not rock fans, sadly. But even though this album moved the band in a direction that lost my interest, I do still enjoy this album for it being a live/worship side project from one of the best Christian rock bands of the '90s.

Release Year: 2000
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