Jars of Clay - "Oh My God" (2006)

I think it’s safe to say that Jars of Clay will go down as one of the most successful groups in Contempory Christian Music history. They first saw success in 1995 with the self-titled debut and the monster hit single “Flood” which crossed over to Top 40 radio, with the album eventually going triple platinum (over 3 million records sold). For a lot of pop music listeners, nothing else ever happened with Jars of Clay. They had no other Top 40 hits but Jars of Clay is my least favorite of their records. They followed up with the more subtle and acoustic driven Much Afraid which features some of their best songs ever such as “Tea and Sympathy” and “Frail.” They have continued to churn out great albums in their nearly fifteen year career, most recently with Good Monsters. Jars of Clay have a great ability to make each album sound completely different than the last, but still uniquely like Jars of Clay. Good Monsters finds them rocking harder than they have before with “Work” and “Dead Man (Carry Me)” and also pulling off a more folksy sound with “There Is a River” and “Mirrors and Smoke” a duet with Leigh Nash of Sixpence None the Richer. In fact, it's hard to see why "Work" or "Dead Man" couldn't be a crossover hit like "Flood." I guess some people have just closed their minds and ears when they hear that a band is "Christian." Simply put this is their best album in a while and probably in my top two of theirs ever. One thing that puts it over the edge for me is today’s song “Oh My God.” This is right up there with “Worlds Apart” as far as being one of the most powerful songs JOC have ever written. I could try to elaborate but it’s better if you just read the lyrics here and listen to the song.


Jars of Clay - "Oh My God"