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Much Afraid

Jars of Clay
1 disc

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
Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 41612
Credits

Producer Stephen Lipson; Steve Lipson
Engineer Heff Moraes; Mike Griffith
MUCH AFRAID is an Enhanced CD containing both a full audio program as well as multimedia computer files.
Jars Of Clay: Dan Haseltine (vocals, percussion); Matthew Odmark (guitar, mandolin, background vocals); Stephen Mason (guitar, bass, background vocals); Charlie Lowell (keyboards, piano, organ, background vocals).
Additional personnel includes: Kate St. John (English Horn); Greg Wells (bass, drums, percussion); Neil Conti (drums).
Recorded at The Aquarium, London, England; Secret Sound, Franklin, Tennessee; 16th Avenue Sound, Nashville, Tennessee.
MUCH AFRAID won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album.
Personnel: Matt Odmark (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Stephen Mason (vocals, guitar); Charlie Lowell (vocals, piano, organ, keyboards); Dan Haseltine (vocals, percussion); Kate St. John (horns); Neil Conti, Greg Wells (drums).
Audio Mixer: Heff Moraes.
Recording information: 16th Avenue, Nashville, TN; Acquarium; Aquarium, London, England; Secret Sound Franklin, TN.
Photographers: Martyn Gallina-Jones; Norman Jean Roy.
Unknown Contributor Role: Stephenmas Marussen.
Arranger: Ronn Huff.
The follow-up to Jars of Clay's almost minimalist first album features a bigger sound, with a wider lyrical scope and a more solid, grownup production (by Steve Lipson, of Sting and Annie Lennox fame). These new developments give MUCH AFRAID a real sense of staying power. The Christian alternative rock group appears to have broken out of the often-narrow confines of the genre. There's a hint of psychedelia on "Overjoyed," some Bee Gees-style harmonizing on "Tea and Sympathy," and lush, '70s rock-esque arrangements throughout. Spirituality plays a more subtle role on MUCH AFRAID, but continues to be a vital theme. On songs like "Overjoyed" it is sometimes difficult to separate the personal from the divine. And that's probably just the way the band wants it.