The Essential Jars of Clay


The Essential Jars of Clay is a greatest hits album from Jars of Clay that was released on September 4, 2007 through Essential Records/Legacy Recordings. This is the last release from the band through Essential Records as they have since moved on to the Nettwerk Music Group's Gray Matters imprint. The album is part of the Sony BMG series The Essential, which is a series of greatest hits collections.

Track listing

All songs written by Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Matt Odmark, & Stephen Mason, unless otherwise noted
Disc one
  1. "Flood" - 3:30
  2. "Liquid" - 3:31
  3. "Worlds Apart" - 5:18
  4. "Love Song for a Savior" - 4:45
  5. "Tea and Sympathy" - 4:46
  6. "Fade to Grey" - 3:33
  7. "Crazy Times" - 3:35
  8. "Five Candles (You Were There)" - 3:49
  9. "Goodbye, Goodnight" - 2:54
  10. "Grace" - 4:31
  11. "Can't Erase It" - 3:33
  12. "Unforgetful You" - 3:20
  13. "I Need You" - 3:39
  14. "Fly" - 3:19
  15. "Silence" - 5:16
  16. "Revolution" - 3:42
  17. "Coffee Song" - 3:02
  18. "New Math" - 3:20
Disc two
  1. "Sunny Days" - 3:30
  2. "Tonight" - 3:39
  3. "Shipwrecked" - 2:52
  4. "Faith Enough" - 5:25
  5. "Jealous Kind" - 4:09
  6. "Needful Hands" - 2:45
  7. "Dig" - 3:15
  8. "God Will Lift Up Your Head" - 4:22
  9. "Work" - 3:54
  10. "Oh My God" - 6:04
  11. "Dead Man (Carry Me)" - 3:19
  12. "Mirrors & Smoke" - 3:58
  13. "This Road" - 5:07
  14. "The Widowing Field" - 3:57
  15. "Bethlehem Town" - 4:34
  16. "The Little Drummer Boy" - 4:24

Technical credits

Compilation personnel
  • Jeff Magid - producer
  • Dave Donnelly - mastering
  • Jim Parham - project direction
  • Carol Bobolts - design
Track production
  • Ron Aniello - "Sunny Days", "Faith Enough"
  • Robert Beeson - "Little Drummer Boy"
  • Adrian Belew - "Flood", "Liquid"
  • Mitch Dane - "Tonight", "Shipwrecked", "Jealous Kind"
  • Dennis Herring - "Goodbye, Goodnight", "Grace", "Can't Erase It", "Unforgetful You"
  • Steve Hindalong - "This Road"
  • Stephen Lipson - "Tea and Sympathy", "Fade To Grey", "Crazy Times", "Five Candles "
  • Jars of Clay - All others ", "Mirrors & Smoke", "The Widowing Field", "Bethlehem Town", "Little Drummer Boy")
Photography
  • Jeremy Cowart
  • Kristen Barlow
  • David Dobson
  • Michael Wilson
  • Jimmy Abegg
  • Martyn Atkins