| Redemption Songs | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Jars of Clay |
| Cover: | Redemption songs.jpg |
| Released: | March 22, 2005 |
| Recorded: | 2005 |
| Studio: | Sputnik SoundNashville, Tennessee; East Iris Studios, Nashville, Tennessee |
| Genre: | Christian rock, folk rock |
| Length: | 54:08 |
| Label: | Essential |
| Producer: | Jars of Clay, Mitch Dane |
| Prev Title: | Roots & Wings |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | iTunes Originals – Jars of Clay |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
Redemption Songs is the sixth full-length studio album by Jars of Clay. It was released by Essential Records on March 22, 2005.
Redemption Songs is a collection of reinvented hymns and spiritual songs. As part of a church community that believed passionately the blessing of understanding the story of redemption through early church songs and ancient hymns, Jars of Clay found themselves a part of a growing renaissance, one that inspired them to write new songs using the rich hymn texts as the foundation. This renaissance was the beginning of Redemption Songs, a blend of familiar hymns, spirituals, and ancient texts.
The band enlists vocals of friends including the Blind Boys of Alabama ("Nothing But the Blood", "On Jordan's Stormy River Banks I Stand"), Sarah Kelly ("I'll Fly Away") and Martin Smith ("Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder"). It was recorded at the band's Nashville-based Sputnik Studio, and is co-produced by the band members and long-time collaborator, Mitch Dane.
Jars of Clay
Additional musicians
Production
In 2006, Redemption Songs won a Dove Award for Recorded Music Packaging of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards. It was also nominated for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year.[1]