from the Album Good Monsters
(Essential Records, 2006)
Jars Of Clay has never been a band known for riding a trend or sticking to a set formula. Even after they've found a sound and process that seems to work for them, the guys push themselves a step further, despite the risks this may entail. Good Monsters , the band's boldly titled new record, explores unchartered territory for this once-folk-pop act while combining elements from what we've come to love and expect from Jars Of Clay. When the opening electric guitar riff of Work tears into the album, many will find a brand new side of this seasoned band revealed. What unfolds is an edgy, emotional anti-anthem for isolation that boasts a deliciously painfully honest chorus, 'Do you know what I mean when I say, "I don't want to be alone?" ' It's this kind of risky sheer honesty that permeates Good Monsters, threading its separate parts into a whole.
Good Monsters is a daring new direction for one of Christian music's most important and relevant artists. While the record may seem to lose a little steam after such a strong opening, as a whole, it offers a collection of songs that blend the diversity of If I Left The Zoo with the class and artistic integrity of Who We Are Instead to create a truly unique and original project. Good Monsters is a stroke of greatness." (Source: JesusFreakHideout.com)
Work was the 13th most played song of 2007 on Christian Hit Radio (CHR) srations and peaked at #27 on the Billboard Christian Songs chart. In 2007 it was nominated for a Dove Award for Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the year. The video won a Dove award for Short Form Music Video of the Year. Here is original studio released promotional video for the song:
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