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* InternetBackdraft: In April 2014, Dan found out the hard way that the Christian music industry doesn't take too kindly to its singers asking honest questions about gay marriage on Twitter. A number of radio stations and Christian retailers disowned the band pretty much immediately.
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* BrokenBase: It's a given that any band who changes up their sound with every album will inspire some LoveItOrHateIt reactions from the fanbase. However, you'll find a lot of people who couldn't get into anything else after the self-titled album.
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* BrokenBase: It's a given that any band who changes up their sound with every album will inspire some LoveItOrHateIt polarizing reactions from the fanbase. However, you'll find a lot of people who couldn't get into anything else after the self-titled album.
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* MagnumOpus: Many Jars fans - as well as sales numbers - would argue that the SelfTitledAlbum was this.
** ''Good Monsters'' was being cited by several Christian music critics as not only Jars' best, but also the album of the year, in the fall of 2006... before the year was even ''over''.
** ''Good Monsters'' was being cited by several Christian music critics as not only Jars' best, but also the album of the year, in the fall of 2006... before the year was even ''over''.
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** Dan indicated well before the release of ''Inland'' that he pretty much expected a bit of base-breaking to happen due to a lot of the difficult questions he was trying to give voice to on that album, and due to the songwriting not being constrained by what he figured the "Christian audience" would expect to hear.
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** Dan indicated well before the release of ''Inland'' that he pretty much expected a bit of base-breaking to happen due to a lot of the difficult questions he was trying to give voice to on that album, and due to the songwriting not being constrained by what he figured the "Christian audience" would expect to hear. Though when all was said and done, the album wasn't terribly controversial.
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* BrokenBase: It's a given that any band who changes up their sound with every album will inspire some LoveItOrHateIt reactions from the fanbase. However, you'll find a lot of people who couldn't get into anything else after the self-titled album. Fan reactions to ''The Shelter'' (the group's first "worship album") have also been highly polarized.
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* BrokenBase: It's a given that any band who changes up their sound with every album will inspire some LoveItOrHateIt reactions from the fanbase. However, you'll find a lot of people who couldn't get into anything else after the self-titled album. album.
** Fan reactions to ''The Shelter'' (the group's first "worship album") have also been highlypolarized.polarized.
** Dan indicated well before the release of ''Inland'' that he pretty much expected a bit of base-breaking to happen due to a lot of the difficult questions he was trying to give voice to on that album, and due to the songwriting not being constrained by what he figured the "Christian audience" would expect to hear.
** Fan reactions to ''The Shelter'' (the group's first "worship album") have also been highly
** Dan indicated well before the release of ''Inland'' that he pretty much expected a bit of base-breaking to happen due to a lot of the difficult questions he was trying to give voice to on that album, and due to the songwriting not being constrained by what he figured the "Christian audience" would expect to hear.
* InternetBackdraft: In April 2014, Dan found out the hard way that the Christian music industry doesn't take too kindly to its singers asking honest questions about gay marriage on Twitter. A number of radio stations and Christian retailers disowned the band pretty much immediately.
** ''Good Monsters'' was being cited by several Christian music critics as not only Jars' best, but also the album of the year, in the fall of 2006... before the year was even ''over''.
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** "Light Gives Heat". Just listen to that African children's choir and try to remain unaffected.
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** "Light Gives Heat". Just listen to that African children's choir and try to remain unaffected.unaffected.
** "Safe to Land" can be one for anyone in a troubled marriage and/or a long-distance relationship.
** "Safe to Land" can be one for anyone in a troubled marriage and/or a long-distance relationship.
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** "He" is perhaps the most thematically heartbreaking song of them all.
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* BrokenBase: It's a given that any band who changes up their sound with every album will inspire some LoveItOrHateIt reactions from the fanbase. However, you'll find a lot of people who couldn't get into anything else after the self-titled album. Fan reactions to ''The Shelter'' (the group's first "worship album") have also been highly polarized.
* FirstInstallmentWins: While later albums have been critically recognized for demonstrating artistic growth, the band's self-titled album still remains their most popular, contains the most material requested at concerts, and is still cited by many fans as their favorite.
* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Several live cover versions, most notably "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" played with mock seriousness in 6/8 time, and a snippet of "Tom's Diner" inserted into "The Coffee Song".
* MagnumOpus: Many Jars fans - as well as sales numbers - would argue that the SelfTitledAlbum was this.
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
** Early tours featured an unexpected electric guitar breakdown at the end of the otherwise quiet, contemplative "Blind".
** The seamless transition from "Fade to Grey" into "Flood" during their tours for ''Much Afraid''.
* TearJerker: Quite a few over the years.
** "Worlds Apart". Perhaps the band's most emotional and enduring classic.
** "Fly Farther". The band {{lampshade|Hanging}}d this by describing it as "our sappy country song".
** "Silence" and "Oh My God". Both are stark, desperate prayers with little in the way of resolution.
** "Light Gives Heat". Just listen to that African children's choir and try to remain unaffected.
* FirstInstallmentWins: While later albums have been critically recognized for demonstrating artistic growth, the band's self-titled album still remains their most popular, contains the most material requested at concerts, and is still cited by many fans as their favorite.
* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Several live cover versions, most notably "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" played with mock seriousness in 6/8 time, and a snippet of "Tom's Diner" inserted into "The Coffee Song".
* MagnumOpus: Many Jars fans - as well as sales numbers - would argue that the SelfTitledAlbum was this.
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
** Early tours featured an unexpected electric guitar breakdown at the end of the otherwise quiet, contemplative "Blind".
** The seamless transition from "Fade to Grey" into "Flood" during their tours for ''Much Afraid''.
* TearJerker: Quite a few over the years.
** "Worlds Apart". Perhaps the band's most emotional and enduring classic.
** "Fly Farther". The band {{lampshade|Hanging}}d this by describing it as "our sappy country song".
** "Silence" and "Oh My God". Both are stark, desperate prayers with little in the way of resolution.
** "Light Gives Heat". Just listen to that African children's choir and try to remain unaffected.
