The White Elephant Sessions

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The White Elephant Sessions
The White Elephant Sessions cover
Compilation album of rarities
by Jars of Clay
Released November 1999
Genre Christian
Folk
Rock
Length 43:36
Label Essential Records
Producer Jars Of Clay
Stephen Lipson (on "Fly Farther")
Professional reviews
Jars of Clay chronology
Front Yard Luge
(1999)		 The White Elephant Sessions
(1999)		 Jar of Gems
(2001)

The White Elephant Sessions is a rarities and demo version album by American Christian band Jars of Clay, released in conjunction with the band's third studio album If I Left the Zoo. Several of the tracks come straight from the demo recording sessions for If I Left The Zoo, entitled the Tweed Horse Sessions.

[edit] The title and cover

 
The covers for If I Left the Zoo and The White Elephant Sessions side by side.

The title is a play on the fact that a white elephant is a rarity, and the cover of If I Left the Zoo had a grey elephant on it.

This album depicts a similar cover, except that the background is primarily red where If I Left the Zoo's background is predominantly blue and the elephant on the cover of this album is white and not grey (and the elephant is facing the other direction).

[edit] Track listing

Note: All songs are written by Dan Haseltine, Matt Odmark, Stephen Mason and Charlie Lowell, unless noted otherwise

  1. "Unforgetful You" (Remix) - 3:27 [1]
  2. "Crazy Times" (Demo) - 3:37 [2] (Dan Haseltine, Stephen Mason, Mark Hudson, Greg Wells)
  3. "Goodbye, Goodnight" (Demo) - 2:36 [1]
  4. "River Constantine" (Partial Demo) - 2:01 [1]
  5. "Grace" (Hudson & Wells Demo) - 3:51 [1] (Dan Haseltine, Matt Odmark, Stephen Mason, Charlie Lowell, Mark Hudson, Greg Wells)
  6. "Headstrong" (IA Demo) - 4:04 [3]
  7. "Coffee Song" - 3:02 [4]
  8. "Can't Erase It" (Tweed Horse Sessions Demo) - 3:11 [1]
  9. "Kaylos" - 0:42
  10. "The New Math" (Tweed Horse Sessions Demo) - 3:20
  11. "Fly Farther" (duet with Allison Krauss) - 5:31
  12. "Collide" (Tweed Horse Sessions Demo) - 4:15 [1]
  13. "Frail" (Frail Demo Album Version) - 4:04 [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Studio version appears on If I Left the Zoo
  2. ^ a b Studio version appears on Much Afraid
  3. ^ Studio version appears on Roaring Lambs
  4. ^ Also appears on Seatbelt Tuba version of Much Afraid
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Jars of Clay
Band members Non-member performers
Dan Haseltine  · Stephen Mason  · Matt Odmark  · Charlie Lowell Jeremy Lutito  · Gabe Ruschival
Former: Matt Bronleewe Former: Scott Savage  · Aaron Sands  · Joe Porter
Discography
Studio Albums: Jars of Clay  · Much Afraid  · If I Left the Zoo  · The Eleventh Hour  · Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage  · Who We Are Instead  · Redemption Songs  · Good Monsters  · Christmas Songs
Compilation Albums: Jar of Gems  · The Essential Jars of Clay  · Greatest Hits
Singles: "Flood"  · "Liquid"  · "Love Song for a Savior"  · "Like a Child"  · "Worlds Apart"  · "Crazy Times"  · "Five Candles (You Were There)"  · "Fade to Grey"  · "Overjoyed"  · "Truce"  · "Needful Hands"  · "Unforgetful You"  · "Collide"  · "No One Loves Me Like You"  · "I'm Alright"  · "Hand"  · "Can't Erase It"  · "The Stone"  · "This Road"  · "I Need You"  · "Fly"  · "Revolution"  · "Whatever She Wants"  · "The Valley Song (Sing of Your Mercy)"  · "Show You Love"  · "Sunny Days"  · "God Will Lift Up Your Head"  · "I'll Fly Away"  · "Waiting for the World to Fall"  · "Dead Man (Carry Me)"  · "Work"  · "There Is a River"
Other releases: Frail  · Drummer Boy  · Stringtown  · The White Elephant Sessions  · Front Yard Luge  · 11Live: Jars of Clay in Concert  · iTunes Originals  · Roots & Wings  · Mini Monsters  · Live Monsters
See also
Tweed Horse Sessions  · List of Awards  · Ron Aniello  · Adrian Belew  · Dennis Herring  · Mark Hudson  · Stephen Lipson  · Greg Wells  · "Frail" (song)  · City On A Hill  · Blood:Water Mission  · Essential Records  · Gray Matters  · Greenville College