{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = The Long Fall Back to Earth | type = studio | artist = Jars of Clay | cover = Jars_of_Clay-Long_fall_back_to_earth.png | alt = | released = April 21, 2009 | recorded = 2008–2009 | studio = Sputnik Sound, Nashville, Tennessee | genre = {{hlist|Christian rock|electronic pop|pop rock|synth-rock}} | length = 59:06 | label = {{hlist|Gray Matters|Essential}} | producer = {{hlist|Jars of Clay|Ron Aniello}} | prev_title = Closer EP | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = The Shelter | next_year = 2010 | misc = {{Singles | name = The Long Fall Back to Earth | type = studio | single1 = Two Hands | single1date = March 10, 2009 | single2 = Heaven | single2date = Late October 2009 }} }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="AMReview">[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1534633|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> |rev2 = The Christian Manifesto |rev2score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thechristianmanifesto.com/main/index.php/2009/04/21/music-review-the-long-fall-back-to-earth/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203181126/http://www.thechristianmanifesto.com/main/index.php/2009/04/21/music-review-the-long-fall-back-to-earth/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 3, 2013 |title=The Christian Manifesto review |publisher=The Christian Manifesto |date=April 22, 2009 |accessdate=October 24, 2011}}</ref> |rev3 = ''Christianity Today'' |rev3score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2009/longfallbacktoearth.html |title=Christianity Today review |work=Christianity Today |publisher=Wayback Machine |date=April 25, 2009 |accessdate=October 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425010707/http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2009/longfallbacktoearth.html |archivedate=April 25, 2009 }}</ref> |rev4 = CM Spin |rev4score = 8.69/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmspin.com/newsmanager/anmviewer.asp?a=5443&z=5 |title=CM Spin review |publisher=CM Spin |date=April 18, 2009 |accessdate=October 24, 2012}}</ref> |rev5 = Cross Rhythms |rev5score = {{rating|9|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Jars_Of_Clay/The_Long_Fall_Back_to_Earth/77780/ |title=Cross Rhythms review |publisher=Cross Rhythms |date= |accessdate=October 31, 2011}}</ref> |rev6 = Indie Vision Music |rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indievisionmusic.com/2009/04/27/jars-of-clay-the-long-fall-back-to-earth/ |title=Indie Vision Music review |publisher=Indie Vision Music |date=April 27, 2009 |accessdate=October 24, 2012}}</ref> |rev7 = Jesus Freak Hideout |rev7score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=JESUS>{{cite web|url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/TheLongFallBackToEarth.asp |title=Jesus Freak Hideout reviews |publisher=Jesus Freak Hideout |date=April 21, 2009 |accessdate=October 31, 2011}}</ref><br />{{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=JESUS/> |rev8 = Louder Than the Music |rev8score = 4.8/5<ref>{{cite web|url=http://louderthanthemusic.com/document.php?id=269 |title=Louder Than the Music review |publisher=Louder Than the Music |date=April 23, 2009 |accessdate=October 24, 2012}}</ref> |rev9 = New Release Tuesday |rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newreleasetuesday.com/albumdetail.php?album_id=6878 |title=New Release Tuesday reviews |publisher=New Release Tuesday |date=April 21, 2009 |accessdate=October 24, 2012}}</ref> |rev10 = ''Patrol magazine'' |rev10score = 6.9/10<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.patrolmag.com/music/1619/jars-of-clay-the-long-fall-back-to-earth |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131034409/http://www.patrolmag.com/music/1619/jars-of-clay-the-long-fall-back-to-earth |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |title=Patrol magazine review |publisher=Patrolmag.com |date=April 29, 2009 |accessdate=October 31, 2011}}</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot-->
'''''The Long Fall Back to Earth''''' is the ninth full-length studio album from the American Christian rock band Jars of Clay. It was released on April 21, 2009, through Gray Matters and Essential Records. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album category in 2010.
==Overview== ''The Long Fall Back to Earth'' is the first Jars of Clay album that doesn't include any cover songs since 2002's ''The Eleventh Hour''.
In February 2009, the band released the first single off the album, "Two Hands", and this was followed by the second single, "Heaven", in October.
''The Long Fall Back to Earth'' came in at number ten on Jesus Freak Hideout's most-anticipated albums of 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/features/highlights/2009/JarsOfClay.asp |title=Highlighting 2009 – Looking Ahead to New Music in 2009 |publisher=JesusfreakHideout.com |accessdate=October 31, 2011}}</ref>
==Reception== AllMusic said that the album "sees the quartet adopting, in varying degrees, the electronic pop stylings of David Bowie, the Flaming Lips, and MGMT, partially furloughing their live rhythm section in favor of one inspired by the '80s",<ref name = AMReview /> while ''JesusFreakHideout'' said that the album is a "lush collection of pop rock songs with an indie touch that proves to be a well-balanced and solid effort from start to finish", and that "The style of the album itself is — yet again, in true Jars of Clay fashion — a noticeable departure from the sound of their previous release, carrying with it a strong 80's synth-rock vibe."<ref name = JESUS />
==Track listing== {{track listing | all_writing = Jars of Clay, except where noted | title1 = The Long Fall | length1 = 2:19 | title2 = Weapons | length2 = 3:28 | title3 = Two Hands | writer3 = Jars of Clay, Jeremy Lutito, Gabe Ruschival | length3 = 4:26 | title4 = Heaven | writer4 = Jars of Clay, Lutito, Ruschival | length4 = 3:18 | title5 = Closer | length5 = 3:56 | title6 = Safe to Land | length6 = 4:47 | title7 = Headphones | length7 = 4:54 | title8 = Don't Stop | length8 = 3:44 | title9 = Boys (Lesson One) | length9 = 4:01 | title10 = Hero | length10 = 4:52 | title11 = Scenic Route | writer11 = Jars of Clay, Lutito, Ruschival | length11 = 5:41 | title12 = There Might Be a Light | length12 = 3:56 | title13 = Forgive Me | length13 = 3:53 | title14 = Heart | length14 = 5:50 | total_length = 59:06 }} {{tracklist | headline = iTunes deluxe edition bonus tracks | title15 = Headphones (Jeff Savage's Tomorrowland remix) | length15 = 4:48 | title16 = Two Hands (JMO remix) | length16 = 5:18 | title17 = Stories Behinds the Songs | length17 = 9:52 | note17 = Video }} {{tracklist | headline = Overcuts and Remixes – EP | title1 = Save My Soul | length1 = 3:07 | title2 = Caught-Escape | length2 = 3:20 | title3 = Love Won't Let Us | length3 = 3:59 | title4 = Headphones (Jeff Savage's Tomorrowland remix) | length4 = 4:48 | title5 = Heaven (Jeff Savage's Love of Silence remix) | length5 = 3:36 | title6 = Heart (Jeff Savage's Solar Funk remix) | length6 = 5:05 | total_length = 23:53 }}
==Charts== The album peaked at no. 29 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and no. 1 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Hot Christian Albums.<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1534633}}</ref>
==Awards== In 2010, both the regular and limited edition of the album were nominated for a Dove Award for Recorded Music Packaging of the Year at the 41st GMA Dove Awards, with the limited edition winning the prize. The album also won the award for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year, while the song "Two Hands" was also nominated for Song of the Year.<ref>[http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2010/02/18/41st-annual-gma-dove-awards-nominees-announced/ 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards nominees announced] on The Tennessean (February 18, 2010){{Failed verification|date=November 2025}}</ref>
''The Long Fall Back to Earth'' was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album category at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nominees |url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2009&genre=All |website=grammy.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206065013/http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2009&genre=All |access-date=November 8, 2025 | archive-date=December 6, 2010 }}</ref>
==Credits== '''Jars of Clay''' * Dan Haseltine – vocals * Charlie Lowell – acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers, organ, backing vocals * Stephen Mason – guitars, backing vocals * Matthew Odmark – guitars, backing vocals
'''Additional musicians''' * Gabe Ruschival – bass guitar, keyboard bass, percussion * Jeremy Lutito – drums, percussion, loops, sounds * Katie Herzig – backing vocals (7, 8)
'''Choir on "Weapons"''' * Jars of Clay, Ben Shive, Joshua V. Smith
'''Production''' {{div col}} * Jars of Clay – producers at Sputnik Sound, Nashville, Tennessee; art direction * Ron Aniello – producer (4, 5, 6, 11, 12) * Mitch Dane – engineer * Vance Powell – engineer (7, 8, 10, 13, 14) * Joshua V. Smith – assistant engineer * Jay Ruston – mixing at TRS West, Sherman Oaks, California * Stephen Marsh – mastering at Marsh Mastering, Los Angeles, California * Michelle Box – A&R production * Tim Parker – art direction * Kharyn Hill – photography * Brandy St. John – stylist * Denika Bedrossian – hair, make-up {{div col end}}
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