Third Day: Mac Powell (vocals, acoustic guitar); Mark Lee, Brad Avery (guitar); Tai Anderson (bass); David Carr (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Frad Paragano (programming).
Principally recorded at Southern Tracks, Atlanta, Georgia.
TIME was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album.
Young folk-rockers Third Day have a message of Christian faith to deliver, and like many of their contemporaries, they do it not in the gospel format, but with a radio-ready sound that wouldn't sound out of place next to Tonic, Third Eye Blind, et al. Third Day proves fully capable of bristling, highly charged roots-rock, but they're also adept at a softer sound that incorporates smooth vocal harmonies and pealing acoustic guitar. Whether they're coming off like a more spiritual Black Crowes on the R&B-inflected "Took My Place" or keeping things down-home and acoustic on the gentle opening cut, "I've Always Loved You," the group never forgets its underlying mission, and the lyrics are full of faith, as well as detailed descriptions of all the conflict and strife that faith can bring about in the modern world. If Hootie & the Blowfish spent more time in church, they might sound something like this.
