Claude says:Jars of Clay's last record for Essential came out in 2006 as their lyrically sharpest work yet — Dan Haseltine called it "part confessional, part euphoric love poem, part bitter divorce," tackling addiction, isolation, and the tension between grace and failure, with guest spots from Leigh Nash and a Julie Miller cover. You picked it up in early 2007, then revisited it for a serious run in summer 2012 before it faded out for good.