One Life (33Miles album)
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One Life is the second studio album from contemporary Christian
band 33Miles
, released on September 16, 2008 through Columbia Records
. In October, the album peaked at #161 on the Billboard 200
and #4 on Billboards Top Christian Albums chart.
The developing story of talented pop trio 33Miles
goes hand in hand with the message of its completely heart-stirring second album, One Life. Group members Jason Barton (lead vocals
), Chris Lockwood (guitar
, vocals) and Collin Stoddard (keys
, vocals) were taking a risk, giving their dreams a shot when they released their self-titled debut
less than two years ago.
Validation was seemingly instant. Concerts at more than two hundred churches nationwide ensued, and radio spun several of the band's songs into hits. Journalists also took notice, calling these humble guys "a talented and devoted group of performers who possess some amazing gifts for music" (InFuze Magazine). Soon enough, 33Miles
was a Gospel Music Association Dove Award nominee for New Artist of the Year.
Now, One Life reveals the heart of a group even more intent than before on loving the church with transparency. Committed family men who are as fun to meet personally as they are to hear in song, each member of 33Miles
is married, and two have children. They've kept a constant presence at home and still managed to put 120,000 miles on the touring van over the past year, not to mention the thousands traveled by air.
The road isn't always easy (ask Chris about the car that crashed into their dressing room and started a gas leak), and the skyways have their turbulence (ask Collin about that landing during a tornado watch), but the rewards are eternal.
Jason puts One Life in perfect perspective: "The theme of the album is simple, it is about loving God and living every mile to the fullest."
Indeed, One Life resounds with the experience of casting off safety nets and following dreams. First single "One Life to Love" tells of men and women who finally learn to love their families and God more than work and money, played out across a powerful melody and musical track.
"'One Life to Love' still gives me chills," says Jason. "It also goes back to the meaning behind 33Miles-the idea that life can be short, that Christ lived only thirty-three years on this earth. So the question remains: what will you and I do with our miles, with the years we are given?"
Collin sees the song in relation to the band's unfolding adventure, how each member could have stayed put where they were, but instead chose to answer a no-guarantees call.
"We joke with each other about leaving school early or foregoing other job opportunities to be in 33Miles, but the song says, you only get one time around to find the one thing you don't want to miss, and this group is clearly a God-given opportunity to honor Him."
As implied, the formation of 33Miles
didn't come without its leaps of faith. Jason was already an established studio and touring vocalist. Chris was about to enter Boston's eminent Berklee College of Music
(John Mayer
, Diana Krall
) on a scholarship, and Collin was just one semester shy of a commercial music degree. But there's no doubt today about the appeal and strength that's found in the sum of their parts.
Like 33Miles' acclaimed debut
, One Life was produced by Nathan Nockels (Passion, Point of Grace
, Phillips, Craig and Dean
) and Sam Mizell (Matthew West
), adding top song-shaper Brown Bannister
(Third Day
, MercyMe
) into the mix for the first time on "Something Different," "Gone" and "Apologize." The former cuts represent the muscular, rootsy pop
/country
tinge that flavors half the album and flows naturally from Jason's Louisiana
upbringing, Collin's love for classic rock
, and the passion Chris has for his well-worn six-string
. "Apologize," a stand alone ballad
with a classic ring to it, more quietly highlights the vocal and piano
gifts of Barton and Stoddard, pleading to the wronged one: if I left a scar, let me say I'm sorry.
Deeper in, "When It All Comes Down" and "One of Those Days" also carry an upbeat style comparable to today's biggest selling country pop acts.
'"One of Those Days,'" admits Lockwood, "We've all said it . . . 'Ugh, it's just one of those days.' But this song puts a spin on that statement. Some days have their clutter and distraction, but God is worthy to be praised every day, so hallelujah anyway!"
Certainly, a signature element found throughout the music of 33Miles
is the expressive worship so evident on the urgent "Jesus Calling" and unforgettable "My Offering."
"My favorite song, at this moment, is 'Jesus Calling.' It captures the sound 33Miles has looked for over the past year. When you come to our concerts, this is what you're gonna hear live," Chris says with enthusiasm. "And the message is clear: even though the world is so full of noise today, if you just listen, Jesus is always speaking in and through it all."
The performance merits of "My Offering" are no less definitive of 33Miles
; shining examples of the band's exceptional, emotional vocal interplay, chiming guitars, and a poetic lyric for the church that could just as easily stir people outside the chapel walls:
I cursed your name; You called me child. I was to blame; You went to trial. And I lived to take . . . On my own I made a mess of things, but You take it as my offering.
At every turn, One Life grippingly offers the listener a reminder of what matters most: tuning in ever closer to God and those we love, aligning our earthly dreams with heavenly things. Be watching for the mile markers that you don't want to miss.
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
band 33Miles
33Miles
33Miles is a contemporary Christian band with country music influences from Franklin, Tennessee. They began playing in Nashville and signed to INO Records, who released the band's debut album, 33Miles, in 2007. The album peaked at #8 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers albums chart and #16 on its Top...
, released on September 16, 2008 through Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
. In October, the album peaked at #161 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
and #4 on Billboards Top Christian Albums chart.
History
You only get just one time around. You only get one shot at this-one chance to find out the one thing that you don't want to miss. One day when it's all said and done, I hope you see that it was enough: this one ride, one try, one life to love.The developing story of talented pop trio 33Miles
33Miles
33Miles is a contemporary Christian band with country music influences from Franklin, Tennessee. They began playing in Nashville and signed to INO Records, who released the band's debut album, 33Miles, in 2007. The album peaked at #8 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers albums chart and #16 on its Top...
goes hand in hand with the message of its completely heart-stirring second album, One Life. Group members Jason Barton (lead vocals
Lead vocalist
The lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...
), Chris Lockwood (guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals) and Collin Stoddard (keys
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, vocals) were taking a risk, giving their dreams a shot when they released their self-titled debut
33Miles (album)
- 33Miles Bonus Disc :A bonus disc was available for anyone who bought the album in advance.# "There Is a God" # "What Could Be Better" # "Stand Amazed" # "Christmas Medley"- Chart positions :...
less than two years ago.
Validation was seemingly instant. Concerts at more than two hundred churches nationwide ensued, and radio spun several of the band's songs into hits. Journalists also took notice, calling these humble guys "a talented and devoted group of performers who possess some amazing gifts for music" (InFuze Magazine). Soon enough, 33Miles
33Miles
33Miles is a contemporary Christian band with country music influences from Franklin, Tennessee. They began playing in Nashville and signed to INO Records, who released the band's debut album, 33Miles, in 2007. The album peaked at #8 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers albums chart and #16 on its Top...
was a Gospel Music Association Dove Award nominee for New Artist of the Year.
Now, One Life reveals the heart of a group even more intent than before on loving the church with transparency. Committed family men who are as fun to meet personally as they are to hear in song, each member of 33Miles
33Miles
33Miles is a contemporary Christian band with country music influences from Franklin, Tennessee. They began playing in Nashville and signed to INO Records, who released the band's debut album, 33Miles, in 2007. The album peaked at #8 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers albums chart and #16 on its Top...
is married, and two have children. They've kept a constant presence at home and still managed to put 120,000 miles on the touring van over the past year, not to mention the thousands traveled by air.
The road isn't always easy (ask Chris about the car that crashed into their dressing room and started a gas leak), and the skyways have their turbulence (ask Collin about that landing during a tornado watch), but the rewards are eternal.
Jason puts One Life in perfect perspective: "The theme of the album is simple, it is about loving God and living every mile to the fullest."
Indeed, One Life resounds with the experience of casting off safety nets and following dreams. First single "One Life to Love" tells of men and women who finally learn to love their families and God more than work and money, played out across a powerful melody and musical track.
"'One Life to Love' still gives me chills," says Jason. "It also goes back to the meaning behind 33Miles-the idea that life can be short, that Christ lived only thirty-three years on this earth. So the question remains: what will you and I do with our miles, with the years we are given?"
Collin sees the song in relation to the band's unfolding adventure, how each member could have stayed put where they were, but instead chose to answer a no-guarantees call.
"We joke with each other about leaving school early or foregoing other job opportunities to be in 33Miles, but the song says, you only get one time around to find the one thing you don't want to miss, and this group is clearly a God-given opportunity to honor Him."
As implied, the formation of 33Miles
33Miles
33Miles is a contemporary Christian band with country music influences from Franklin, Tennessee. They began playing in Nashville and signed to INO Records, who released the band's debut album, 33Miles, in 2007. The album peaked at #8 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers albums chart and #16 on its Top...
didn't come without its leaps of faith. Jason was already an established studio and touring vocalist. Chris was about to enter Boston's eminent Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...
(John Mayer
John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer is an American pop rock and blues rock musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He moved to Atlanta in 1997, where he refined his...
, Diana Krall
Diana Krall
Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million worldwide; altogether, she has sold more albums than any other female jazz artist during the 1990s and 2000s...
) on a scholarship, and Collin was just one semester shy of a commercial music degree. But there's no doubt today about the appeal and strength that's found in the sum of their parts.
Like 33Miles' acclaimed debut
33Miles (album)
- 33Miles Bonus Disc :A bonus disc was available for anyone who bought the album in advance.# "There Is a God" # "What Could Be Better" # "Stand Amazed" # "Christmas Medley"- Chart positions :...
, One Life was produced by Nathan Nockels (Passion, Point of Grace
Point of Grace
Point of Grace is an all-female Contemporary Christian music group. The trio consists of Shelley Breen, Denise Jones, and Leigh Cappillino. The group started out as a quartet in 1991, with original members Breen and Jones, as well as Terry Jones and Heather Payne...
, Phillips, Craig and Dean
Phillips, Craig and Dean
Phillips, Craig and Dean is a contemporary Christian music trio composed of Randy Phillips, Shawn Craig, and Dan Dean. Since forming in 1991, they have released 12 albums and earned 18 No. 1 radio singles...
) and Sam Mizell (Matthew West
Matthew West
On July 26, 2002, only a week or two before signing a record contract with Universal South Records, West had an injury to his left arm which threatened his musical career and guitar playing. He says, "I locked myself out of my house. But I'd done that before, and I had a way of breaking in through...
), adding top song-shaper Brown Bannister
Brown Bannister
Brown Bannister is a CCM producer and songwriter. Bannister released one album of his own, Talk to One Another, in 1981 on NewPax Records. It was reissued on the Reunion Records Label five years later, featuring a newer recording of the album's final cut, "Create In Me A Clean Heart"...
(Third Day
Third Day
Third Day is a Grammy award-winning Christian rock band formed in Marietta, Georgia during the 1990s. The band was founded by lead singer Mac Powell, guitarist Mark Lee and former member Billy Wilkins. The other band members are bassist Tai Anderson and drummer David Carr...
, MercyMe
MercyMe
MercyMe is an American Christian rock band founded in Greenville, Texas. The band consists of vocalist Bart Millard, keyboardist James Bryson, percussionist Robby Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran and guitarists Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul....
) into the mix for the first time on "Something Different," "Gone" and "Apologize." The former cuts represent the muscular, rootsy pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
/country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
tinge that flavors half the album and flows naturally from Jason's Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
upbringing, Collin's love for classic rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
, and the passion Chris has for his well-worn six-string
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
. "Apologize," a stand alone ballad
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
with a classic ring to it, more quietly highlights the vocal and piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
gifts of Barton and Stoddard, pleading to the wronged one: if I left a scar, let me say I'm sorry.
Deeper in, "When It All Comes Down" and "One of Those Days" also carry an upbeat style comparable to today's biggest selling country pop acts.
'"One of Those Days,'" admits Lockwood, "We've all said it . . . 'Ugh, it's just one of those days.' But this song puts a spin on that statement. Some days have their clutter and distraction, but God is worthy to be praised every day, so hallelujah anyway!"
Certainly, a signature element found throughout the music of 33Miles
33Miles
33Miles is a contemporary Christian band with country music influences from Franklin, Tennessee. They began playing in Nashville and signed to INO Records, who released the band's debut album, 33Miles, in 2007. The album peaked at #8 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers albums chart and #16 on its Top...
is the expressive worship so evident on the urgent "Jesus Calling" and unforgettable "My Offering."
"My favorite song, at this moment, is 'Jesus Calling.' It captures the sound 33Miles has looked for over the past year. When you come to our concerts, this is what you're gonna hear live," Chris says with enthusiasm. "And the message is clear: even though the world is so full of noise today, if you just listen, Jesus is always speaking in and through it all."
The performance merits of "My Offering" are no less definitive of 33Miles
33Miles
33Miles is a contemporary Christian band with country music influences from Franklin, Tennessee. They began playing in Nashville and signed to INO Records, who released the band's debut album, 33Miles, in 2007. The album peaked at #8 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers albums chart and #16 on its Top...
; shining examples of the band's exceptional, emotional vocal interplay, chiming guitars, and a poetic lyric for the church that could just as easily stir people outside the chapel walls:
I cursed your name; You called me child. I was to blame; You went to trial. And I lived to take . . . On my own I made a mess of things, but You take it as my offering.
At every turn, One Life grippingly offers the listener a reminder of what matters most: tuning in ever closer to God and those we love, aligning our earthly dreams with heavenly things. Be watching for the mile markers that you don't want to miss.
Track listing
- "Gone" - 3:39
- "Jesus Calling" - 4:45
- "One Life to Love" - 3:59
- "Something Different" - 3:40
- "Apologize" - 4:19
- "Just One of Those Days" - 4:05
- "When It All Comes Down" - 3:11
- "I Loved You Then" - 3:53
- "My Offering" - 4:25
- "Little Bit of Love" - 3:47
Radio Singles
- "One Life to Love" Hot Christian SongsHot Christian SongsChristian Songs is a Billboard chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States....
peak: #10 - "Jesus Calling" Hot Christian SongsHot Christian SongsChristian Songs is a Billboard chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States....
peak: #26