Offerings: A Worship Album (2000)
- Joel Caballero
- Jun 15
- 3 min read
Updated: Jun 18
Offerings: A Worship Album is the fourth studio and first worship album by the Christian rock band Third Day, released on July 11, 2000 by Essential Records/
Provident Music. It is a unique project that features a blend of newly recorded studio tracks, covers, and live versions of the band's older songs. Offerings was also part of the Christian music movement known contemporary worship music that was very popular in the late 1990s and into the 2000s and beyond. It was released concurrently with their 1999 studio album Time. Production was split between Monroe Jones producing the studio tracks and the band producing the live recordings.
Offerings debuted and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums and at number 66 on the Billboard 200. The album gave Third Day their second Gold album in 2001 and their first Platinum album in 2004 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of a million copies.
In 2001, the band were big winners of the 32nd GMA Dove Awards winning three for Artist of the Year, Group of the Year and Praise & Worship Album of the Year. Third Day also earned them their third Grammy nomination for Best Rock Gospel Album.
Third Day also released a concert video on DVD entitled Third Day Live in Concert: The Offerings Experience. It was taped at Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre in Atlanta, Georgia on March 31, 2001. The concert video won a Dove Award for Long Form Music Video of the Year in 2002 at the 33rd GMA Dove Awards.
Track listing
1. King of Glory (Mac Powell) -6:21
2. These Thousand Hills (Jerry Davison, Mark Blackburn, Steve Atwell) -3:09
3. Your Love Oh Lord (live) (Mac Powell) -4:28
4. Agnus Dei/Worthy (live) (Michael W. Smith/Don Moen) -6:25
5. Saved (Bob Dylan, Tim Drummond) -3:47
6. My Hope Is You (live) (Mac Powell) -4:53
7. You're Everywhere (Mac Powell) -4:14
8. Thief (live) (Mac Powell) -4:53
9. Consuming Fire (live) (Mac Powell) -4:38
10. All the Heavens (Mark Lee) -4:04
11. Love Song (live) (Mac Powell) -4:31
Personnel
Third Day:
Mac Powell -lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Mark Lee -guitars
Brad Avery -guitars
Tai Anderson -bass guitar
David Carr -drums, percussion
additional musicians:
Monroe Jones -keyboards (tracks 1 and 7)
Geof Barkley -keyboards, organ, backing vocals (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8 and 11)
Scotty Wilbanks -keyboards (track 5), pump organ and penny whistle
(track 11)
George Cochini -additional acoustic guitar (track 10)
Tabitha Fair -backing vocals (track 5)
Cobb Mass Choir -backing vocals (tracks 1 and 5)
Dr. Oral Moses -choir director (tracks 1 and 5)
Production credits
Monroe Jones -producer (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7 and 10)
Third Day -producers (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 11)
Joey Canaday -co-producer (track 11)
RIAA certifications
Gold certified in 2001.
Platinum certified in 2004.
Accolades
Dove Award - 2001 Artist of the Year
2001 Group of the Year
2001 Praise & Worship Album of the Year (Offerings: A Worship
Album)
2002 Long Form Music Video of the Year (Third Day Live in Concert:
The Offerings Experience)
Radio singles
2000 "King of Glory" -#13 Christian AC
2001 "These Thousand Hills" -#5 Christian CHR, -#10 Christian AC
Next release: Come Together (2001)
Listen to the hidden bonus track "Don't Let Me Go" here:
Watch the concert video Third Day Live in Concert: The Offerings Experience here:
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