Three days from now I’ll be attending the Third Day concert here in town. I like Third Day. I’ve liked them quite a bit over the years. However, their last few albums have been practically indistinguishable. They’ve sounded pretty much the same. There were some differences in their first few albums, but lately I can’t usually recall what album a given song came from. Nevertheless, I’ve yet to see them live, and I’ve always liked Mac Powell’s voice and their overall sound, so I’m looking forward to it.

I should note that I am even more excited about seeing the David Crowder Band, who will be playing with Third Day. But, more about that tomorrow.

A few weeks ago I dumped out a bunch of lists prior to seeing Jerry Seinfeld in concert, so now I’m doing the same for this one. Today, my favorite songs recorded by Third Day. Tomorrow or the next day, the same for David Crowder Band.

I’m not going to comment on the songs, because I just don’t have the time. However, I will mention that song #2 is the reason I named the list “songs recorded by Third Day” instead of “Third Day Songs” (which implies, at least to me, that they also wrote the songs.) “These Thousand Hills” is not their song, but was written and recorded by a band I used to listen back in the early 90’s called Jacob’s Trouble. They were, like Third Day, an Atlanta band. This song is from their second disc, released in 1990. I liked the original JT version, but not as much as I do Third Day’s version. And, even though they did not write it, it’s one of my favorites and for me, above all else that they’ve recorded thus far (with the obvious exception of #1.) Some of these I like because of the lyrics, some just because of the music. So, here’s the list:

Favorite Songs recorded by Third Day

1. Thief (Third Day, 1996)
2. These Thousand Hills (Offerings : A Worship Album, 2000)
3. Gomer’s Theme (Conspiracy No. 5, 1997)
4. Can’t Take The Pain (Time, 1999)
5. Take My Life (Third Day, 1996)
6. Cry Out To Jesus (Wherever You Are, 2005)
7. King of Glory (Offerings : A Worship Album, 2000)
8. Your Love, Oh Lord (Time, 1999)
9. Give (Time, 1999)
10. Took My Place (Time, 1999)

That’s it. That’s the list. It should be obvious that Time is my favorite Third Day disc, by the way. And their self-titled debut is a close second. I also liked their first worship disc (Offerings) a lot, too.

And by the way, you’re not a true CCM artist unless you’ve recorded a Christmas album. (Although in recent years, maybe it’s “a worship album”, but they’ve done two of those now.) So, what’s next for Third Day? Releasing in a couple of weeks - Third Day’s Christmas Offerings. I can’t believe it took so long. But, I guess they did, as I said, record two worship discs, so maybe that makes up for the lack of a Christmas disc. They’ve also done a live album (and three live DVD’s), so I suppose once they put out a “greatest hits” disc, they’ll be complete. And by the time they’re done, I’m sure the CCM record companies, as they always do, will pump out about a half-dozen or more “hits” collections for them.