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'''Ralph C. Day''' (1898&ndash;[[May 21]],[[1976]]) was [[Mayor of Toronto|Mayor]] of [[Toronto, Ontario]] from 1938 to 1940. He was also an accomplished [[funeral director]], owning his own [[funeral home]]. He also served as chairman of the [[Toronto Transit Commission]] in the 1960s and 1970s.
| Name = The Eleventh Hour
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Jars Of Clay]]
| Cover = Teh.jpg
| Released = [[March 5]], [[2002]]
| Recorded = 2001-2002
| Genre = <li>[[Rock music|Rock]]
| Length = 42:26
| Label = [[Essential Records (Christian)|Essential Records]]
| Producer = [[Jars Of Clay]]
| Reviews =
*[[Allmusic]] {{Rating|4|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ick9keztsq7x~T1 link]
*[[Christianity Today]] {{Rating|4.5|5}} [http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2002/theeleventhhour.html link]
*[[Cross Rhythms]] {{Rating|10|10}} [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Jars_Of_Clay/The_Eleventh_Hour/4533/ link]
*[[Jesus Freak Hideout]] {{Rating|4.5|5}} [http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/TheEleventhHour.asp link]
| Last album = ''[[Jar Of Gems]]''<br />(1999)
| This album = '''''The Eleventh Hour'''''<br />(2002)
| Next album = ''[[11Live: Jars Of Clay In Concert]]''<br />(2003)
| Misc =
{{Singles
| Name = <br />The Eleventh Hour
| Type = Studio
| single 1 = [[I Need You (Jars Of Clay)|I Need You]]
| single 1 date = [[2002]]
| single 2 = [[Fly (Jars Of Clay Song)|Fly]]
| single 2 date = [[2002]]
| single 3 = [[Revolution (Jars of Clay song)|Revolution]]
| single 3 date = [[2002]]
| single 4 = [[Whatever She Wants]]
| single 4 date = [[2002]]


}}
In 1916, at the age of 17, Day joined the Canadian army to fight in [[World War I]]. He would fight and survive action at the [[Battle of Vimy Ridge]].
}}


'''''The Eleventh Hour''''' is the fourth studio [[album]] of the band [[Jars of Clay]]. It was released in 2002 by [[Essential Records (Christian)|Essential Records]] and marked the band's first attempt at producing a full album for themselves.
Day entered municipal politics and served as a [[Board of Control|Controller]] in the 1930s, and as of 1934 was an Alderman,<ref>During his time as an Alderman, Day was on the General Centennial Committee for the [[Centennial of the City of Toronto]].</ref> before being elected mayor in 1938 and served until 1940.
Italian-Canadian men were interned by the federal government shortly after Italy declared war on Canada during [[World War II]]; Day announced on [[June 11]], 1940 that their families, despite now lacking a breadwinner, would be denied [[Welfare (financial aid)|welfare]] stating "This country is at war with Italy and Italians cannot very well expect us to spend money for war purposes for the purpose of maintaining alien enemies."[http://www.youthlinks.org/article.do?articleID=1399]


==Overview==
In 1963 Day became chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission a position he would hold until 1972.
When writing the group's fourth album, Jars of Clay enlisted [[Dennis Herring]], who produced the band's ''[[If I Left The Zoo]]'' album, to produce, but due to scheduling difficulties, Herring decided to pull out of the project, leading to the band's first attempt at producing by themselves. Though not initially intending to produce the album themselves, the group took on this and many other aspects of putting the album together they had not before, such as artwork and even filming ''Ten:Thirty - The Making of The Eleventh Hour'' video.


''The Eleventh Hour'' is considered a return to Jars of Clay's original sound, though in truth it bore stylistic similarities to all three of the albums preceding it, and continued the trend of favoring poetic lyrics over straightforwardly "Christian" lyrics (with lead single "[[I Need You (Jars Of Clay)|I Need You]]" being a notable exception, reflecting a trend toward more direct and simplistic "worship songs" that had become popular in Christian music at around the turn of the century). The electric guitar was a more notable presence here than on past albums as well.
The Ralph Day Funeral Home still operates but has since merged with another Day family acquisition "Heritage Funeral Centre, "Ralph Day Chapel" in Toronto on [[Overlea Boulevard]].


The song "[[Fly (Jars Of Clay Song)|Fly]]" had limited success at mainstream radio, but by this point, Jars of Clay was much less visible in mainstream music than they had been in the mid-nineties. The album was recorded in the band's own [[Sputnik Studio]], and they self-produced it in addition to doing all of the [[photography]] and artwork on their own, even down to using the programs to design the cover. This was the first time that they had produced their own material since the self-titled album.
==Personal life==
With his wife Vera he had two daughters and one son. His son would marry former mayor [[Allan A. Lamport]]'s daughter.


The album's tour was later recorded and released as a DVD known as ''[[11Live: Jars of Clay In Concert|11Live]]'', which featured the same cover artwork as ''The Eleventh Hour''. Later, the group re-recorded many songs from the first four albums and released these studio sessions along with the live performances as ''[[Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage]]''. "Something Beautiful" and "The Eleventh Hour" were the only songs from ''The Eleventh Hour'' that were included on the studio portion of the release, while "The Eleventh Hour" appeared a second time on the live performance (the only song to appear twice, on track five of each disc) and "Disappear", "[[I Need You (Jars of Clay song)|I Need You]]", "[[Fly (Jars Of Clay Song)|Fly]]" and "[[Revolution (Jars of Clay song)|Revolution]]". In 2007, the group parted from Essential Records and [[Sony BMG]], Essential's parent company, decided to release a greatest hits collection as part of their [[The Essential]] series. ''[[The Essential Jars of Clay]]'' features four songs from ''The Eleventh Hour'' which are the singles "I Need You", "Fly" and "Revolution" and the album's track "Silence".
==References==
<references />
* ''Toronto Star'', May 21, 1976


==Honors==
{{start box}}
* ''The Eleventh Hour'' earned the band a third consecutive [[Grammy Award]] in the Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album category in 2002.
{{s-off}}
* ''The Eleventh Hour'' won Best Modern Rock Album at 2003's [[Dove Awards]].
{{succession box|

before=[[William D. Robbins]] |
==Album artwork==
title=[[List of Toronto Mayors|Mayor of Toronto]] |
The album cover of ''The Eleventh Hour'' is a photograph of [[Seattle]] taken by [[Dan Haseltine]] from a hotel window looking down the [[Pike Place Market]]. All of the artwork was created jointly by the band, as the group wanted to put together an album that they had created, after being prompted to produce the album with the departure of [[Dennis Herring]] from the producer position before pre-production had begun.
years=1938–1940 |

after=[[Frederick J. Conboy]]
==Track listing==
}}
# "Disappear" - 3:56
{{succession box|title=Chairman of the [[Toronto Transit Commission]]|
# "Something Beautiful" - 3:46
before=[[C. C. Downey]]|
# "[[Revolution (Jars of Clay song)|Revolution]]" - 3:42
after=[[Franklin I. Young]]|
# "[[Fly (Jars Of Clay Song)|Fly]]" - 3:20
years=1963–1972}}
# "[[I Need You (Jars Of Clay)|I Need You]]" - 3:40
{{end box}}
# "Silence" - 5:17
{{TorMayors}}
# "Scarlet" - 3:32
# "[[Whatever She Wants]]" - 3:43
# "The Eleventh Hour" - 4:27
# "These Ordinary Days" - 3:04
# "The Edge of Water" - 3:54

== Personnel ==
* [[Shawn McWilliams]] - [[Drum kit|drums]] in Tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
* [[Joe Porter]] - [[Drum kit|drums]] in Tracks 1, 3, 4, 7
* [[Chris Donahue (musician)]] - [[bass guitar]] in Tracks 2, 8, 11
* [[Aaron Sands]] - [[bass guitar]] in Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7
* [[Tab Laven]] - [[banjo]] in Track 11
* [[John Catchings]] - [[cello]] in Tracks 2, 6, 11
* [[Fleming Painter]] - guest vocal in Track 7
* [[Robert Beeson]] - [[executive producer]]
* [[Vance Powell]] - engineer
* [[Mitch Dane]] - engineer in Track 3
* [[Jeremy Cottrell]] - second engineer
* [[Josh Williams]] - second engineer at [[FrontPage Studios]]
* [[Jack Joseph Puig]] - mixer
* [[Bob Ludwig]] - mastering

== Charts ==
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!align="left" valign="top"|Release Year
!align="left" valign="top"|The [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] 200 Chart Position
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|2002
|align="left" valign="top"|28
|-
|}


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The Eleventh Hour is the fourth studio album of the band Jars of Clay. It was released in 2002 by Essential Records and marked the band's first attempt at producing a full album for themselves.

Overview

When writing the group's fourth album, Jars of Clay enlisted Dennis Herring, who produced the band's If I Left The Zoo album, to produce, but due to scheduling difficulties, Herring decided to pull out of the project, leading to the band's first attempt at producing by themselves. Though not initially intending to produce the album themselves, the group took on this and many other aspects of putting the album together they had not before, such as artwork and even filming Ten:Thirty - The Making of The Eleventh Hour video.

The Eleventh Hour is considered a return to Jars of Clay's original sound, though in truth it bore stylistic similarities to all three of the albums preceding it, and continued the trend of favoring poetic lyrics over straightforwardly "Christian" lyrics (with lead single "I Need You" being a notable exception, reflecting a trend toward more direct and simplistic "worship songs" that had become popular in Christian music at around the turn of the century). The electric guitar was a more notable presence here than on past albums as well.

The song "Fly" had limited success at mainstream radio, but by this point, Jars of Clay was much less visible in mainstream music than they had been in the mid-nineties. The album was recorded in the band's own Sputnik Studio, and they self-produced it in addition to doing all of the photography and artwork on their own, even down to using the programs to design the cover. This was the first time that they had produced their own material since the self-titled album.

The album's tour was later recorded and released as a DVD known as 11Live, which featured the same cover artwork as The Eleventh Hour. Later, the group re-recorded many songs from the first four albums and released these studio sessions along with the live performances as Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage. "Something Beautiful" and "The Eleventh Hour" were the only songs from The Eleventh Hour that were included on the studio portion of the release, while "The Eleventh Hour" appeared a second time on the live performance (the only song to appear twice, on track five of each disc) and "Disappear", "I Need You", "Fly" and "Revolution". In 2007, the group parted from Essential Records and Sony BMG, Essential's parent company, decided to release a greatest hits collection as part of their The Essential series. The Essential Jars of Clay features four songs from The Eleventh Hour which are the singles "I Need You", "Fly" and "Revolution" and the album's track "Silence".

Honors

  • The Eleventh Hour earned the band a third consecutive Grammy Award in the Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album category in 2002.
  • The Eleventh Hour won Best Modern Rock Album at 2003's Dove Awards.

Album artwork

The album cover of The Eleventh Hour is a photograph of Seattle taken by Dan Haseltine from a hotel window looking down the Pike Place Market. All of the artwork was created jointly by the band, as the group wanted to put together an album that they had created, after being prompted to produce the album with the departure of Dennis Herring from the producer position before pre-production had begun.

Track listing

  1. "Disappear" - 3:56
  2. "Something Beautiful" - 3:46
  3. "Revolution" - 3:42
  4. "Fly" - 3:20
  5. "I Need You" - 3:40
  6. "Silence" - 5:17
  7. "Scarlet" - 3:32
  8. "Whatever She Wants" - 3:43
  9. "The Eleventh Hour" - 4:27
  10. "These Ordinary Days" - 3:04
  11. "The Edge of Water" - 3:54

Personnel

Charts

Release Year The Billboard 200 Chart Position
2002 28
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