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Inland is the eleventh full-length studio album by rock band Jars of Clay, which was released on August 27, 2013 by Gray Matters label. The album was produced by Tucker Martine at Flora Recording & Playback in Portland, Oregon. The album has seen significant charting successes, and has garnered critical acclamation.

The album was recorded in Portland, Oregon at Flora Recording & Playback in July 2012 by the band, and it was produced by grammy-nominated Tucker Martine.

The album was released on August 27, 2013 by Gray Matters label. The song "Love in Hard Times" was packaged with the purchase their EP entitled Under the Weather (Live in Sellersville, PA), and this occurred on March 18, 2013. "Inland" was released as a promotional single by the band through Rolling Stone on June 17, 2013, which was free to download. On June 18, 2013, the band released the lead single "After the Fight" from the album. On August 20, 2013, Jars of Clay allowed Billboard to stream the album.

Inland garnered universal critical acclaim for their release by music critics. Andy Argyrakis of CCM Magazine told that "the group continues pushing creative and lyrical boundaries eleven albums later. Rather than taking the safe and easy radio route, the group turns to producer Tucker Martine [...] for a hipster friendly journey of melodic pop treasures that candidly discuss life's many emotions during uncertain times." At New Release Tuesday, Kevin Davis noted the album for its "beauty and transparency", and stated that the release "is 'All it was meant to be.'" Roger Gelwicks of Jesus Freak Hideout called the album "essential listening" that the release "demonstrates that the band's identity rests in revitalizing change", and how the band has "stayed incredibly fascinating" in their musical longevity makes this "all the more impressive." In addition, Gelwicks noted this album as being "Original at the core and rooted in practiced experience". At Indie Vision Music, Ian Zandi told that he would "put this record on par with their classic self-titled album and The Long Fall Back to Earth."

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