- This Means War!
Infobox Album
Name = This Means War!
Type =Album
Artist = Petra
Released = 1987
Genre =Christian rock
Length = 40:12
Label = StarSong Records
Producer = John &Dino Elefante
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:20ktk6hx9krk link]
Last album = "Back to the Street "
(1986)
This album = "This Means War!"
(1987)
Next album = "On Fire! "
(1988)"This Means War!" is the tenth release of the
Christian rock band, Petra. It was released in 1987.In this album, the band started to refine their movement into a more
hard rock /arena rock sound, still retaining keyboard synthesizers to back the driving guitar work. This album also signaled the beginning of a military motif present in the song lyrics that the band would carry through several of their following albums.Track listing
All songs written by
Bob Hartman , except where noted.
# "This Means War!" – 3:30
# "He Came, He Saw, He Conquered" (Music by Hartman and John Elefante) – 4:10
# "Get on Your Knees and Fight Like a Man" – 4:32
# "I Am Available" – 4:27
# "Kenaniah" (Words by Hartman, John Lawry & Danny Kingen; Music by Lawry & Kingen) – 3:43
# "You Are My Rock" (Music by John & Dino Elefante) – 4:21
# "The Water Is Alive" – 3:48
# "Don't Let Your Heart Be Hardened" – 3:41
# "Dead Reckoning" – 3:23
# "All the King's Horses" – 4:17Awards
* Nominated for
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance in 1987.
* WonHolland 's Contemporary Christian album of the year in 1988.Personnel
Petra
*
Bob Hartman - Guitar
*John Schlitt - Lead Vocals
*John Lawry - Keyboards, background vocals
* Mark Kelly - Bass, background vocals
*Louie Weaver - DrumsGuest Musicians
* Tom Hrbacek and Los Alamitos High School Marching Drummers - Percussion ("This Means War")
Production
* John & Dino Elefante - Producer
Recording
* Engineered by John & Dino Elefante, and Mike Mireau
* Recorded and Mixed at Pakaderm Studio,Los Alamitos, California
* Mastered at Future Disc,Los Angeles, California by Steve Hall
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