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This Means War!

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Released
  
1987 (1987)

Label
  
StarSong Records

This Means War!(1987)
  
On Fire!(1988)

Length
  
40:12

Producer
  
John & Dino Elefante

Genre
  
Christian rock, hard rock

This Means War! is the ninth studio album of the Christian rock band, Petra. It was released in 1987.

Contents

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.

  1. "This Means War!" – 3:30
  2. "He Came, He Saw, He Conquered" (Music by Hartman and John Elefante) – 4:10
  3. "Get on Your Knees and Fight Like a Man" – 4:32
  4. "I Am Available" – 4:27
  5. "Kenaniah" (Words by Hartman, John Lawry & Danny Kingen; Music by Lawry & Kingen) – 3:43
  6. "You Are My Rock" (Music by John & Dino Elefante) – 4:21
  7. "The Water Is Alive" – 3:48
  8. "Don't Let Your Heart Be Hardened" – 3:41
  9. "Dead Reckoning" – 3:23
  10. "All the King's Horses" – 4:17

Awards

  • Nominated for Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance in 1987.
  • Won the Netherlands's Contemporary Christian album of the year in 1988.

    • Petra

  • Bob Hartman - Guitar
  • John Schlitt - Lead Vocals
  • John Lawry - Keyboards, background vocals
  • Mark Kelly - Bass, background vocals
  • Louie Weaver - Drums

    • Guest musicians

  • Tom Hrbacek and Los Alamitos High School Marching Drummers - Percussion ("This Means War")

    • Production

  • John & Dino Elefante - Producer
  • 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

    • References

    This Means War! Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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