This Means War!
1987 studio album by Petra
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Studio album by Petra | ||||
Released | 1987 (1987) | |||
Genre | Christian rock, hard rock | |||
Length | 39:56 | |||
Label | StarSong | |||
Producer | John & Dino Elefante | |||
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This Means War! is the ninth studio album 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 tracks are written by Bob Hartman, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "This Means War!" | 3:30 | |
2. | "He Came, He Saw, He Conquered" |
| 4:06 |
3. | "Get on Your Knees and Fight Like a Man" | 4:33 | |
4. | "I Am Available" | 4:27 | |
5. | "Kenaniah" (lyrics: Bob Hartman, Danny Kingen, and John Lawry) |
| 3:44 |
6. | "You Are My Rock" |
| 4:20 |
7. | "The Water Is Alive" | 3:48 | |
8. | "Don't Let Your Heart Be Hardened" | 3:43 | |
9. | "Dead Reckoning" | 3:24 | |
10. | "All the King's Horses" | 4:16 | |
Total length: | 39:56 |
No. | Title | Length |
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11. | "Bob Hartman's Solo" (Live) | 2:26 |
12. | "John Lawry's Solo - The Race" (Live) | 1:52 |
13. | "Louie Weaver's Solo" (Live) | 2:04 |
Total length: | 46:19 |
Awards
- Nominated for Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance in 1987.
- Won the Netherlands's Contemporary Christian album of the year in 1988.
Personnel
Petra
- Bob Hartman – lead guitars, additional programming, arrangements
- John Schlitt – lead vocals, background vocals
- John Lawry – keyboards, computer programming, background vocals
- Mark Kelly – bass guitar, background vocals
- Louie Weaver – drums, additional programming
Additional musicians
- John Elefante – additional programming, background vocals, arrangements
- Tim Heintz – additional programming
- Dino Elefante – arrangements
- Tom Hrbacek and Los Alamitos High School Marching Drummers – percussion on "This Means War"
Production
- John Elefante – producer, engineer, mixing at Pakaderm Studio, Los Alamitos, California
- Dino Elefante – producer, engineer, mixing
- Mike Mireau – engineer
- Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc, Los Angeles
- Dave Rogers – art direction, design
- Chris Hopkins – illustration
References
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Petra
- John Schlitt
- Bob Hartman
- Greg Bailey
- Cristian Borneo
- John Lawry
- Greg Hough
- John DeGroff
- Bill Glover
- Greg X. Volz
- Rob Frazier
- John Slick
- Mark Kelly
- Louie Weaver
- Ronny Cates
- Jim Cooper
- David Lichens
- Lonnie Chapin
- Pete Orta
- Kevin Brandow
- Trent Thomason
- Bryce Bell
- Quinton Gibson
- Paul Simmons
- Petra
- Come and Join Us
- Washes Whiter Than
- Never Say Die
- More Power to Ya
- Not of this World
- Beat the System
- Captured in Time and Space
- Back to the Street
- This Means War!
- On Fire!
- Petra Praise: The Rock Cries Out
- Beyond Belief
- Unseen Power
- Wake-Up Call
- No Doubt
- Petra Praise 2: We Need Jesus
- God Fixation
- Double Take
- Revival
- Jekyll and Hyde
- Petra Farewell
- Discography
- John Elefante
- Never Say Dinosaur (tribute album)