This Means War!
| This Means War! | ||||
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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Christian rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 39:56 | |||
| Label | StarSong | |||
| Producer | John & Dino Elefante | |||
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| Singles from This Means War! | ||||
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| AllMusic |    [4] |
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
[edit]All tracks are written by Bob Hartman, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]- Nominated for Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance in 1987.
- Won the Netherlands's Contemporary Christian album of the year in 1988.
Personnel
[edit]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
