This Means War!
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::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | This Means War! |
| type | studio |
| artist | Petra |
| cover | Petra This Means War.jpg |
| released | |
| genre | Christian rock, hard rock |
| length | 39:56 |
| label | StarSong |
| producer | John & Dino Elefante |
| prev_title | Back to the Street |
| prev_year | 1986 |
| next_title | On Fire! |
| next_year | 1988 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | This Means War! |
| type | studio |
| single1 | This Means War! |
| single1date | 1987 |
| single2 | I Am Available |
| single2date | 1987 |
| single3 | Get on Your Knees and Fight Like a Man |
| single3date | 1987 |
| :: |
| name = This Means War! | type = studio | artist = Petra | cover = Petra This Means War.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = | studio = | genre = Christian rock, hard rock | length = 39:56 | label = StarSong | producer = John & Dino Elefante | prev_title = Back to the Street | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = On Fire! | next_year = 1988 | misc = {{Singles | name = This Means War! | type = studio | single1 = This Means War! | single1date = 1987 | single2 = I Am Available | single2date = 1987 | single3 = Get on Your Knees and Fight Like a Man | single3date = 1987 | noprose = yes | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = 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_writing = Bob Hartman, except where noted | title1 = This Means War! | writer1 = | length1 = 3:30 | title2 = He Came, He Saw, He Conquered | writer2 = | length2 = 4:06 | title3 = Get on Your Knees and Fight Like a Man | writer3 = | length3 = 4:33 | title4 = I Am Available | writer4 = | length4 = 4:27 | title5 = Kenaniah | writer5 = | note5 = lyrics: Bob Hartman, Danny Kingen, and John Lawry | length5 = 3:44 | title6 = You Are My Rock | writer6 = | length6 = 4:20 | title7 = The Water Is Alive | writer7 = | length7 = 3:48 | title8 = Don't Let Your Heart Be Hardened | writer8 = | length8 = 3:43 | title9 = Dead Reckoning | writer9 = | length9 = 3:24 | title10 = All the King's Horses | writer10 = | length10 = 4:16
| total_length = 39:56
| headline = 25th Anniversary Edition
| title11 = Bob Hartman's Solo | note11 = Live | writer11 = | length11 = 2:26 | title12 = John Lawry's Solo - The Race | note12 = Live | writer12 = | length12 = 1:52 | title13 = Louie Weaver's Solo | note13 = Live | writer13 = | length13 = 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
References
- "Petra (9) - This Means War!".
- "Petra (9) - I Am Available".
- "Petra (9) - Get On Your Knees And Fight Like A Man".
- [{{AllMusic
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