Petra - This Means War! (25th Anniversary Remastered Edition) (2012)

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Petra - This Means War! (25th Anniversary Remastered Edition) (2012)

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Petra - This Means War! (25th Anniversary Remastered Edition) (2012)

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Year : 1987 (Remastered Edition 2012)
Style : Melodic Christian Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 106 mb


Bio:

Petra is a music group regarded as a pioneer of the Christian rock and contemporary Christian music genres. Formed in 1972, the band took its name from the Greek word for "rock". Though they disbanded formally in 2006, incarnations of Petra have played reunion shows in the years since and released an album in November 2010. In 2013, the band returned from retirement with a new drummer Cristian Borneo and recorded a new song titled "Holy is Your Name", as well as going back on tour.With a style initially similar to The Eagles and Lynyrd Skynyrd, Petra's sound evolved into a more energetic, driving rock sound in the early 1980s akin to Foreigner, Styx and Journey. Throughout the 1980s and into the early 1990s, Petra was one of the world's most popular Christian rock bands, with each of its albums during that period selling hundreds of thousands of copies while the band sold out arenas and regularly placed songs at the top of Christian radio charts. With its lyrics, music and style, Petra influenced numerous other artists at a time when Christian rock experienced strong opposition from many conservative pastors and churches.In more than three decades, the band experienced numerous lineup changes yet released 20 studio albums, as well as three Spanish-language and two live albums, selling nearly 10 million copies while being nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, winning four, and winning 10 Dove Awards. Its biggest hit, "The Coloring Song," reached the top position on three Christian radio charts simultaneously, and at its peak, the band's tours rivaled Amy Grant's in popularity among Christian audiences. Petra was the first rock band inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and the first Christian band whose memorabilia was included in the Hard Rock Cafe restaurant chain.The band announced its retirement in 2005, launching a farewell tour that was recorded for release on CD and DVD. Petra's 33-year career ended with a performance in the early hours of January 1, 2006, in Murphy, North Carolina. However, the band has continued to perform sporadically since then. In November 2010, an incarnation of the band's mid-1980s lineup surfaced under the name Classic Petra. They released a CD titled Back to the Rock featuring two new songs as well as re-recordings of hits from that era. The band released a companion live CD and DVD in 2011.

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Two classic recordings by PETRA, one of Christian rock's most awarded and influential bands throughout the '70s, '80s and '90s, were reissued some time ago by Star Song Music as special Anniversary Editions, fully digital remastered for the first time including bonus tracks.Requested here on the blog, both truly deserve a place in your Melodic Hard / AOR collection.Let's go now with the terrific "This Means War!".In 1985 singer Greg X. Volz departed Petra and pursued a solo career. Petra, nevertheless, pressed on in hiring a new vocalist in John Schlitt.Schlitt's more powerful approach provided to the band an extra edge to their AOR sound, enhanced in this record by the glossy production of John & Dino Elefante.Indeed, the Elefante bros. are in grand part responsible of "This Means War!" awesome second half of the '80s US American Melodic Hard / AOR 'huge' sound."This Means War!" certainly puts the “rock” back in the band’s namesake, kicking off with the hard-hitting title track anthem. From there, the album continues delivering punchy rockers like 'He Came, He Saw, He Conquered', the FM Rock classic 'Get On Your Knees And Fight Like A Man' (with some Kansas on it), and the sharp Toto-like 'The Water Is Alive'.Pure US anthemic AOR is present on the the Journey flavored 'Kenaniah', and 'You Are My Rock' (in the vein of Canadians Triumph), both fantastic cuts to die for.There's a great melodic rocker in 'Dead Reckoning', while the midtempo closer 'All The King’s Horses' is another AOR little gem. Of course, there are the obligatory power ballads in the gentle 'I Am Available' and 'Don’t Let Your Heart Be Hardened'.But on "This Means War!" it’s the guitar-driven punchy AOR / melodic rock that is center stage, which is how I like my Petra.Digitally remastered for the first time, Petra's "This Means War! 25th Anniversary Edition" sounds terrific. An album that can't remain absent in your '80s US AOR / Melodic Rock collection.

Line-Up:

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

Tracklist:

01. This Means War!
02. He Came, He Saw, He Conquered
03. Get on Your Knees and Fight Like a Man
04. I Am Available
05. Kenaniah
06. You Are My Rock
07. The Water Is Alive
08. Don't Let Your Heart Be Hardened
09. Dead Reckoning
10. All the King's Horses
11. Bob Hartman's Solo (Live) (Bonus Track)
12. John Lawry's Solo (Live) (Bonus Track)
13. Louie Weaver's Solo (Live) (Bonus Track)


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