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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 songs written by Bob Hartman, except where noted.
- "This Means War!" – 3:30
- "He Came, He Saw, He Conquered" (Music by Hartman and John Elefante) – 4:10
- "Get on Your Knees and Fight Like a Man" – 4:32
- "I Am Available" – 4:27
- "Kenaniah" (Words by Hartman, John Lawry & Danny Kingen; Music by Lawry & Kingen) – 3:43
- "You Are My Rock" (Music by John & Dino Elefante) – 4:21
- "The Water Is Alive" – 3:48
- "Don't Let Your Heart Be Hardened" – 3:41
- "Dead Reckoning" – 3:23
- "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.
Personnel
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