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
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
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