This Means War!

This Means War! is the ninth studio album of the Christian rock band, Petra. It was released in 1987.

For articles with similar titles, see This Means War (disambiguation).
This Means War!
Studio album by
Petra
Released1987 (1987)
GenreChristian rock, hard rock
Length40:12
LabelStarSong Records
ProducerJohn & Dino Elefante
Petra chronology
Back to the Street
(1986)		 This Means War!
(1987)		 On Fire!
(1988)
Singles from This Means War!
  1. "This Means War![1]"
    Released: 1987
  2. "I Am Available[2]"
    Released: 1987
  3. "Get on Your Knees and Fight Like a Man[3]"
    Released: 1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

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.

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

Guest musicians
  • Tom Hrbacek and Los Alamitos High School Marching Drummers - Percussion ("This Means War")

Production

References
  1. "Petra (9) - This Means War!".
  2. "Petra (9) - I Am Available".
  3. "Petra (9) - Get On Your Knees And Fight Like A Man".
  4. AllMusic review
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