This Means War!

For articles with similar titles, see This Means War (disambiguation).

This Means War!

Studio album by Petra

Released

1987

Genre

Christian rock, hard rock

Length

40:12

Label

StarSong Records

Producer

John & Dino Elefante

Petra chronology

Back to the Street
(1986)

This Means War!
(1987)

On Fire!
(1988)

Singles from This Means War!

"This Means War!^[1]"
Released: 1987
"I Am Available^[2]"
Released: 1987
"Get on Your Knees and Fight Like a Man^[3]"
Released: 1987

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]

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

Recording

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

References

Petra

John Schlitt Bob Hartman Greg Bailey Cristian Borneo John Lawry Greg Hough John DeGroff Bill Glover Greg X. Volz Rob Frazier John Slick Mark Kelly Louie Weaver Ronny Cates Jim Cooper David Lichens Lonnie Chapin Pete Orta Kevin Brandow Trent Thomason Bryce Bell Quinton Gibson Paul Simmons

Albums	Petra Come and Join Us Washes Whiter Than Never Say Die More Power to Ya Not of this World Beat the System Captured in Time and Space Back to the Street This Means War! On Fire! Petra Praise: The Rock Cries Out Beyond Belief Unseen Power Wake-Up Call No Doubt Petra Praise 2: We Need Jesus God Fixation Double Take Revival Jekyll and Hyde Petra Farewell

Other works	Petra en Alabanza Jekyll & Hyde en Español Petra Means Rock

Related articles	Discography Project Damage Control John Elefante Never Say Dinosaur (tribute album)

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