This Means War!
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{{Infobox album
| name = This Means War!
| type = studio
| artist = Petra
| cover = Petra This Means War.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1987}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Christian rock, hard rock
| length = 39:56
| label = StarSong
| producer = John & Dino Elefante
| prev_title = Back to the Street
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = On Fire!
| next_year = 1988
| misc = {{Singles
| name = This Means War!
| type = studio
| single1 = This Means War!{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Petra-This-Means-War/master/1017035|title=Petra (9) - This Means War!|publisher=}}
| single1date = 1987
| single2 = I Am Available{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Petra-I-Am-Available/release/8289902|title=Petra (9) - I Am Available|publisher=}}
| single2date = 1987
| single3 = Get on Your Knees and Fight Like a Man{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Petra-Get-On-Your-Knees-And-Fight-Like-A-Man/release/8303970|title=Petra (9) - Get On Your Knees And Fight Like A Man|publisher=}}
| single3date = 1987
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| noprose = yes
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r91062|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
}}
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
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Bob Hartman, except where noted
| title1 = This Means War!
| writer1 =
| length1 = 3:30
| title2 = He Came, He Saw, He Conquered
| writer2 = {{hlist|Bob Hartman|John Elefante}}
| length2 = 4:06
| title3 = Get on Your Knees and Fight Like a Man
| writer3 =
| length3 = 4:33
| title4 = I Am Available
| writer4 =
| length4 = 4:27
| title5 = Kenaniah
| writer5 = {{hlist|Danny Kingen|John Lawry}}
| note5 = lyrics: Bob Hartman, Danny Kingen, and John Lawry
| length5 = 3:44
| title6 = You Are My Rock
| writer6 = {{hlist|Dino Elefante|John Elefante}}
| length6 = 4:20
| title7 = The Water Is Alive
| writer7 =
| length7 = 3:48
| title8 = Don't Let Your Heart Be Hardened
| writer8 =
| length8 = 3:43
| title9 = Dead Reckoning
| writer9 =
| length9 = 3:24
| title10 = All the King's Horses
| writer10 =
| length10 = 4:16
| total_length = 39:56
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 25th Anniversary Edition
| title11 = Bob Hartman's Solo
| note11 = Live
| writer11 =
| length11 = 2:26
| title12 = John Lawry's Solo - The Race
| note12 = Live
| writer12 =
| length12 = 1:52
| title13 = Louie Weaver's Solo
| note13 = Live
| writer13 =
| length13 = 2:04
| total_length = 46:19
}}
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
References
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{{Petra (band)}}
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