Petra Praise · The Rock Cries Out (Dayspring [Word], 1989) SIDE 1 I Love The Lord [buy WMA] King of Kings [buy WMA] Jesus, Jesus, Glorious One [buy WMA] The Battle Belongs To The Lord [buy WMA] Take Me In [buy WMA] Salvation Belongs To Our God [buy WMA] The King Of Glory Shall Come In [buy WMA] SIDE 2 No Weapon Formed Against Us [buy WMA] I Will Celebrate/When The Spirit Of The Lord [buy WMA] I Will Sing Praise [buy WMA] Hallowed Be Thy Name [buy WMA] Friends (All In The Family Of God) [buy WMA] I Will Call Upon The Lord [buy WMA] We Exalt Thee [buy WMA] Vocals re-recorded in Spanish and released as Petra En Alabanza. (songs on this album are from various sources; "I Love The Lord" and "The King Of Glory Shall Come In" are the only new songs. Both were written by Bob Hartman) Bob Hartman - lead guitar John Lawry - keyboards Ronny Cates - bass guitar Louie Weaver - drums John Schlitt - lead vocals background vocals - Walt Harrah, Rick Riso, Kathy Riso, Charlie Hoage, Sara Tennison, John Elefante, John Lawry sax solo on "Friends (All In The Family Of God)" - Greg Vail produced and arranged by Bob Hartman and John Lawry production assistance on guitars and vocals by Dino and John Elefante cover concept: Loren Balman cover design: Jackson Design, Nashville, TN

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cover art:
The very pretty desert pictures on the cover and inside this album are all taken from a photo shoot in Monument Valley, which runs through northeastern Arizona and southeastern Utah and which is inside a Navajo Indian reservation. The front cover has the words "PETRA PRAISE" in huge letters at the top of the picture, and "THE ROCK CRIES OUT" in tiny letters at the bottom. The actual photo is the members of the band on top of a huge rock formation; they are so small that on a cassette you might even miss them if you didn't look closely. John Schlitt has one fist in the air. If you're just glancing through a bunch of tapes or CDs looking for this one, look for brown; there is more sandstone brown on this cover than anything else. In fact, there is more sandstone than Petra. The back cover makes up for it; it's a very cool picture of the band (up close enough to recognize that there are people in the picture!) standing by a tree. Strangely enough after all the pictures I've seen of Louie Weaver, I don't even recognize him in these pix.

Michael's review:
This album is Petra's way of introducing their audience to praise and worship. As I understand it, they took a survey of youth groups to find out what the favorite p&w songs for teens were, and then they recorded their own versions of the winners. The sound is a little different vocally especially, because the keys were chosen for ease of use by youth groups and not necessarily to showcase John Schlitt's voice. They also used more of a variety of background vocals; for the first time some female voices show up! This album runs along the pop lines, but not as chronically as Back To The Street or even This Means War!; there's still plenty of crunchy guitar to go around. The two new songs, "I Love The Lord" and "The King Of Glory Shall Come In", might take a little learning to be usable in youth group, but the rest of the arrangements are great for a teen congregation. "I Will Call Upon The Lord" and "We Exalt Thee" were actually recorded live, which demonstrates just how usable the arrangements are with a crowd. I am a little puzzled by the inclusion of "Friends (All In The Family Of God)" (which has a fun 50's-style arrangement) since it is not especially a worship song, but that doesn't stop it from being a fun addition to the album. "I Love The Lord" is a definite rocker, and the others hold their own also; this one won't disappoint the die-hard Petra fan.
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