I think I’m safe to say that this was Petra’s most successful 90’s album. It won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album and the Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year. Personally I struggle with Petra’s 90’s albums. They are very well done and I’m not being critical of their talent but I think I am so stuck in the 80’s I don’t appreciate their 90’s work. They stepped away from the Elefante brothers as producers for this album and went with Brown Bannister and you can tell. The album is much more mellow than their previous few and well quite frankly, just dull in spots. I respect Bannister but he was well known for leaving too many out right boring songs on an album. That said the album was hugely successful so what do I know. If you drifted away from Petra in the 90’s and missed this one I would suggest giving it a listen, I think it deserves that but I wouldn’t get excited based on the hype. I simply don’t think it’s that level of an album.
Tracklist
1 – Midnight Oil – 3:17
2 – Good News – 4:29
3 – Strong Convictions – 3:53
4 – He’s Been In My Shoes – 4:22
5 – Praying Man – 4:25
6 – Underneath The Blood – 3:30
7 – Sleeping Giant – 5:28
8 – Believer In Deed – 4:06
9 – Marks Of The Cross – 4:35
10 – Just Reach Out – 4:28
Credits
A&R – Lynn Keesecker
Art Direction – Diana Barnes
Backing Vocals – Bob Carlisle, Chris Eddy, Dale Thompson, Gordon Kennedy, Jimmie Lee Sloas, Joe Pizzulo, Judson Spence, Michael Black, Nanette Britt, Robert White Johnson, Ron Hemby, Tommy Funderburk, Vicki Carrico
Bass – Ronny Cates
Design – Gabrielle Raumberger
Drums – Louie Weaver
Engineer [Additional] – Steve Bishir
Engineer [Assistant] – Martin Woodlee, Rory Romano, Wayne Mehl
Engineer, Mixed By – Jeff Balding
Guitar – Bob Hartman
Keyboards – John Lawry
Lead Vocals – John Schlitt
Mastered By – Doug Sax
Mixed By [Assisted] – Greg Parker, Jeff Demorris, Pete Martinez
Photography By – Michael Llewellyn
Producer, Engineer [Additional] – Brown Bannister
Production Manager [Coordinator] – Tracy Sterling
Typography – Dylan Tran
Companies, etc.
Manufactured By – U.S. Optical Disc
Produced For – RBI Productions
Recorded At – Power Station
Recorded At – The Dugout
Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording
Mixed At – Ocean Way Recording
Mixed At – Sixteenth Avenue Sound
Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
