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This Means War!
This Means War!
Studio album by Petra
Released	1987
Genre	Christian rock, hard rock
Length	39:56
Label	StarSong
Producer	John & Dino Elefante
Petra chronology
Singles from This Means War!
	"This Means War!"; Released: 1987; "I Am Available"; Released: 1987; "Get on Your Knees and Fight Like a Man"; Released: 1987;

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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 tracks are written by Bob Hartman, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"This Means War!"		3:30
2.	"He Came, He Saw, He Conquered"	Bob Hartman John Elefante	4:06
3.	"Get on Your Knees and Fight Like a Man"		4:33
4.	"I Am Available"		4:27
5.	"Kenaniah" (lyrics: Bob Hartman, Danny Kingen, and John Lawry)	Danny Kingen John Lawry	3:44
6.	"You Are My Rock"	Dino Elefante John Elefante	4:20
7.	"The Water Is Alive"		3:48
8.	"Don't Let Your Heart Be Hardened"		3:43
9.	"Dead Reckoning"		3:24
10.	"All the King's Horses"		4:16
Total length:			39:56

25th Anniversary Edition
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Bob Hartman's Solo" (Live)	2:26
12.	"John Lawry's Solo - The Race" (Live)	1:52
13.	"Louie Weaver's Solo" (Live)	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