🎵 AotW Petra BACK TO THE STREET (A&M SP 5143)

[LPJim]

1 Back To The Street 4:14
2 You Are I Am 3:08
3 Shakin' The HouseWritten-By – John Lawry 4:28
4 King's Ransom 4:18
5 Whole World 4:50
6 Another Crossroad 3:50
7 Run For Cover 3:15
8 Fool's Gold 4:48
9 Altar Ego 4:43
10 Thankful Heart 3:17

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Star Song
• Copyright (c) – Star Song
• Recorded At – Pakaderm Studios
• Mixed At – Pakaderm Studios

• Bass, Backing Vocals – Mark Kelly (8)
• Design [Cover Design], Concept By, Art Direction – Dave Rogers (7)
• Design [Cover Design], Concept By, Art Direction, Illustration – Randy Rogers (3)
• Drums – Louie Weaver
• Guitar, Arranged By – Bob Hartman
• Keyboards [Additional], Backing Vocals – John Elefante
• Keyboards, Programmed By [Fairlight Programming], Backing Vocals – John Lawry
• Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – John Schlitt
• Photography – Ron Keith, Scott Bonner
• Photography, Art Direction – Bill Brunt
• Producer, Arranged By – Dino Elefante
• Producer, Arranged By, Keyboards [Additional Keyboards] – John Elefante
• Written-By – Bob Hartman, Dino Elefante (tracks: 4, 8 to 10), John Elefante (tracks: 3, 4, 8 to 10)

Released 1986
Issued on CD by Star Song as SSD 8073 in 1987

JB

Note: There is no release for 'SP 5142'

 

[toeknee4bz]

The first Petra album to feature John Schlitt on lead vocals, the 1986 album BACK TO THE STREET was a decent synth-rock follow-up to it's 1985 predecessor BEAT THE SYSTEM (A&M SP-5067). Tenor Greg X. Volz left the band, and had actually hand-picked John Schlitt personally as his successor. And overall, the album was ok. But John's voice had far more of a rocky character than that of Greg X. Volz, and the subsequent Petra album THIS MEANS WAR! raised the bar to more of a heavy metal sound for the band going forward.
Ironically, though, John's softer side was to be the more memorable sound on this album, with "Fool's Gold" and "Thankful Heart" making the Christian radio circuit and later surfacing on the Star Song compilation album PETRAPHONICS.