The Petra Zone

Boray wrote:Top 5:
1. WUX
2. MSOIJA
3. MMSSO
4. IAO
5. MAOJS

Bottom 5:
1. YYGGA
2. KAS
3. IPP
4. QLSS
5. MMAA

While I agree with you for the most part, I can't believe you have IPP in your Bottom 5 when OBS and PTSD are far worse. Also, MSOIJA has WAY too much klezmer influence for an Elefante-era album.

Haha! You are right of course.

My top 5, in no particular order:

1) Wake-up Call
2) More Power To Ya
3) Never Say Die
4) Jekyll & Hyde
5) Beat the System

Bottom 5, in no particular order:

1) Revival - doesn't really sound like Petra; should have been titled, "Sonic Flood, featuring John Schlitt!"
2) God Fixation - as I like to say, it's a very good album; it's just not a very good Petra album
3) No Doubt - this album has no identity; sounds like a bunch of random songs from different artists
4) Unseen Power - some good songs, but overall it's just a generic Elefante Bros. production
5) Farewell - the recording sounds muddy, and John Schlitt was not in top form; plus, it sounds like a tiny crowd which takes away some of the impact of a live record

Having said that, Petra's bottom five albums are still pretty darn good, all things considered. There are a lot of bands out there who'd love to have any of those albums in their catalog.

It was a tiny crowd.

brent wrote:It was a tiny crowd.

I know, and it sounds like it. They didn't even "juice" the mix to make the crowd sound bigger.

OJ was in jail.

Whadayamean, top 5, bottom 5 Petra albums?

I never heard of any other Petra albums but these three...
1 MPTY
2 NOTW
3 NSD
...which ought to be preserved in the Smithsonian, and the National Archives.

Are you sure that any other "Petra" recordings weren't some other band trying to copy Petra?
Maybe some southern gospel quartet trying to make a comeback?

You are right John, but setting a blaze a fire, for the battle of the ages.

Since I've only heard the John Schlitt albums, I'll rate my top 5 personal favorites...

1) God Fixation
2) Revival
3) On Fire!
4) Jekyll & Hyde
5) No Doubt