Come and Join Us

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Come and Join Us
Come and Join Us cover
Studio album by Petra
Released 1977
Recorded  ?
Genre Christian rock
Length 35:37
Label Myrrh Records
A&M Records
Producer(s) Austin Roberts
Professional reviews
Petra chronology
Petra
(1974)		 Come and Join Us
(1977)		 Washes Whiter Than
(1979)


Come and Join Us is the second studio release of the Christian rock band Petra. It was released in 1977.

The album continues with a style similar to the one of their previous album, which is something between country and southern rock. However, the music is more rock-oriented, and the lyrics show more depth.

Also - like their previous album - there is no lead singer per se. Instead, the lead vocals are handled by guitarists Bob Hartman and Greg Hough, and some guest singers. Curiously, one of the guest singers is Greg X. Volz who would later become the band's full-time singer.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Bob Hartman, except where noted.

  1. "God Gave Rock and Roll to You" (Russ Ballard) – 5:35
  2. "Ask Him In" – 3:30
  3. "Sally" (Hough) – 4:25
  4. "Without You I Would Surely Die" (Hough) – 4:27
  5. "Come and Join Us" – 4:39
  6. "Where Can I Go" – 3:51
  7. "Holy Ghost Power" – 2:26
  8. "Woman Don't You Know" (Hartman & Hough) – 3:39
  9. "God Gave Rock and Roll To You" (reprise) (Ballard) – 2:48

[edit] Miscellanea

  • Guest singer Greg X. Volz (featured on the songs "God Gave Rock and Roll to You" and "Woman Don't You Know") would later become the band's full-time singer until his departure in 1985.
  • The band wanted to title the album "God Gave Rock and Roll to You," but Myrrh Records nixed the idea because of the conservative nature of the Christian bookstores that would carry the album.
  • The song "God Gave Rock and Roll to You" was written by Russ Ballard for his band Argent, and would later become a rock and roll anthem, famously covered by KISS. Petra would cover the song again in 1984.
  • The song "Killing My Old Man" was recorded for Come and Join Us, but was dropped by Myrrh before the album was released. The song remained a staple in concert, though, and was eventually record for the 1981 album Never Say Die.
  • The cover art was done by Dennis Bellile while the band's logo was designed by Craig Yoe (Yoe-Yoe Studio).

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Petra

[edit] Guest Musicians

[edit] Recording

[edit] Production

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