Petra Discography

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Petra released 24 albums (including two live album, and two Spanish albums) during their 33 years of career starting with their first release in 1974 and finishing with their last album in 2005.

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[edit] Full Discography

Release Date Album Title Label Comments
1974 Petra Myrrh/A&M
  • First full-length studio album
1977 Come and Join Us Myrrh/A&M
1979 Washes Whiter Than StarSong/A&M
1981 Never Say Die StarSong/A&M
September 21, 1982 More Power To Ya StarSong/A&M
1983 Not of this World StarSong/A&M
1984 Beat the System StarSong/A&M
1985 Captured In Time and Space StarSong/A&M
  • First live album for the band.
  • Last album featuring Greg X. Volz.
1986 Back to the Street StarSong/A&M
1987 This Means War! StarSong
1988 On Fire! StarSong/A&M
October 3, 1989 Petra Praise: The Rock Cries Out DaySpring/Word/A&M/Epic
June 20, 1990 Beyond Belief DaySpring/Word/A&M/Epic
November, 1991 Unseen Power DaySpring/Word/Epic
1992 Petra en Alabanza DaySpring/Word
  • First album in Spanish.
November 9, 1993 Wake-Up Call DaySpring/Word/Epic
August 26, 1995 No Doubt Word/Epic
February 18, 1997 Petra Praise 2: We Need Jesus Word/Epic
April 29, 1998 God Fixation Word/Epic
February 29, 2000 Double Take Word/Epic
November 20, 2001 Revival Inpop
  • Third praise album.
August 19, 2003 Jekyll & Hyde Inpop
April 20, 2004 Jekyll & Hyde en Español Inpop
  • Second album in Spanish.
November 22, 2005 Petra Farewell Inpop

[edit] Unreleased Songs

Petra recorded several songs for multi-artist compilation albums that are not available on any of the band's own albums. The band also has songs that were performed only in concert or never recorded for an album.

  • "Rocking On With Jesus" (played in concert in 1970s, never recorded)
  • "Onward Christian Soldiers" (featured on the album Our Hymns, 1989, later included on the 2 CD/Cassette 1996 Spring Arbor Release Hymns: 26 All Time Classics [1], and finally incorporated on the PETRA compilation album Still Means War (2002) )
  • "Who Do You Listen To?" (featured on the album Songs For A Small Circle Of Friends, 1989)
  • "Our Turn Now" (featured on Carman's album Addicted To Jesus, 1991)
  • "I Don't Want To Fall Away From You" (featured on the album No Compromise: Remembering The Music of Keith Green, 1992)
  • "It's A New Day" (written for Jekyll & Hyde, 2003, unreleased) [2]

[edit] Videos

  • Captured In Time & Space (1986, Starsong)
  • On Fire! Video Event (1989, Word)
  • Beyond Belief Video Album (Mini Movie) (1990, Word)
  • Backstage Pass (1992, Word)
  • Wake-Up Call Video Collection (1993, Word)
  • Revival Inpop (November 20, 2001, Inpop Records)
  • Farewell (March 7, 2006, Inpop Records)
  • Captured in Time & Space DVD (2006, exclusively licensed to Petra Productions, Inc.) [3] [4] [5]

[edit] Compilation albums

There are several official and unofficial compilation albums of Petra. Many fans of Petra have a decided antipathy toward the compilation albums. This is because they feel that the record labels tried to capitalise on the fame of Petra after the band had stopped recording with them. For instance, Petra gained immense popularity in the early nineties. This was the period when Star Song brought out many of their compilation albums from the period that Petra were recording with them. Also, there is a minority of fans who believe that putting Petra songs on compilation albums rids them of their proper place in the transition of songs on the album.

  • Petra Means Rock (1989, Star Song Records)
  • War & Remembrance (2CD/CS with booklet, 1990, Star Song Records)
  • Petrafied: The Best Of Petra (1991, Star Song Records)
  • The Petra Collection: Baylor Religious Hour Choir (1991, Word Records)
  • Petraphonics (1992, Star Song Records)
  • Power Praise (1993, Star Song Records)
  • Rock Block (1995, Star Song Records)
  • The Early Years (1996, Star Song Records)
  • The Coloring Song (1999, EMI/Capitol - same tracklist as The Early Years)
  • Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (2001, Bompastor/Word - Brazilian release)
  • Still Means War (2002, Word Records)
  • The Power Of Praise (2003, Word Records)
  • The Praise Collection (2006, Word Records)
  • The Ultimate Collection (2006, Star Song Records)
  • The Early Years (2006, Star Song Records - new artwork)
  • The Definitive Collection (2007, Word Records)

[edit] Solo Projects

There are several solo projects by members of Petra, namely that of Greg X. Volz (lead vocals, 1977-1985), John Lawry (keyboards & vocals, 1985-1995), and John Schlitt (lead vocals, 1986-2005). John Elefante, co-producer of Petra, also brought out a few albums. Both he and his brother Dino, Co-producer of Petra, founded the group Mastedon and have produced several other bands together.

Also released in March of 2007 was a duet project by John Schlitt and Bob Hartman entitled Vertical Expressions, under the band name II Guys From Petra.

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