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PETRA: Beat The System LP/Purple vinyl

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  • ROYAL PURPLE VINYL
  • 2021 Girder Records 
  • Included Full Color 2 Sided Sleeve with Printed Lyrics, Band Photo
  • Includes 12x18" Poster with Vinyl
  • Originally Release in 1984
  • Remastered by Rob Colwell (Bombworks Sound)

BEAT THE SYSTEM 

Petra’s Grammy nominated 1985 album, Beat The System, is certainly one of Petra's most transitional works. It is also one that, despite being thoroughly a product of its time, manages to sound surprisingly relevant today.

Due to the departure of keyboardist John Slick, the preponderance of the album’s mountain of synthesizer tracks were actually performed by studio musician Carl Marsh or Rhett Lawrence, a young producer and musician who, in future years, would produce albums and write songs for artists like Mariah CareyKelly ClarksonBlack Eyed Peas, and Whitney Houston. When Lawrence was working on Beat The System he was also working as a programmer for artists Michael Jackson and Van Halen, which gave the album a polished, mainstream sound. 

There’s no way around it. Beat The System is a synth-rock album from top to bottom. While the program heavy sound fit the lyrical theme of the album, and the trends at radio in 1985, some fans initially bristled at their favorite rock band’s digital direction. Catchy songwriting, and a prescient theme, however, has helped the album to age well. As a capstone to the Volz era of the band, and a snapshot of Bob Hartman’s ability to adapt to changing styles and trends in rock and pop, Beat The System stands out in Petra’s considerable catalog.

But you are about to hear this album in all it's glory. You'll understand once the needle drops or the CDs starts that this was not only relevant for today but that the tempo and rhythm 

Bob Hartman – Guitar
Greg X. Volz – Lead vocals
Louie Weaver – Drums
John Lawry - Keyboards

Track Listing

  1. Beat The System 4:22
  2. Computer Brains 4:01
  3. Clean 3:01
  4. It Is Finished 3:52
  5. Voice In The Wind 4:30
  6. God Gave Rock And Roll To You 3:54
  7. Witch Hunt 4:34
  8. Hollow Eyes 4:03
  9. Speak To The Sky 4:16
  10. Adonai 4:42

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Girder Records
1984/2022

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