STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - PETRA - ON FIRE !

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Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today our record of choice is the 10th studio album by Indiana based Christian rock band, Petra. On Fire ! was released in 1988 on the Star Song label and was produced by John & Dino Elefante . The LP peaked at #3 on the Top Christian Albums chart. Six singles were issued from the 10 track album ; "Open Book (#19 Adult Contemporary, #2 US Christian) , "Counsel of the Holy" (#8 Mainstream Rock) , "Homeless Few" (#7 Adult Contemporary, #2 US Christian) , "Hit You Where You Live" (#5 Mainstream Rock) , "Mine Field" (#1 Mainstream Rock) , and "First Love" (#1 Adult Contemporary, #1 US Christian). Petra, who take their name from the Greek word for "Rock"  was formed in 1972 and have released 22 studio albums. 

"All Fired Up" – 4:30
"Hit You Where You Live" (music by Billy Smiley and Dino Elefante) – 4:20
"Mine Field" – 4:28
"First Love" (music by John Elefante) – 4:10
"Defector" – 4:30
"Counsel of the Holy" (words & music by John Lawry & Danny Kingen) – 3:37
"Somebody's Gonna Praise His Name" – 4:02
"Open Book" – 4:28
"Stand in the Gap" – 4:10
"Homeless Few" (music by John Lawry) – 4:33

Petra

John Schlitt – lead vocals, backing vocals
Bob Hartman – lead guitars, arrangements
John Lawry – keyboards, computer programming, backing vocals, arrangements
Ronny Cates – bass guitar
Louie Weaver – drums
Additional musicians

John Andrew Schreiner – keyboards, programming
Tim Heintz – programming
Bob Carlisle – backing vocals
John Elefante – backing vocals, arrangements
Riki Michele – backing vocals on "Homeless Few"
Dino Elefante – arrangements
Production

John Elefante – producer, engineer at Pakaderm Studio, Los Alamitos, California and Woodland Sound Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Dino Elefante – producer, engineer
Mike Mireau – engineer
Mannie Parker – assistant engineer
Greg Parker – assistant engineer
Jeff Simmons – assistant engineer
Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc, Hollywood, California
Dave Rogers – art direction, design
Ken Westphal – illustration