Best of the 80’s

Description

Best of the 80’s is a compilation album by the American rock band Petra, released on StarSong Music in 2012, manufactured by EMI CMG Label Group and distributed by EMI CMG Distribution.

The classic rock band from Indiana are showcased here with a stomping collection of their greatest hits from their most successful decade. The band that brought us their infectious worshipful rock provide us with a close knit collection here of 10 of the most powerful, stadium-filling rock epics. The collection kicks off with «All Fired Up», the crashing drums and soaring harmonies reminiscent of a DefLeppard song from the same era. The album continues in the same vain in the main, but there is time for a breather on «The Coloring Song» (a major US Christian radio hit when released in 1981), which is the perfect example of how Petra had their harmonies spot on and how they could put down the crashing instruments and perform a delicate song speaking of God’s love and his giving of life to us. The highlight and centrepiece for this collection for me is «It Is Finished». The lyrics are brilliant and the guitar riffs still bite. It is the more modern sounding track within this collection, but that’s not to say the others are too dated as their classic AOR approach, like that of The Eagles, today still retains a timeless quality. For recordings that are around 30 years old these oldies still have legs. The one big snag is that Petra’s StarSong recordings have been brought together on so many different compilations that there can be few original fans left who haven’t already got these evergreens. [Matthew Griggs, Cross Rhythms, November 2012]

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CD tracklist:

01. All Fired Up (from the album On Fire!)
02. This Means War! (from the album This Means War!)
03. Bema Seat (from the album Not of this World)
04. The Coloring Song (from the album Never Say Die)
05. Judas’ Kiss (from the album More Power to Ya)
06. Mine Field (from the album On Fire!)
07. He Came, He Saw, He Conquered (from the album This Means War!)
08. It Is Finished (from the album Beat the System)
09. More Power To Ya (from the album More Power to Ya)
10. Thankful Heart (from the album Back to the Street)