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Vertical Expressions is an album project by the American duo II Guys from Petra (John Schlitt and Bob Hartman of Petra fame), independently released in 2007. The album was recorded by Jim Cooper and was produced by Bob Hartman, with additional production by Cooper. Mixed by Tony Palacios.
Following Petra’s retirement in May 2005 John Schlitt and Petra’s longtime linchpin Bob Hartman joined forces as a duet and released a CD, ‘Vertical Expressions’, under the billing II Guys From Petra. John told journalist Tracy Darlington about how he came to record with Bob Hartman. “We really didn’t decide to – it just sort of happened! We were invited to lead worship at a youth conference in Canada, so we had to arrange songs and music that the participants could sing along with. As we practised these songs, Bob thought that it wouldn’t be much harder to put together an album since we already had the arrangements. So we did! What Bob and I are doing now has an acoustic flare with the emphasis on praise and worship, along with the older stuff of Petra. It’s a totally different ball game. We called ourselves II Guys From Petra because we knew that no matter what we did people were going to say ‘Oh, that’s those two guys from Petra.’ So we basically just call ourselves that! ‘Vertical Expressions’ is a collection of praise and worship songs that we believe are very popular all over the world.” [Excerpt from the article “John Schlitt: The rock’n’roll grandfather showing there’s life after Petra” by Tony Cummings, published in Cross Rhythms March 12, 2009]
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CD tracklist:
01. Come, Now Is The Time
02. Trading My Sorrows
03. God Of Wonders
04. Draw Me Close
05. Here I Am To Worship
06. My Redeemer Lives
07. Lord, Reign In Me
08. We Fall Down
09. Blessed Be Your Name
10. Lord I Lift Your Name On High (Live)
Bonus Track:
11. Judas Kiss (Live)
Note: The two live tracks were recorded at Petra’s Farewell show on October 4, 2005 at The W in Franklin, Tennessee, but not included on the Farewell album.
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