Petra - On Fire! (1988)
Tracklist front / back album covers
"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 Band Members / Musicians
Bob Hartman – lead guitar
John Lawry – keyboards, background vocals
Louie Weaver – drums
John Schlitt – lead vocals
Ronny Cates – bass guitar
John Andrew Schreiner – keyboards, programming
Tim Heintz – programming
Bob Carlisle – background vocals
John Elefante – background vocals
Rikki Michelle – background vocals ("Homeless Few")
John Elefante – producer, engineer
Dino Elefante – producer, engineer
Mike Mireau – engineer
Jeff Simmons – assistant engineer
Mannie Parker – assistant engineer
Greg Parker – assistant engineer
Pakaderm Studio, Los Alamitos, California – recording location, mixing location
Woodland Sound Studio, Nashville, Tennessee – additional studio
Steve Hall – mastering
Future Disc, Hollywood, California – mastering location
On Fire! is the 10th studio album of the Christian rock band, Petra. It was released in 1988 by StarSong.
The songs of this album are in the Hard rock category. The lyrics continue the theme of spiritual warfare featured in their previous efforts, with metaphors making reference to military subtexts ("Mine Field", "Defector"). The band also tackles issues such as homelessness ("Homeless Few") and other personal and social issues.
This is the first album to feature Ronny Cates on bass who would remain with the band until 1995. With his addition to the line-up, the band started their more stable period in terms of line-up. Schlitt, Hartman, Cates, Lawry and Weaver would remain together for seven years and six albums.
