Beyond Belief
by Petra
- Type: Album
- Released: 20 June 1990
- Label: DaySpring
- Country: United States
- Length: 43:55
- Community rating: 3/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Beyond Belief' represents the commercial and critical peak of Petra's arena rock era, defined by John Schlitt鈥檚 soaring vocals and Bob Hartman's driving guitars. Produced by John and Dino Elefante, the album features a polished, hard-rock sound with direct, faith-based lyrics on tracks like "Creed" and "I Am on the Rock". The release was a landmark success, earning the band its first Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album and achieving an RIAA Gold certification, cementing its status as a cornerstone of the genre.
Genres
Descriptors: conscious
Tracklist
- Armed and Dangerous (04:06)
- I Am on the Rock (04:37)
- Creed (04:36)
- Beyond Belief (05:06)
- Love (04:10)
- Underground (04:33)
- Seen and Not Heard (03:54)
- Last Daze (05:04)
- What's in a Name (03:34)
- Prayer (04:15)
Credits
- John Schlitt - lead vocals, backing vocals
- Bob Hartman - guitars, arrangements, lead guitar
- John Lawry - keyboards
- Ronny Cates - bass, bass guitar
- Louie Weaver - drums
- John Andrew Schreiner - additional keyboards
- John Elefante - producer, engineer, mixing at pakaderm studios, los alamitos, california, background vocals, arrangements, backing vocals
- Dino Elefante - producer, engineer, mixing at pakaderm studios, background vocals, arrangements, backing vocals
- Dave Amato - background vocals, backing vocals
- Walt Harrah and the Los Alamitos Congregational Choir - background vocals on "love"
- Lynn Keesecker - a&r direction, a&r [direction]
- Mike Mireau - engineer
- Jeff Simmons - assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig - mastering at masterdisk, new york city
- Amy Linden - art production coordination
- Buddy Jackson - art direction
- Beth Middleworth - design
- Mark Tucker - photography
- Carol Buckley-Frazier - hair, make-up
- Susan Wakulsky - stylist