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One Of Petra's Heavier Offerings
Throughout their thirty-plus years as a band, Petra has had quite a number of member changes. With that, of course, comes a varied musical styling on each of their albums. "Wake-Up Call" falls into the heavier category of Petra's catalogue of albums. Although their last studio album, "Jekyll and Hyde," is probably their heaviest album, "Wake-Up Call" is not too far behind. This is shown through powerful arena rock tunes like "Sleeping Giant" and "Midnight Oil." Other heavier tunes on this album include "Strong Conviction" and "Underneath The Blood." Of course, no Petra album would be complete without a couple of ballads, and the tunes that fit the bill here are "Just Reach Out" and "Marks Of The Cross." <
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>Fans of Petra's "Beyond Belief" album and "No Doubt" will definitely enjoy this album. It has a very good balance of powerful arena rock and lighter ballads. It's one of Petra's best John Schlitt-era albums and is definitely worthy of purchase. <
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>Highly recommended.

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Okay - I'm Just A Little Biased About This Album
And here's why. After becoming a full-fledged Christian, I initially bought some of the "WOW" series of hits, and decided that I really liked the sound of Petra. So I decided to take the plunge, and this was my first Christian album by a single artist. I've often thought that the Lord guided my choice, because I still believe this is one of Petra's better albums. Petra had an inate ability to do a heartfelt ballad like "He's Been In My Shoes" and the direct "Just Reach Out"; but also to rock as hard as anyone as evidenced by the vibrant "Midnight Oil" and "Sleeping Giant". "Good News" is also one of my (quiet-music-preferring) wife's favorite Petra songs. I believe that "More Power To Ya", "Beyond Belief" and "Praise 2" are Petra's best; but this was a band that was so good that the second tier of their music was abundantly better than that of most of their contemporaries. Fans will be able to tell you that the band's name means "Rock" - and they have always defined both connotations of that term; both a loud, rocking band and a cornerstone on which Christian rock has always relied.

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Very solid effort
This album is a very solid effort from Petra, and is indicative of the direction they should have gone (and continued) with subsequent efforts. It sounds far more modern, more in tune with 90s music, and really works well for the band. Sure, it's southern rock and has a few country influences to it, but I like it! <
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>I always found the ballad 'He's Been in my Shoes' really boring however, and this album does suffer with a few too many slow songs on the second half (though 'Just Reach Out' is an amazing song lyrically and musically). Indeed, the first two songs really rock, and so do a few on the second half, but a lot of this album is more 'poppy' than previous efforts. <
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>Blame it on the producer (pop producer Brown Bannister was behind the wheel of this one), or just the fact that Petra was getting older ... this still is a standout album in that it's a group effort, it sounds more modern and less 80s, and there's just some really fun songs to listen to. <
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>Overall a very solid effort from Petra.