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While
not "technically" a Petra album, we think
Vertical Expressions for all extensive purposes will
be considered a Petra album. Since Petra retired in
2005, apparently retirement didn't suit Bob Hartman
& John Schlitt very well.
This
is Petra's 4th Praise album, and it is right up there
with Revival & Petra Praise 2: We Need
Jesus. The production doesn't seem quite as
slick as those 2 albums, but overall - especially from
the musical selection perspective, it is right up
there. It has a very nice mix of songs with some
very nice intros to contemporary worship songs that
you simply would not expect.
If
there is any drawback to this album is that John's
vocals are a bit raspy at times. We're not sure
if that's intentional or not - much of the album
doesn't come across that way at all, but there are 2
or so songs where it is present.
Overall,
this is a great album & should be in every Petra
fan's collections (or should we say "iiGuys
from Petra" fans's collection?).
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