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Beat the System | ||||
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Released | 1984 | |||
Studio | Mama Jo's, North Hollywood | |||
Genre | Christian rock | |||
Length | 41:15 | |||
Label | StarSong, A&M | |||
Producer | Jonathan David Brown | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Beat the System is the seventh studio album of the Christian rock band Petra. It was released in late 1984. [2] [nb 1]
It is the first album to feature John Lawry on keyboards, although he only joined towards the end of the recording process; his contributions were limited to some overdubs on the songs "Beat the System", "Clean" and "Adonai". [3] [ unreliable source? ] Most of the keyboards on the album, as well as all the bass and drum parts, were performed by session musician Carl Marsh; Petra members Mark Kelly (bass) and Louie Weaver (drums) did not perform on the album. [3] Fairlight programmer Rhett Lawrence added some elements to "Clean" and "Hollow Eyes". [3] Carl Marsh's programming, under the direction of producer Jonathan David Brown, veered the sound of the album more in the synth-rock genre of music. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group in 1986.
The album includes the band's second cover of "God Gave Rock and Roll to You", the first being on 1977's Come and Join Us . While the album credits Argent's Russ Ballard as sole songwriter this version, like the earlier version, contains lyrics not heard in the original Argent version.
Guitarist Bob Hartman stated that the recordings of some songs were left unfinished for the album and subsequently never released. [4]
All songs written by Bob Hartman, except where noted.
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