Creeate Your Own Petra Collection CD!

[js3971]

I was thinking about this question yesterday, but haven't had a chance to really think about my answer. I'll post it a little later after I've had time to really think about it.

Let's say you were given the opportunity to make a Petra compilation or Petra best of album, and here are the criteria:

1. You can only include 20 songs
2. You cannot include any songs on any other Petra compilation or best of album
3. You may only pick 2 songs off of any one album
4. Live versions may be picked so long as you have not already picked the same song off of another album
5. You must include a liner note for each song as to why this song was selected. Only positive notes are acceptable.

It's up to you to choose what order the songs come.

It's an interesting question that's a little different than your typical "favorite song" or "favorite album" question.

[js3971]

Let me add one thing on the criteria to be sure about it, you cannot include any songs on any Petra compilation, including the recently released Ultimate Collection.

[js3971]

It will be entitled "The Best of Petra Not Already on Any Other Petra Best of Album or Petra Compilation Album or Petra Collection" or TBoPNAoAOPBoAoPCaoPC for short.

[greenchili]

Did a little homework for ya'll.
These are the songs that made it onto greatest hits compilations..

A Matter Of Time
Adonai (2)
All Fired Up (5)
Ancient Of Days (2)
Angel Of Light (3)
Armed And Dangerous
Back To The Street
Backslidin' Blues
Be Of Good Cheer
Beat The System (2)
Beyond Belief
Chameleon (4)
Clean (2)
Come And Join Us
Computer Brains
Counsel Of The Holy (2)
Creed (2)
Dance
Don't Let Your Heart Be Hardened (3)
Enter In
Father Of Lights (2)
First Love (3)
Fool's Gold
For All You're Worth
For Annie
Friends (All In The Family Of God) [sorry guys ]
Get On Your Knees And Fight Like A Man (3)
God Fixation (2)
God Gave Rock And Roll To You (3) not sure which versions
Grave Robber (3)
Grave Robber
Hallowed Be Thy Name
He Came, He Saw, He Conquered (3)
Heart Of A Hero
Hit You Where You Live (3)
Hollow Eyes (3)
I Am Available (2)
I Love The Lord (4)
I Waited For The Lord (2)
I Will Call Upon The Lord
I Will Celebrate / When The Spirit Of The Lord (2)
I Will Sing Praise (2)
I'm Thankful (2)
In The Likeness Of You
It Is Finished
Jekyll & Hyde
Jesus, Jesus, Glorious One (2)
Judas' Kiss (3)
Just Reach Out (2)
Killing My Old Man (2)
King Of Kings
Let Everything That Hath Breath (3)
Let Our Voices Rise Like Incense
Lift Him Up
Lord, I Lift Your Name On High (3)
Love (2)
Lovely Lord
Lucas McGraw
Mary's Song (1)
Medley Only By Grace, To Him Who Sits On The Throne, You Are Holy
Midnight Oil
Mine Field
More Power To Ya (4)
Never Say Die (2)
No Doubt
No Weapon Formed Against Us (1)
Not By Sight (4)
Not Of This World (4)
Onward, Christian Soldiers
Parting Thought
Praise Ye The Lord (6)
Prayer
Ready, Willing And Able
Right Place
Road To Zion (1)
Rose Colored Stained Glass Windows
Salvation Belongs To Our God (2)
Second Wind (3)
Secret Weapon
Shakin' The House (2)
Show Your Power (2)
Sight Unseen
Sleeping Giant
Somebody's Gonna Praise His Name
Song Of Moses (2)
Stand Up (3)
Take Me In
Taste And See (2)
Thankful Heart (4)
The Battle Belongs To The Lord (2)
The Coloring Song (6)
The Holiest Name (2)
The King Of Glory Shall Come In (2)
The Praise Medley
This Means War! (5)
Underground
We Exalt Thee (2)
We Hold Our Hearts Out To You
We Need Jesus (3)
Whole World (2)
Who's On The Lord's Side
Why Should The Father Bother? (6)
Without Him We Can Do Nothing (2)
Yahweh Love (5)
You Are I Am
You Are My Rock

[greenchili]

Here is a list of songs that never made it onto a compilation (spanish versions exluded).

Acoustic Set (featuring Greg X. Volz) (farewell)
All Over Me
All The King's Horses
Altar Ego
Another Crossroad
Ask Him In
Beat The System (double take)
Beat The System (live)
Believer In Deed
Bema Seat
Better Is One Day
Beyond Belief (double take)
Beyond Belief (farewell)
Blinded Eyes
Bob's Solo (live)
Breathe In (double take)
Clean (live)
Computer Brains (live)
Couldn't Find Love, Without You
Creed (double take)
Creed (farewell)
Dance (double take)
Dance (farewell)
Dead Reckoning
Deep Love
Defector
Destiny
Disciple
Falling Up
Get Back To The Bible
God Gave Rock And Roll To You (live)
God Gave Rock And Roll To You (Reprise)
Godpleaser
Godpleaser (live)
Gonna Fly Away
Good News
Grave Robber (live)
Guitar Solo (featuring Bob Hartman) (farewell)
Hand On My Heart
He Came, He Saw (double take)
He Came, He Saw, He Conquered (farewell)
Hello Again
He's Been In My Shoes
Hey World
Hollow Eyes (live)
Holy Ghost Power
Homeless Few
How Long
I Am On The Rock
I Can Be Friends With You
I Love You Lord
I Need To Hear From You
I Will Seek You
If I Had To Die For Someone
I'm Not Ashamed
It Is Finished (live)
Jekyll & Hyde (farewell)
Jesus Friend Of Sinners
Jesus Loves You (live)
John's Solo (live)
Judas' Kiss (double take)
Just Reach Out (double take)
Kenaniah
Keyboard Solo (featuring John Lawry) (farewell)
King's Ransom
Last Daze
Life As We Know It
Louie's Solo (live)
Magic Mirror
Magic Words
Magnet Of The World
Marks Of The Cross
Meet With Me
More Than A Thousand Words
Morning Star
Mountains And Valleys
Oasis
Occupy
Onward, Christian Soldiers
Open Book
Over The Horizon
Perfect World
Pied Piper
Praying Man
Praying Man (double take)
Right Place (farewell)
Rock Medley (farewell)
Run For Cover
Run For The Prize
Sacred Trust
Sally
Salvation Belongs To Our God
Salvation Belongs To Our God (2)
Seen And Not Heard
Send Revival, Start With Me
Set For Life
Shadow Of A Doubt
Sincerely Yours
Speak To The Sky
Speak To The Sky (live)
St. Augustine's Pears
Stand
Stand In The Gap
Storm Comin'
Strong Convictions
Test Of Time
Test Of Time (farewell)
The Coloring Song (double take)
The Invitation
The Longing (double take)
The Mellow Medley (live)
The Noise We Make
The Prodigal's Song
The Race (live)
The Rock Medley (live)
The Water Is Alive
Think On These Things
Think Twice
This Means War (double take)
Till Everything I Do
Two Are Better Than One
Underneath The Blood
Visions (Doxology) (live)
Visions (Doxology) 2:04
Visions (Reprise) (Doxology)
Voice In The Wind
Wake Up
Walkin' In The Light
We Want To See Jesus Lifted High
What's In A Name
Where Can I Go
Witch Hunt
Without You I Would Surely Die
Woman Don't You Know
Woulda, Shoulda, Coulda
You Satisfy

Suprisingly Godpleaser never made it onto a greatest hit compilation

[js3971]

Thanks greenchili, that was awesome.

[Enosh]

Here you go. I found it very hard to narrow down. I got to about 25 and had to start making some pretty tough choices.

Believer In Deed
Defector
Destiny
Falling Up
Hey World
I Am On The Rock
I Need To Hear From You
If I Had To Die For Someone
King's Ransom
Perfect World
Praying Man
Run For Cover
Seen And Not Heard
St. Augustine's Pears
Stand In The Gap
Strong Convictions
Test Of Time
The Invitation
Think Twice
Underneath The Blood

[jk75]

This is the collection that I came up with.

Destiny
I Am On The Rock
Think Twice
Open Book
Godpleaser
The Water is Alive
Life As We Know It
Underneath The Blood
What's In A Name
I Can Be Friends With You
King's Ransom
Two Are Better Than One
Kenaniah
Without You I Would Surely Die
Good News
Defector
Test of Time
St. Augustine's Pears
Disciple
I Need To Hear From You

[js3971]

First I made a list of songs that I would include, leaving out the ones I knew without a doubt were on a complilation/best of album.

Then I compared the lists to the one greenchili made and marked out any I had that were on that list.

After doing that, I had exactly 20 songs. I chose to leave them in chronological order, starting with the earliest.

1. I'm Not Ashamed
2. Woman Don't You Know
3. All Over Me
4. Godpleaser
5. Kenaniah
6. Dead Reckoning
7. Defector
8. I Am on the Rock
9. Seen And Not Heard
10. Sight Unseen
11. Underneath the Blood
12. Midnight Oil
13. More than a Thousand Words
14. Think Twice
15. Falling Up
16. Oasis
17. Ancient of Days
18. Test of Time
19 Stand
20. Amazing Grace (Farewell)

One thing I should have said was not to include the Praise Collection as one of the Compilations, because although it is a collection, it's a collection of two CDs as they were originally.

[greenchili]

One thing I should have said was not to include the Praise Collection as one of the Compilations, because although it is a collection, it's a collection of two CDs as they were originally.

Whoops...

[Jonathan]

I'm going with...

Believer In Deed
Defector
Destiny
Falling Up
Hey World
I Am On The Rock
I Need To Hear From You
If I Had To Die For Someone
King's Ransom
Perfect World
Praying Man
Run For Cover
Seen And Not Heard
St. Augustine's Pears
Stand In The Gap
Strong Convictions
Test Of Time
The Invitation
Think Twice
Underneath The Blood

[js3971]

no problem greenchili, all in fun

[Hartmanfan]

I don't know about the notes just now, but my tracks (in track order, not fav song order) are:

01. Beyond Belief (Beyond Belief)
02. Not of this World (Not of this World)
03. Midnight Oil (Wake-up Call)
04. Fool's Gold (Back to the Street)
05. Hello Again (God Fixation)
06. Come and Join Us (Come and Join Us)
07. All Fired Up (On Fire!)
08. Amazing Grace (Revival)
09. Chameleon (Never Say Die)
10. Beat the System (Beat the System)
11. Lord I Lift Your Name on High (Petra Praise 2: We Need Jesus)
12. Yaweh Love (Washes Whiter Than)
13. No Doubt (No Doubt)
14. Test of Time (Jekyll & Hyde)
15. Get Back to the Bible (Petra)
16. He Came, He Saw, He Conquered (This Means War!)
17. Judas' Kiss (More Power to Ya)
18. Ready, Willing, and Able (Unseen Power)
19. I Love the Lord (Petra Praise: The Rock Cries Out)
20. Bob's Solo (Captured in Time & Space)

Some of these are personal fav's, but mostly I picked songs that I thought represented Petra. I know I left out some of the "obligatory" songs such as The Coloring Song, Dance, etc., but I just don't feel these are neceseraly Petra's best songs.