Poll: Unseen Power (1991)

[Thief]

Tough to follow-up Beyond Belief??...



Didja know... the album was mixed by Neil Kernon, who had previously worked with Elton John, Peter Gabriel, and Kansas.

[Thief]

This is a pretty good album, although I tend to lean more towards Beyond Belief or Wake-Up Call as far as this era goes. Still, lots of good/great songs. I voted for "Dance", but "Destiny" is a great rocker.

[rexreed]

This one packs a punch. In many ways I like some of these songs better than all other albums. The only catch? That would be Hand on My Heart and Who's on the Lord's side. I do not like either, but I love the style they were going for.

[executioner]

Sight Unseen is my clear favorite on this album. I think it was somewhat(not too much) a letdown from Beyond Belief but there are some really good catchy songs on here. Besides Sight Unseen the most notable ones are Destiny, Who's On The Lord's Side, Ready, Willing, & Able, and Dance. I'm rocker at heart so I really like the metalish sounding drums on this album. I will say production wise this is probably one of the Elefante Brothers best work with Petra.

[gman]

I'm going to have to think about this one awhile before I vote. It's really tough. For me, this album blows Beyond Belief away. I would put it at the top of the heap with Wake Up Call. The "Brothers Elephants", Neil Kernon mixing, the songwriting, the styles; it all came together on this one.

[p-freak]

My first Petra album! Destiny is definitely my favourite.

[LivingRock]

Ugh, so hard to pick a favorite! I voted for Ready, Willing and Able, since I think it's the best rocker on there... I really like Hand on My Heart though, I used to listen to this every night before I fell asleep as a kid. Oh, and I LOVE I Need to Hear From You. And Hey World has an awesome message.

Like I said, hard to pick a favorite...

[musicwithharry]

This album was a little too over the top for me. It sounded like they were trying to ride the wave of BB and take it up a notch commercially. It just did not seem to fit.

I was not impressed with the guitar sounds at all; they sounded like chainsaws to me and did not have the bite I knew from On Fire and BB. I believe that there was something lost in this album, although my favorite song ever from Petra is on here and that is In The Likeness of You. I love that one and it still brings tears to my eyes. John Lawry wrote the music for that song and it had a different flow than the rest of the album. In fact, I think that Schlitt's vocals on a ballad have never been better on any other ballad. It just had a different feel for me that has stuck out.

It is not that I do not like the album, but I feel that it is way overproduced. Everything (with the exception of ITLOY), sounds forced and overdone for me.

Grace,
Harry

[mkepethead]

I voted for Sight Unseen

[Thief]

I'm surprised to see the love for "Sight Unseen". Not because I don't like it, but I didn't know it was that much of a fan favorite. I would've put my money on "Destiny" or "In the Likeness of You" before it, as far as this poll goes.

[rexreed]

Sight Unseen has slowly moved up my favorite list over the years. Initialli i was a Ready, Willing, and Able/Destiny fan but Sight Unseen seems to be a better song, for me. It also had one of the better produced videos. If only they could have devised a clever key or guitar solo...

[gman]

So mny good songs on this one. It was a tough choice because there isn't a song I don't like. Some I wouldn't vote for, but many that I could vote for. I went with I Need To Hear From You. That song needed a little love. When I listened through the album, I was reminded how great I thought that song was back when I first got the album.
I know not everyone agrees, but give me this album, WUC, and J&H, and that's all I need to get me down the road.

[cvs2kids]

I choose Hey World and was pleasantly surprised I wasn't the only one. Although the chorus is a bit repetitive, even after listening to it 100's of times, I still get a lump in my throat as I listen to it.

Probably my next favourite album. It seems like an album end to end of anthems that tend to give me a joyous feeling throughout. After a hard week or a bad day, I can put this cd on to get back to a better place.

[Ron]

Hard to follow the success of Beyond Belief but Unseen Power was a great album that solidified the band's unique sound and vocals. "Dance" is my hands down favorite tune from this album...