Beyond Belief is the thirteenth release of the Christian rock

Christian rock

Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...

 band, Petra

Petra (band)

Petra is a music group regarded as a pioneer of the Christian rock and contemporary Christian music genres. Formed in 1972, the band took its name from the Greek word for "rock"...

. It was released on June 20, 1990.

In this album the band continues to polish the hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

/arena rock

Arena rock

Arena rock is a term used to describe rock music that utilised large arena venues, particularly sports venues, for concerts or series of concerts linked in tours...

 sound the band had been working on their previous efforts before their praise album (On Fire!

On Fire!

On Fire! is the eleventh studio release of the Christian rock band, Petra.The songs of this album are in the Hard rock category. The lyrics continue the theme of spiritual warfare featured in their previous efforts, with metaphors making reference to military subtexts...

and This Means War!

This Means War!

This Means War! is the tenth release of the Christian rock band, Petra. It was released in 1987.In this album, the band started to refine their movement into a more hard rock/arena rock sound, still retaining keyboard synthesizers to back the driving guitar work...

).

As of late 2011, this is the band's most successful album both critically and commercially, and it is considered by most to be the peak of their discography. The album won the band their first Grammy after five previous nominations, and was certified gold on October 3, 1995.

The band also released a mini-movie of the same title. The movie features videos of most of the songs of the album intercalated in the plot. (see Beyond Belief

Beyond Belief (Petra Film)

Beyond Belief is a 1990 short film released by legendary Christian rock band Petra with the release of the album of their album of the same title. The film was produced and directed by Stephen Yake and written by Yake, Tom Newman, Andrea Jobe and Jeff Bates.The film features six videos of songs...

)

Track listing

All songs written by Bob Hartman

Bob Hartman

Robert Hartman is a Christian artist, guitarist, writer and songwriter. He is the founder of Christian rock band Petra. Hartman was involved with the band from its foundation in 1972 to its end in 2005. He took a break from touring in 1995, but continued to write most of the band's songs,...

, except where noted.

1. "Armed and Dangerous" – 4:06
2. "I am on the Rock" (Hartman, John Elefante) – 4:37
3. "Creed" – 4:36
4. "Beyond Belief" – 5:06
5. "Love" – 4:10
6. "Underground" (Hartman, J. Elefante) – 4:33
7. "Seen and Not Heard" – 3:54
8. "Last Daze" – 5:04
9. "What's in a Name" – 3:34
10. "Prayer" (Hartman, J. Elefante) – 4:15

Awards

• Won Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album
  Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album
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   in 1991.
• Won Dove Award for Long Form Music Video in 1990.
• Won Dove Award for Rock Album in 1991.
• Won Dove Award for Rock Recorded Song ("Beyond Belief") in 1991.
• Won Dove Award for Recorded Music Packaging in 1991.

Petra

• John Schlitt
  John Schlitt
  John William Schlitt is known for his career as the lead singer of Christian rock band Petra from 1986 until the band's retirement in late 2005. Prior to joining Petra in 1986, Schlitt was the vocalist for Head East....
  
   - Vocals
• Bob Hartman
  Bob Hartman
  Robert Hartman is a Christian artist, guitarist, writer and songwriter. He is the founder of Christian rock band Petra. Hartman was involved with the band from its foundation in 1972 to its end in 2005. He took a break from touring in 1995, but continued to write most of the band's songs,...
  
   - Guitar
• John Lawry
  John Lawry
  John Lawry is a Christian musician, composer, producer, and songwriter. He is most remembered for being the keyboardist of Christian rock band Petra during their most prolific years.-Biography:...
  
   - Keyboards
• Ronny Cates
  Ronny Cates
  Ronny Cates is a Christian musician, producer, and songwriter. He is most remembered for being the bassist of legendary Christian rock band Petra during their most prolific years....
  
   - Bass
• Louie Weaver
  Louie Weaver
  Louie Weaver III is a Christian drummer most famous for being the long-time drummer of legendary Christian rock band Petra for 22 years. Weaver was controversially dismissed from the band in 2003. He is currently working on several projects. In 2010, Weaver reunited with former members of Petra...
  
   - Drums

Additional musicians

• John
  John Elefante
  John Elefante is an American singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer.-Early years:Born in Levittown, New York, his family soon moved to Long Beach, California. Growing up, he sang and performed drums for his family band, the Brotherhood...
  
   & Dino Elefante, Dave Amato
  Dave Amato
  Dave Amato is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band REO Speedwagon.He was born and raised near Framingham, Massachusetts...
  
   - background vocals
• Walt Harrah and the Los Alamitos Congregational Choir - background vocals on "Love"
• John Andrew Schreiner - additional keyboards

Production

• Production Coordination - Amy Linden
• Arranged By Bob Hartman and John/Dino Elefante.
• Produced
  Record producer
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   By John & Dino Elefante
• Engineered
  Audio engineering
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   by Mike Mireau, John & Dino Elefante & Gregg Jampol; Assistant Engineer: Jeff Simmons
• Recorded and Mixed
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
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   at Pakaderm and Pakaderm West, Los Alamitos, California
  Los Alamitos, California
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• Mastered by Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig
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   at Masterdisk, New York City
  New York City
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