First Watch is the first official album of 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 Guardian

Guardian (band)

Guardian is an American Christian hard rock/metal band. The band released six studio albums, three additional albums in Spanish—and toured extensively worldwide...

. It was released in 1989 by Enigma Records

Enigma Records

Enigma Records was a popular rock and alternative American record label in the 1980s. It was initially a division of Greenworld Distribution, an independent music importer/distributor, which it split-off from in 1985 to become its own company...

 and produced by Stryper

Stryper

Stryper is a Christian glam metal band from Orange County, California. The group's lineup consists of Michael Sweet , Oz Fox , Tim Gaines , and Robert Sweet...

's guitarist

Guitarist

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, Oz Fox

Oz Fox

Richard Alfonso Martinez , better known by the stage name Oz Fox, is the lead guitarist of the Christian glam metal band Stryper. Martinez's high school friends called him Oz in honor of Ozzy Osbourne due to his ability to emulate the vocals of Osbourne while playing Black Sabbath covers in his...

.

This is the only album of the band (not including independent releases) to feature former members Paul Cawley (vocals) and Rikk Hart (drums). Both left the band after the tour supporting this album.

Track listing

All songs written by Guardian, except where noted.

1. "I'll Never Leave You" - 4:31
2. "Mystery Man" - 4:07
3. "Livin' for the Promise" - 4:09
4. "Miracle" - 4:55
5. "Saints Battalion" - 3:46
6. "Kingdom of Rock" - 3:25
7. "The Good Life" - 4:41
8. "One of a Kind" (Guardian and Gene Thurston) - 3:32
9. "World Without Love" - 3:56
10. "Rock in Victory" - 3:49
11. "Hyperdrive" (Guardian and Mike Abbott) - 4:17
12. "Marching On" - 3:54

Tracks 11 and 12 were not featured in the original album or cassette.

Personnel

• Paul Cawley - vocals
  Singing
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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• David Bach - bass
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Rikk Hart - drums
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• Tony Palacios
  Tony Palacios
  Tony Palacios is the lead guitarist of the Christian hard rock band, Guardian. Palacios joined the band in 1989 and has remained with them since, releasing nine studio albums, including three in Spanish....
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  

Guest musicians

• Brent Jeffers - keyboards
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• Leslie Fox - backing vocals in "The Good Life"
• Oz Fox - backing vocals and guitar solo in "Hyperdrive"
• Robert Sweet
  Robert Sweet (musician)
  Robert Lee Sweet is the drummer of the Christian metal band Stryper. He and his brother Michael originally founded the band as Roxx or Roxx Regime. Robert became known as the "Visual Time Keeper" for his wild drumming and captivating drum kits...
  
  - backing vocals in "Hyperdrive"