Album Info
Double Take is the Grammy Award winning, eighteenth studio album of the Christian rock band, Petra. It was released on February 29, 2000.
The album features 10 new acoustic rearrangements of classic Petra songs. It also features two new songs ("Breathe In" and "The Longing"). The song "Breathe In" is sung by guitarist Pete Orta. It was written completely by him.
This is the only album to feature Trent Thomason on keyboards.
Double Take features new rearrangements of ten classic Petra songs. The new arrangements are more modern and acoustic-oriented. According to lead singer John Schlitt, the purpose of the record is "not to compete. It's to reintroduce to a generation that never heard any of these songs". Schlitt also said that the songs were "designed" to be played on radio.
The album is not fully acoustic, and features orchestration on several of the songs. Additionally, there are two new songs: "The Longing" and "Breathe In". The former was written by Joel Hanson (from PFR) while the latter was written and sung by guitarist Pete Orta
The band's contract with Word Records was stumbling to an end. To complete the six-disc deal, the band re-recorded a set of its biggest hits in an acoustic format, including two new songs. The album, called Double Take was all but ignored by both Word and the Christian music industry and met with antipathy by the band's fans, who rejected the reimagining of some of Petra's most loved songs. Though it garnered some positive reviews, HM Magazine for one said "these stripped-down rockers sound pretty good", the album was largely rejected by critics and fans alike, and it sold fewer than 40,000 copies. When Double Take won Petra its fourth Grammy, for Best Rock Gospel Album in 2001, critics charged it was an example of the Grammy voters being "out to lunch."
After six albums that spanned Petra's highest peak and ended with the band in its lowest valley to date, the band and its label parted ways. "Their interests were starting to go in other directions, so it was time for us to leave and find a label that's interested in rebuilding the fact that we still exist," Schlitt said.
With the band's future again uncertain, Petra received the highest of accolades from the Gospel Music Association as the first rock band to be inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Soon after, however, as Petra continued to search for a new label home, the band experienced another massive upheaval when newest member, Trent Thomason left the band after only a short tenure due to lack of live dates. Soon after, Chapin and Orta left the band as well. Once again, only Schlitt and Weaver were left as the faces of Petra.
Double Take won a Grammy for Best Rock Gospel Album at the 43rd Grammy Awards in 2001.
Pete Orta - Guitar/Vocals
Lonnie Chapin - Bass/Vocals
Louie Weaver (Randy Matthews, Fireworks, Classic Petra, CPR) - Drums
Trent Thomason - Keyboards
The Nashville String Machine - Strings
Russell Mauldin - String Arrangement
Larry Hall - Keyboards
Brian Wooten - Additional Guitars
George Marinelli, Jr. - Additional Guitars
Eric Darken - Percussion
Terry McMillan - Harmonica Solo
The album features 10 new acoustic rearrangements of classic Petra songs. It also features two new songs ("Breathe In" and "The Longing"). The song "Breathe In" is sung by guitarist Pete Orta. It was written completely by him.
This is the only album to feature Trent Thomason on keyboards.
Double Take features new rearrangements of ten classic Petra songs. The new arrangements are more modern and acoustic-oriented. According to lead singer John Schlitt, the purpose of the record is "not to compete. It's to reintroduce to a generation that never heard any of these songs". Schlitt also said that the songs were "designed" to be played on radio.
The album is not fully acoustic, and features orchestration on several of the songs. Additionally, there are two new songs: "The Longing" and "Breathe In". The former was written by Joel Hanson (from PFR) while the latter was written and sung by guitarist Pete Orta
The band's contract with Word Records was stumbling to an end. To complete the six-disc deal, the band re-recorded a set of its biggest hits in an acoustic format, including two new songs. The album, called Double Take was all but ignored by both Word and the Christian music industry and met with antipathy by the band's fans, who rejected the reimagining of some of Petra's most loved songs. Though it garnered some positive reviews, HM Magazine for one said "these stripped-down rockers sound pretty good", the album was largely rejected by critics and fans alike, and it sold fewer than 40,000 copies. When Double Take won Petra its fourth Grammy, for Best Rock Gospel Album in 2001, critics charged it was an example of the Grammy voters being "out to lunch."
After six albums that spanned Petra's highest peak and ended with the band in its lowest valley to date, the band and its label parted ways. "Their interests were starting to go in other directions, so it was time for us to leave and find a label that's interested in rebuilding the fact that we still exist," Schlitt said.
With the band's future again uncertain, Petra received the highest of accolades from the Gospel Music Association as the first rock band to be inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Soon after, however, as Petra continued to search for a new label home, the band experienced another massive upheaval when newest member, Trent Thomason left the band after only a short tenure due to lack of live dates. Soon after, Chapin and Orta left the band as well. Once again, only Schlitt and Weaver were left as the faces of Petra.
Double Take won a Grammy for Best Rock Gospel Album at the 43rd Grammy Awards in 2001.
Lineup
John Schlitt (Head East) - Lead VocalsPete Orta - Guitar/Vocals
Lonnie Chapin - Bass/Vocals
Louie Weaver (Randy Matthews, Fireworks, Classic Petra, CPR) - Drums
Trent Thomason - Keyboards
Guest Artists
John Elefante (Kansas, Mastedon) - Background VocalsThe Nashville String Machine - Strings
Russell Mauldin - String Arrangement
Larry Hall - Keyboards
Brian Wooten - Additional Guitars
George Marinelli, Jr. - Additional Guitars
Eric Darken - Percussion
Terry McMillan - Harmonica Solo
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