John Schlitt - The Greater Cause (CD) PETRA
- New, Factory Sealed CD
- Petra Frontman - John Schllitt
- 4K Records 2012
- Produced by Dan Needham
- Engineered by Billy Whittington and Dan Needham
John’s fourth solo release, The Greater Cause, combines elements of classic rock infiltrated with blues rock, rock anthems and heavy rock ballads overlaid with John’s signature vocal style, resulting in a sonic explosion packed with intensity and drive. In other words, there is no doubt that The Greater Cause is a genuine rock album.
- Live It Loud 03:42
- Take Me Home 03:58
- Love Won't Leave Me Alone 03:35
- One Of These Days 03:46
- Faith & Freedom 02:55
- End of Fear 03:49
- Where I Wanna Be 04:02
- Hope That Saves The World 03:28
- Run 04:50
- The Gift (Dorla's Song) 03:51
- The Cross Remains 04:23
Credits
Produced by Dan Needham
Engineered by Billy Whittington and Dan Needham
* Mixed by F. Reid Shippen at Robot Lemon; assisted by Erik ‘Keller’ Jahner
** Mixed by Dan Needham at Brownstone Recording
Recorded at Brownstone Recording, Brentwood, TN
Mastered by Andrew Mendleson at Georgetown Mastering
Photography by Rachel Schlitt Photography, Hannah Lavoie and Sue Dempster
Graphic Design by JBL Custom Designs
* Live It Loud
Written by Chris Rodriguez, Dan Needham, Scott Faircloff, John Schlitt
©2012 Cello Its Me Music - BMI, Sugar Blossom Music - SESAC, Scotfair Music - ASCAP (Music Services), DBabe Music - SESAC
Guitars: Chris Rodriguez
Bass: Matt Campbell
Hammond B3 Organ: Tim Acres
Keys, Percussion, Drums, Add’l BGVs, Rap Vocals: Dan Needham
* Take Me Home
Written by Andrew Ramsey, Dan Needham, John Schlitt
©2012 VooDrew/Bug Music Pub - BMI, Sugar Blossom Music - SESAC, DBabe Music - SESAC
Guitars: Andrew Ramsey
Bass: Matt Pierson
Keys, Programming, Drums, Add’l BGVs: Dan Needham
Intro Guitar Solo: Jerry McPherson
* Love Won't Leave Me Alone
Written by Ed Cash, Dan Needham
©2012 Alletrop Music - BMI (Music Services), Sugar Blossom Music - SESAC
Guitars: Jerry McPherson
Bass: Tony Lucido
Hammond B3 Organ: Tim Acres
Synths & Mellotron: Peter King
Vox Box Intro: Andrew Ramsey
Guitar Intro: Ed Cash
Drums, Programming, Background & Vocoder Vocals: Dan Needham
* One Of These Days
Written by Dan Needham
©2012 Sugar Blossom Music - SESAC
Guitars: Jerry McPherson
Bass: Tony Lucido
Synths, Keys: Peter King
Drums, Add’l Keys, Add’l BGVs: Dan Needham
** Faith & Freedom
Written by Ian Eskelin, Dan Needham
©2012 Wordspring Music, LLC - SESAC, Early Service Music - SESAC, Sugar Blossom Music - SESAC
Guitars: Jerry McPherson
Bass: Joeie Canaday
Keys: Peter King
Keys, Drums: Dan Needham
** End of Fear
Written by Ian Eskelin, Dan Needham
©2012 Wordspring Music, LLC - SESAC, Early Service Music - SESAC, Sugar Blossom Music - SESAC
Guitars: Jerry McPherson
Bass: Joeie Canaday
Keys: Peter King
Keys, Percussion, Drums, BGVs: Dan Needham
** Where I Wanna Be
Written by Scott Faircloff, Dan Needham, John Schlitt
©2012 Scotfair Music - ASCAP (Music Services), Sugar Blossom Music - SESAC, DBabe Music - SESAC
Guitars: Jerry McPherson
Bass: Joeie Canaday
Drums, Percussion, Keys, Acoustic Guitars: Dan Needham
* Hope That Saves The World
Written by Dan Needham, John Schlitt
©2012 Sugar Blossom Music - SESAC, DBabe Music - SESAC
Guitars: Jerry McPherson
Bass: Tony Lucido
Keys, Programming: Peter King
Keys, Percussion, Drums, BGVs: Dan Needham
**Run
Written by Gene Miller, Dan Needham, John Schlitt
©2012 Higene Music - ASCAP, Sugar Blossom Music - SESAC, DBabe Music - SESAC
Guitars: Gary Burnette
Drums, Keys, Percussion: Dan Needham
B3: Tim Acres
Bass: Matt Campbell
** The Gift (Dorla’s Song)
Written by Andrew Ramsey, Dan Needham, John Schlitt
©2012 VooDrew/Bug Music Pub - BMI, Sugar Blossom Music - SESAC, DBabe Music - SESAC
Acoustic Guitar: Andrew Ramsey
Cello: Matt Butler
Keys: Dan Needham
** The Cross Remains
Written by Dan Needham, John Schlitt
©2012 Sugar Blossom Music - SESAC, DBabe Music - SESAC
Bass: Gary Lunn
Guitars: Jerry McPherson
Keys, Drums: Dan Needham
Cello: John Catchings
