Jekyll and Hyde (Petra album)
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| Studio album by Petra | ||||
| Released | August 19, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | Bridge St. Studios | |||
| Genre | Christian rock, progressive metal,heavy metal,hard rock | |||
| Length | 31:09 | |||
| Label | Inpop | |||
| Producer | Peter Furler | |||
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Jekyll & Hyde is the twentieth studio album released by Christian rock band Petra. It was released in 2003 by Inpop Records. It is the last studio album released by Petra (excluding the Spanish version, released the following year). The music features a progressive metal sound that has drawn a comparison to Poison, Dio and Queensrÿche.
The title of the album is based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde due to the similar issues of sin and temptation it deals with.
After the release of Revival, Petra's third praise album and their first album with Inpop Records, John Schlitt says fans started sending e-mails to the record company asking them for a more straightforward rock album. Inpop agreed to the idea and they started working on a second album together.
Schlitt has said that the record company encouraged Petra founder, guitarist and main songwriter Bob Hartman to "write those songs that you're used to writing. Don't try to write like this or try to be like that. Just be you" which motivated Hartman. New bassist Greg Bailey also collaborated in the writing of the song "Would'a, Could'a, Should'a", along with Hartman.
The concept of the album, and its title track, is a reference to Robert Louis Stevenson novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. According to Hartman, it "is an intriguing look at the internal battle between right and wrong. It's about the fighting that goes on inside of us. It's like when Paul said, 'The things I want to do are the things I don't do, and the things I don't want to do are the things that I do.'"
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