Never Say Dinosaur (1996)
Never Say Dinosaur is a Christian rock tribute album dedicated to the pioneer Christian rock band Petra. It was released on June 11, 1996 through Petra's former label Star Song Records, distributed by EMI Christian Music Group (now Capitol Christian Music Group).
Never Say Dinosaur serves as a pun on Petra's 1981 studio album Never Say Die. It was a playful rejection of critics who labeled the long-running band as "dinosaurs" or irrelevant to modern music. The compilation features 11 re-imagined covers of classic Petra songs performed by prominent 1990s alternative Christian artists, like Jars of Clay, Sixpence None the Richer, Audio Adrenaline and many others, along with a unique take of "Louie's Solo." The track is an original composition and serves as a creative, stylized tribute to Petra's long-standing drummer Louie Weaver, performed by DC Talk's Kevin Max and musicians Lynn Nichols and Dave Perkins going by the collective name Passafist. The song actually samples audio from Weaver's live drum solo featured on
Petra's 1986 live album, Captured in Time and Space.
Never Say Dinosaur debuted and peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. In 1997, the tribute project was nominated for a Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year. Never Say Dinosaur is not available on streaming platforms. A YouTube link to listen to the album is posted below this article.
Track listing
All songs written by Bob Hartman, except where noted.
1. Taste and See (Audio Adrenaline) -3:39
2. Judas' Kiss (The Walter Eugenes) -4:35
3. Not Of This World (Galactic Cowboys) -5:30
4. Yahweh Love (Sarah Jahn) -5:15
5. I Can Be Friends With You (MxPx) -2:42
6. Rose Colored Stained Glass Window (Jars of Clay) -4:17
7. Louie's Solo (Kevin Max and Passafist) (music by Dave Perkins, Lynn Nichols
and John Elliot, words by Dave Perkins; featuring samples of "Louie's Solo,"
taken from the Petra live album, Captured in Time and Space) -5:33
8. Road to Zion (Sixpence None the Richer) (Mike Hudson) -5:43
9. Pied Piper (The Stand) -3:29
10. Wake Up (Grammatrain) (Greg Hough) -3:45
11. The Coloring Song (Caprill and My Sister's Garden) (Dave Eden) -4:02
12. All the King's Horses (Plankeye) -5:44
Production credits
Lynn Nichols and Dave Perkins -producers (tracks 2, 7, 9 and 11)
Brent Bourgeois -producer (tracks 6 and 8)
John Hampton -producer (track 1)
Alan Doss -producer (track 3)
Paul Mills -producer (track 4)
Bob Moon -producer (track 5)
Grammatrain and Aaron Sprinkle -producers (track 10)
Plankeye and Gene Eugene -producers (track 12)
Darrell A. Harris -executive producer
Lynn Nichols and Dave Perkins -co-executive producers
Debby Austin -project coordinator
Listen to the tribute album Never Say Dinosaur here:
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