The Late, Great PFR (1997)

The Late, Great PFR is an official compilation album by the Christian rock band PFR. It was released by Vireo/Sparrow Records on October 7, 1997. This collection contains the band's 14 best-known rock and radio hits covering their first five years across four albums: Pray for Rain, Goldie's Last Day, Great Lengths and Them. PFR also recorded three new tracks: "Forever" (their lead single), "Name" and "Fare Thee Well." There is also a new hidden track "The Pig Song," that plays right after "Fare Thee Well." It was written by the trio going under the pseudonym "Koog." The new recordings were produced by Jimmie Lee Sloas.

The Late, Great PFR peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums and at number 48 on the Heatseekers Albums charts. After this release along with a farewell concert, the trio temporarily went their separate ways. PFR came back together to record a song entitled "Kingdom Come" for the 2000 various artists project Roaring Lambs, inspired by the book of the same name by Bob Briner. Working on the project inspired the band to sign to Steve Taylor's Squint Records label and record their 2001 release Disappear.

Track listing

1. Great Lengths (Patrick Andrew, Jimmie Lee Sloas) (from Great Lengths) -2:30

2. Pour Me Out (Joel Hanson) (from Them) -4:06

3. Name (Joel Hanson, Patrick Andrew) (new recording) -3:30

4. Walk Away From Love (Joel Hanson) (from Goldie's Last Day) -3:54

5. Forever (Joel Hanson, Jimmie Lee Sloas) (new recording) -4:20

6. Anything (Joel Hanson, Patrick Andrew, Mike Andrew) (from Them) -3:50

7. Spinnin' Round (Jade Hanson) (from Goldie's Last Day) -4:00

8. Goldie's Last Day (Joel Hanson, Patrick Andrew) (from Goldie's Last Day) -4:14

9. Pray for Rain (Joel Hanson, Patrick Andrew) (from Pray for Rain) -4:20

10. Wonder Why (Joel Hanson) (from Great Lengths) -3:15

11. The Love I Know (Joel Hanson) (from Great Lengths) -3:48

12. Do You Want to Know Love (from Pray for Rain) -3:17

13. Merry Go Round (Gordon Kennedy) (from Great Lengths) -5:00

14. That Kind of Love (Gordon Kennedy, Jenny Yates) (from Goldie's Last Day)

-3:35

15. Wait For the Sun/Let the Sunshine In (Joel Hanson/James Rado, Gerome Ragni,

 Galt MacDermot) (from Goldie's Last Day) -4:49

16. Fare Thee Well (Joel Hanson) (new recording) -3:32

17. The Pig Song ("Koog" aka PFR) (new hidden track) -1:39

Personnel

PFR:

Joel Hanson -vocals, backing vocals, guitars, synthesizer (memory moog) on

track 3, keyboards on track 16

Patrick Andrew -vocals, bass guitar, synthesizer (memory moog) on track 3

Mark Nash -drums, synthesizer (memory moog) on track 3

additional musicians on the new tracks:

Eric Darken -percussion (tracks 3, 5 and 16)

Jimmie Lee Sloas -synthesizer (Rhodes), acoustic guitar and backing vocals

on track 5, rhythm guitar on track 16

Grant Cunningham -backing vocals on track 16

Production credits

Jimmie Lee Sloas -producer (all tracks)

Brown Bannister -executive producer (all tracks)

Bobby Blazer -co-producer (tracks 9 and 12)

Radio singles

1997 "Forever" -#5 Christian CHR, -#7 Christian AC

1998 "Fare Thee Well" -#39 Christian AC

Previous release: Them (1996) 

Next release: Disappear (2001)