Day 455 - Petra - For Annie

455. Petra - For Annie
from the Album Never Say Die
(Star Song, 1981)

"On Never Say Die, Petra blends racy keyboards with fine guitar work into big sound rock'n'roll musically reminiscent of the secular flash-in-the-pan band Boston. Unlike Boston, however, Petra's lyrics have more substance than partying and falling in love. ...

Three cuts are most suitable for airplay on contemporary stations. They include Coloring Song, I Can Be Friends With You, and For Annie. The latter is a tragic ballad of the working family blues. It tells the tale of a lonely suicide and how Christians could and still can help.

Petra has been around a while and has produced a couple other good LPs, but Never Say Die is by far their finest to date. (source: Carolyn A. Burns, CCM Magazine, October, 1981 p. 36)

Here is the original album version of the song: