Never Say Dinosaur is a tribute album

Tribute album

A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...

 dedicated to Christian rock

Christian rock

Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...

 band Petra

Petra (band)

Petra is a music group regarded as a pioneer of the Christian rock and contemporary Christian music genres. Formed in 1972, the band took its name from the Greek word for "rock"...

. The album includes 12 revisions and re-imaginings of classic Petra songs, all from albums before 1984's Beat the System. Dinosaur contained an eclectic lineup of artists which, at the time, highlighted "some of the best new bands in Christian music."

The album title is a pun on Petra's "age", by rejecting comparisons of the band with extinct dinosaur

Dinosaur

Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...

s, thus "Never say dinosaur". It is also a pun on the title of Petra's fourth studio album Never Say Die

Never Say Die (Petra album)

Never Say Die is the fourth studio release of the Christian rock band, Petra. It was released in 1981. "The Coloring Song" was a radio hit for the band and sales were higher for this album than the previous...

.

The album was released by Star Song Records

Star Song Communications

Star Song Communications is a Christian record label that was started in 1976 by Darrell Harris. It gained notoriety when it issued Resurrection Band's ground-breaking debut album, Awaiting Your Reply in 1978. Originally a distribution deal was made with Benson Records. From 1983 until 1986...

 in 1996. They worked with the band during most of the 1980s through part of the band's most successful tenure.

Track listing

1. "Taste and See" – Audio Adrenaline
   Audio Adrenaline
   Audio Adrenaline was a Christian rock band that formed in the late 1980s at Kentucky Christian University in Grayson, Kentucky. During the band's 17-year existence, they were awarded two Grammy awards, multiple Dove Awards and they released 17 number one singles. They were regular performers at the...
   
   
   • Produced by John Hampton
2. "Judas' Kiss" - The Walter Eugenes
   • Produced by Nichols
     Lynn Nichols
     Lynn Arthur Nichols is an American songwriter, producer, and musician from New York who now resides in Nashville, Tennessee.In 1977, Nichols was a member of the Phil Keaggy Band, with Phil Madeira, Terry Andersen and Dan Cunningham. The band released one album together, entitled Emerging...
     
      and Perkins
3. "Not Of This World" - Galactic Cowboys
   Galactic Cowboys
   Galactic Cowboys was a Heavy Metal band based in Houston, Texas. They combined progressive metal with a style of vocals influenced by The Beatles and the heavy playing style of thrash bands such as Anthrax...
   
   
   • Produced by Alan Doss
4. "Yahweh Love" - Sarah Jahn
   • Produced by Paul Mills
5. "I Can Be Friends With You" - MxPx
   MxPx
   MxPx is a pop punk band from Bremerton, Washington with connections to the Christian punk scene. The band has recorded eight studio albums, four EPs, four compilation albums, a live album, a VHS tape, a DVD and released 20 singles....
   
   
   • Produced by Bob Moon
6. "Rose Colored Stained Glass Windows" - Jars of Clay
   Jars of Clay
   Jars of Clay is a Christian rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. They met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois.Jars of Clay consists of Dan Haseltine on vocals, Charlie Lowell on piano and keyboards, Stephen Mason on lead guitars and Matthew Odmark on rhythm guitars...
   
   
   • Produced by Brent Bourgeois
7. "Louie's Solo" - Kevin Max Smith
   Kevin Max
   Kevin Max Smith is an American singer, songwriter, and poet. He is best known for being a member of the Christian pop group dc Talk...
   
   /Passafist
   • Produced by Nichols and Perkins
8. "Road To Zion" - Sixpence None the Richer
   Sixpence None the Richer
   Sixpence None the Richer is an American rock/pop band that formed in New Braunfels, Texas, eventually settling in Nashville, Tennessee. They are best known for their songs "Kiss Me" and "Breathe Your Name" and their covers of "Don't Dream It's Over" and "There She Goes". The name of the band is...
   
   
   • Produced by Brent Bourgeois
9. "Pied Piper" - The Stand
   • Produced by Nichols and Perkins
10. "Wake Up" - Grammatrain
    Grammatrain
    Grammatrain is a grunge rock band from Seattle, Washington who were active in the Christian rock industry in the 1990s. After disbanding in 1998, the group reunited as a secular act in 2009 and released their third full length album entitled "Imperium" the following year.-History:Singer/guitarist...
    
    
    • Produced by Grammatrain and Aaron Sprinkle
11. "The Coloring Song" - Caprill And My Sister's Garden
    • Produced by Nichols and Perkins
12. "All The King's Horses" - Plankeye
    Plankeye
    Plankeye was a Christian alternative rock band and one of Tooth & Nail Records' greatest successes during the 1990s and early 2000s. Plankeye's style could be defined as melodic post-grunge combined with indie and alternative elements...
    
    
    • Produced by Gene Eugene
      Gene Eugene
      Gene "Eugene" Andrusco was a Canadian born actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician. Andrusco was best known as the leader of the funk/rock band Adam Again, a member of The Swirling Eddies and as a founding member of the roots music supergroup Lost Dogs.-Acting:Andrusco was a child...
      
       and Plankeye

Personnel

• Executive producer - Darrell A. Harris
• Co-executive producers - Lynn Nichols
  Lynn Nichols
  Lynn Arthur Nichols is an American songwriter, producer, and musician from New York who now resides in Nashville, Tennessee.In 1977, Nichols was a member of the Phil Keaggy Band, with Phil Madeira, Terry Andersen and Dan Cunningham. The band released one album together, entitled Emerging...
  
  , Dave Perkins
• Mastered by Steve Marcussen at Precision Mastering, Hollywood, California
• Project coordinator - Debby Austin