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Wow Hits 2005

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This CD set is awesome! It is all the greatest Christian songs from this year.
The first disc is mostly ballads and pop. It begins with MercyMe's "Here With Me" an awesome song, and gets better from there!"
Disc 2 is mainly Rock and Funk, and it is done very well, every song is a hit!
When all is said and done, you might as well buy this.

After being to despondant about the poor songs choices of WOW 2004 (Like Stacie Orrico's shallow "Stick" and the fun, yet pointlss "All my people" and Amy Grant's Syrupy "Simple Things") I was scared to even listen to this. But I had already bought Bethany Dillon's and Selah's most recent CD's (which I reccomend if you like great lyrics) so I went ahead and checked into this.

WOW. Truly wow. These songs just cut right to my soul. Beautiful, Christ centered lyrics about Jesus, his healing restoration, love, mercy, constance, and power were the rule, not the exception like the previous 3 WOW releases.

The artitists were different which was good and bad. I missed Michael W. Smith (His new songs "Healing Rain" or "Here i am" would have fit in perfectly here), but I wished Jaci V. would just give up. After she began to write her songs they became shallow and boring to listen to. her first release "Heavenly Place" remains her best as far as lyrics.

Rachael Lampa on the extreme other hand has begun writing her own songs and will hopefully take Jaci's place at the forfront of christian music. Her song "When I fall" left me thinking "how on earth does she know exactly what i've been through?" She will do great things in the future.

Some wise choices were made. Matthew West, (whose career shoul deservedly sky-rocket after this, his song "more" is so original and raw and wonderful.)Barlow girl (where did these talented, commited girls come from ?) Todd Agnew (WOW, is all I can say about him), and Chris Rice (listen and weep) were all the center stage performers who gave Christ the center stage.

Some wisedom on the producers part: No Switchfoot. No Amy Grant. No Jump5. No Rap. Just Jesus. This release was not something taylored to please, rather it was litterally "coming back to the heart of worship."

I am now breathless for the next year's installment and pray that I will not set my standards too high.

Get this CD and be blessed and bless others (share it with a fried:)

May God bless you through this,

bRAZILBOY

WOW 2005 is an amazing CD set full of uplifting and powerful songs about the message of Christ! There are a few let-down songs ("Everyday People," "Open Skies," and "Cornerstone"), but the rest is some of THE best that Christian Music has to offer! If you're a fan of the WOW series, then get ready for their best collection yet! And if you're a first-time buyer, prepare to hear the message of the Scriptures in a whole new way! Grade: A+

I'll tell you what... I stopped following the Wow releases a long time ago. The reasoning was that it was the stuff I had heard 1000 times on the radio, and if I liked certain songs enough, I would buy the artist's cd anyways. Well, I looked at the song list for this years release, and I was impressed. So I bought it. I'm listening to it right now, and still impressed. Not only are the songs EXCELLENT this year, but the songs are NEWER. It's not just the music you've heard 1000 times... there are actually songs that are JUST hitting the radio. For example, the TobyMac album "Welcome to Diverse City" JUST came out 6 days ago (at the time of this review) and the title track "Gone" is already on this compilation. You will most definitely enjoy this album, and it's worth 20 bucks to get 34 great tracks.

After WOW 2002, I stopped buying/listening to the WOW albums because they were becoming less inspirational and motivating.

I personally admire music and albums that are full of songs that stir the heart and mind, especially when it is in direct relation with Christianity and spirituality.

Then, I received WOW 2004 as a present... and that album seemed worthy enough to keep as a decent addition to my personal collection.

THEN, I decided to buy WOW 2005, and I was blown away.

Artists that I had not been aware of such as Jeremy Camp, Bethany Dillon, and Todd Agnew suddenly were available for me to listen to and want to keep on listening to over and over again.

Well known artists that I admire such as Jars of Clay, MercyMe, Casting Crowns, David Crowder Band, Darlene Zschech and Third Day were also included. The specific songs that were on this album were amazing.


I personally feel that the money that is paid for this album is definitely a wonderful investment... and this CD is one that is kept in my CD player consistently.

Whether you are Positive & Encouraging, or Postive & Alternative, you will love this collection of purely perfect Christian hits. KLOVE listeners will absolutely love the first cd. I can't pick more of a top ten list for songs that KLOVE has played over the past year. "Here with Me", "Who Am I" and "You are my King" are all love ballads for our Alimighty that have a consuming power over your heart. Those from the Alternative side (Air1), I dare you to check the AIR1 list to see every single song off of cd2 on their top 5 list sometime last year. Since I'm more alternative, I'll spend some time highlighting specific, soon to be classics. "Show you love" is now a part of mainstream media and sends such an important message to the world today. "I Believe" off of Wired, by Third Day, is a great song showing the reunion of Third Day's Southern rock gospel mix. And then "Blessed be..." and "Sea of Faces" are the biggest songs in Christian radio right now! These two appeal to all generations and everyone will be moved by their message. Part Worship, part Christian Rock, Wow has definately packaged a Christian "Hits" cd that'll appeal to listeners of all generations and genres of Positive and Encourageing/Alternative music.

WOW Hits 2005 is a great compilation of Christian hits for the year. As most people probably don't have albums from all of these artists, this is a cost effective way to obtain them.

There are a couple of songs that I didn't care for a lot. Excluding those, there are still about 30 outstanding songs in this collection.

You will certainly be in for a major treat with this CD. There are so many great songs here that I can't even really list my favorites. It would take up too much space. Buy it and enjoy.

...although I JUST heard Switchfoot's Fantastic "Dare You To Move" on the Radio over here in Japan a few days ago, and it nearly did move me to tears!!! However, that said, WOW 2005 was a good compilation, with Day of Fire and Mark Schultz landing songs that did drive me to tears with their message. ZoeGirl put in another brilliant piece, as did Avalon, and Mute Math, as well as the various others. My only complaints is that Stacie Orrico and Jaci Velasquez showed up in the count, two ladies who've compromised their Christian Message with past "performances". WOW2005 is welll-worth the money!! "Leaving the 99" by Audio Adrenaline was awesome, as well, and even though The Newsboys have gone syrupy with the worship albums, their song is still good. This album is worth it!!!!!

WOW Hits 2005 restored my faith in a series that was rotting from overplayed and overrated songs, as shown in previous WOW compilations. Thank goodness there was no Point of Grace or Jump5 for once, which indicates that the WOW people have heard my cries.

This one hit the nail on the head with songs from Chris Rice, Mark Schultz (him and Rice are nothing short of amazing and tearfully insightful), Rachael Lampa, Shawn McDonald (UNBELIEVABLE debut song), MuteMath (ditto), Selah, Tree63, Jeremy Camp (my FAVORITE artist besides Nordeman, Groves, Jars and Switch).

Extra points for including Audio Adrenaline's finest song in a long time: LEAVING NINETY-NINE.

But I gotta give the "Highest Honors" award to the WOW people for including "Who Am I" (Casting Crowns) and "Never Alone" by Barlowgirl (my personal favorite song of 2004).

They've meant so much to me that I've made them out to be -- to me -- the "team captains" for their respective discs (purple and silver, respectively speaking).

Although I love Switchfoot to death, I'm glad they didn't include it in the compilation, if only for the sake of not overplaying "Dare You To Move" (my official song of 2004).

Despite crap from Nicole C. Mullen, Nate Sallie, FFH and the overplayed "Amazing Love" from Newsboys (officially washed-up, worship genre riders who sold off their otherwise brilliant rock career), this was without a doubt the tightest WOW ever made. KUDOS AND THANKS, WOW!!!

I have never written a review before but felt the need to "put in my 2 cents!" I bought the companion song book the day after I bought this cd!