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Wow #1s
Various Artists
Wow #1s
Genres: Pop, Christian & Gospel, Gospel
 
  •  Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (15) - Disc #2

Here we have the ultimate artifact from the bestselling Wow series: Wow #1s: 31 of the Greatest Christian Music Hits Ever. This collection does have some great anthems, but they're the kind of tunes that anyone who's given...  more »

     
   
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All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Wow #1s
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 3
Label: Benson
Release Date: 4/5/2005
Genres: Pop, Christian & Gospel, Gospel
Styles: Compilations, Pop & Contemporary
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 083061076924

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Here we have the ultimate artifact from the bestselling Wow series: Wow #1s: 31 of the Greatest Christian Music Hits Ever. This collection does have some great anthems, but they're the kind of tunes that anyone who's given even a cursory listen to Christian pop radio in the ?90s or ?00s has heard dozens of times by now. It's hard not to see this release as the result of a zeal on the part of the Wow organization to reduce contemporary Christian music to the sort of bite-sized, sales-driven, best of the best mentality that fuels so much of secular consumer culture. For the most part, the result is a blanched and overproduced mess: very little of the music remotely urban or exciting, almost all of it overly sentimental. Rather than a hearty meal, it's like eating a cake made entirely of frosting. Many if not most of the artists themselves are talented, of course, and if even one more listener can get turned on to the highly personal rock of Rich Mullins or the sublime, beyond-diva-level vocalizings of Nicole C. Mullen, that's never a bad thing. --Mike McGonigal

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Suzi H. (Bookmom) from DURHAM, NC
Reviewed on 2/20/2013...
This is a very good praise and worship cd. My fave songs are Dive, One of These Days, Gather at the River, Testify to Love, Awesome God, Flood, Big House, Stomp, Don't Look at Me.

CD Reviews

This is the cream of the crop
Music Lover | USA | 04/19/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Much like Wow Gold that was released a few years ago, this is a retrospective from the vastly popular Wow series. Wow #1s takes a look at very best songs that were rated number 1. The difference between this cd and wow cd's that have been released since 1996 is that in order to get on this cd, the song must have been rated #1 and it doesn't matter which year it was released. If you, like me, own all of the Wow cd's, think of this cd like a greatest hits package from an artist that you own all of the albums for - it gives you 2 discs for all of the best music. This cd collection rates 5 stars for all the great music and the memories that it brings back. Listen and enjoy."
Great Collection of Hits!
S. Peek | Rocky Mountains, USA | 06/11/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This collection has lots of great hits from a wide variety of artists.



Out of the 30 songs included, there are only 2-3 that I don't really care for too much. On the other hand, there are 25 + tunes that I think are excellent.



Artists on this CD include: DC Talk, Newsboys, Jeremy Camp, Rebecca St. James, Nicole C. Mullen, Sonic Flood, Jennifer Knapp, and many more.



You can't go wrong with this album. I highly recommend it."