Editorial Review:

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The WOW collections to date offer something for everyone and seldom disappoint. However, WOW Hits 2005 may have set the bar higher in terms of variety of new acts and a bountiful harvest of creativity. If we are to take the producers of the WOW collections at their word, then these Purple and Silver discs offer the year's best. Several good listens later, you'll agree that there is a bright future ahead for contemporary Christian music. Sure we have the bigger name acts of Mercy Me ('Here With Me'), Newsboys ('You Are My King'), Jars of Clay ('Show You Love'), and maybe the year's best single from Steven Curtis Chapman 'All Things New.' But there's plenty of new blood as well with Matthew West ('More'), Kutless ('Sea of Faces'), Building 429 ('Glory Defined'), Bethany Dillon ('All I Need'), and bonus baby Day of Fire ('Cornerstone). Praise and worshippers will be pleased with the inclusion of David Crowder ('Open Skies') and the delightful Zschech ('Pray'). While WOW Hits 2005 gathers a lot of radio hits, there's no doubt that more critical voices may clamor about various omissions. Ask a roomful of Christian music fans to put the year's 30 best on a WOW release and you'll get a roomful of answers. But all can agree that WOW Hits 2005 proclaims that the year 2004 was a good one. --Michael Lyttle









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Disc 1:

1. Here With Me - MercyMe
2. All Things New - Steven Curtis Chapman
3. Who Am I - Casting Crowns
4. You Are My King (Amazing Love)- Newsboys
5. More - Matthew West
6. You Raise Me Up - Selah
7. Letters From War - Mark Schultz
8. Unspoken - Jaci Velasquez
9. When I Fall - Rachael Lampa
10. Ready To Fly - FFH
11. Disappear - Bebo Norman
12. You Were There - Avalon
13. Everyday People - Nicole C. Mullen
14. There's Only One (Holy One) - Caedmon's Call
15. Untitled Hymn (Come To Jesus)- Chris Rice
16. Pray - Darlene Zschech

Disc 2:

1. Right Here - Jeremy Camp
2. I Believe - Third Day
3. (There's Gotta Be) More To Life - Stacie Orrico
4. Gone - tobyMac
5. Sea Of Faces - Kutless
6. Blessed Be Your Name - Tree 63
7. Never Alone - BarlowGirl
8. All I Need - Bethany Dillon
9. Glory Defined - Building 429
10. Show You Love - Jars of Clay
11. Open Skies - David Crowder Band
12. Grace Like Rain - Todd Agnew
13. Beautiful Name - ZOEgirl
14. Leaving 99 - Audio Adrenaline
15. Whatever It Takes - Nate Sallie

Rating: - * Another great edition. ... I am a great fan of the WOW series. I have all of them dating back to 1996, and the 2005 edition proves to be another strong edition to the series. This two CD set delivers a great mix of music from Christian artists from the previous year. This year they got the mix just right I think a great mix a slow and fast, newer artists with established acts, and smoother CCM with edgier Christian rock. Another great set, and affordable way to get some of the year's best songs. Rating: - * Still one of the best ... Years later this is still one of my favorites of the WOW series, unless 2009 brings out something better. Great uplifting music, still one of my favorite and most-played CD's! Rating: - * \"A great preview of today's top artists\" by BJ ... From the stirring moments of Mark Shultz's "Letters From War", Selah's "You Lift Me Up", Avalon's "You Were There", and Mercyme's "Here With Me", all the way to the upbeat songs, WOW Hits 2005 is a definite favorite. My favorite song is a song listed above, Avalon's "You Were There" from their 2004 release The Creed. This song is about Christ being everywhere "in the midst of danger's snare" and "in the unclear", and also about Him rising from the dead. The perfect song for Easter, this song gets my vote for the very best. Also featured on this spectacular compilation is Steven Curtis Chapman, Matthew West, Newsboys, Stacie Orrico, tobyMac, Jeremy Camp, Third Day, and more. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!:) Rating: - * WOW Hits 2005 ... If you love Contemporary Christian music, as my son does, you will love this. It includes all the hits from 2005 that you really want to listen to. Rating: - * classic WOW ... I just like the mix of top songs they have in this series.