Various Artists [WOW Worship Purple] (2010)

Various Artists

WOW Worship [Purple]

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Main Review
With over 16 million units sold to date with great momentum coming off WOW Hits 2009 & Hits 2010, the
brand of WOW is bigger and better than ever! And just in time for Easter 2010, the WOW partnership is
proud to announce the release of WOW Worship (Purple). This two disc, 30 song collection includes; "All
Because of Jesus" (Casting Crowns); "Revelation Song" (Kari Jobe); "Your Name" (Paul Baloche); and
more. I’ve been collecting every WOW collection album since their inception with WOW 1996, released in
1995. As a collector of the top songs in Christian music, the WOW Hits compilations are fair
representations of the most popular songs in Christian music. The WOW Worship collections started in
1999, and this is the 7th in the collection and the first Worship compilation since Aqua in 2006, and many
amazing worship songs were recorded in the last 4 years as evidenced by this excellent compilation.

One observation is that the landscape of worship songs has been greatly influenced by the emergence
of Nashville based artists covering songs by Hillsong and Hillsong United. There was only one Hillsong
recording on Aqua, “Worthy Is The Lamb.” I’m very happy to see that there are six Hillsong recordings on
Purple, including brand-new recordings “Lead Me To The Cross” (Francesca Battistelli), which for me is
one of the highlights of this collection, along with “Desert Song” (Natalie Grant); “Mighty To Save”
(Hillsong United); “Shout Unto God” (Michael W. Smith); “Hosanna” (Selah); and “How Great Is Our God”
(Hillsong London), which is a great live recording of the famous song by Chris Tomlin. Speaking of Chris
Tomlin, this compilation also includes top worship songs "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)" (Chris
Tomlin); "Everlasting God" (Lincoln Brewster); “Your Grace Is Enough” (Matt Maher); “God Of This City”
(Passion) and “The Wonderful Cross” (Matthew West), which is another highlight for me.

Some other emerging Passion worship artists and songs appearing on this collection includes
“Everything Glorious” (David Crowder*Band); “Beautiful Jesus” (Kristian Stanfill); “Marvelous Light”
(Charlie Hall); “Give Us Clean Hands” (Kutless), which is another highlight for me and "You Never Let
Go" (Matt Redman). I’ve always enjoyed Big Daddy Weave and BarlowGirl’s recording of “You’re Worthy
Of My Praise” and another standout song on the collection is “New Song We Sing” by up and coming
worship artist Meredith Andrews.

Closing Thoughts
There are 30 great reasons to pick up this excellent worship compilation, which is the best in this great
series in my opinion. I think it was great to wait four years and really put together a fresh and
contemporary selection of songs that really complements the previous collections. Whether you are a
long-time collector or new to the Christian music scene, WOW Worship (Purple) is a worthy addition to
any worship music collection. These songs all praise Jesus and are wonderful examples of the great
artistry and creativity that is honoring to God.

Review Written By: Kevin Davis [k evin.davis @christianmusicreview.org] on 3/1/2010

4.0

out of 4

MESSAGE

2.7

out of 3

MUSIC

1.8

out of 2

PRODUCTION

0.7

out of 1

CREATIVITY

9.2

out of 10

OVERALL
SCORE

Release Date:

March 2, 2010
Word Records

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TRACK LISTING

Album Time:
Disc 1: 70 Minutes, 4 Seconds
Disc 2: 71 Minutes, 54 Seconds
Total: 141 Minutes, 59 Seconds

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A-

DISC 1
1. Your Grace Is Enough
2. Everlasting Dod
3. Shout Unto God
4. You Never Let Go
5. Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)
6. Mighty To Save
7. Revelation Song
8. Lead Me To The Cross
9. Hosanna (Praise is Rising)
10. All Because Of Jesus
11. Wonderful Cross
12. Your Name
13. You Reign
14. New Song We Sing
15. Beautiful Jesus

DISC 2
1. I Am Free
2. Everything Glorious
3. God Of This City
4. How Great Is Our God
5. Majesty
6. Give Us Clean Hands
7. Hosanna
8. Marvelous Light
9. Song of Hope
10. Desert Song
11. You're Worthy Of My Praise
12. My Savior, My God
13. You Are Good
14. Happy Day
15. Forever Reign