Glancing through the track list on Disc 1, and you can see the worship/AC/pop focus of the disc, and notice that, as with this type of disc on WOW Hits albums previously, it seems like the same artists are picked time and time again. While I could accept that WOW Hits don’t expose certain artists to the compilation because of favouritism of others, WOW Hits 2019 sadly feels like WOW Hits 2018/19 (with a few double-up tracks from last year’s WOW compilation), which is unfortunate. A WOW Hits list won’t serve everyone’s genre preference, and while this year’s double disc collection of WOW Hits is a step in the right direction in certain aspects, but a step back in terms of others WOW has a long way to go if they want to call themselves a compilation that gives us the best songs Christian music has to offer. Nevertheless, WOW Hits 2019 does make a solid attempt at delivering some of Christian music’s powerful songs and hits, even if a fair few of them aren’t as timely as even I would like. With the influx of new artists and the departure of others (the amount of new artists is greater than the artists leaving the industry), the question of whether WOW gives us relevant hits and timely songs to serve each listeners genre preference is a matter of opinion. Yet with the claim that this album is the one-stop album for any Christian music fan, the album sadly falls short. I know I can sound ominous when I state that the WOW brand has been always a step or two behind what current radio hits are at the moment, but when I look at this year’s song list for WOW Hits 2019, supposedly the best 39 tracks of this year, I smile to myself and think- sure this album is a great album, and looking at songs alone and keeping the tag of ‘the best songs of the year’ out of my mind, I’d give this album a 4.5/5. Maybe if they did stick with the original plan, and released W OW Hits 2 after WOW Hits 1 like it was originally planned, maybe, just maybe, songs would be more timely, and the WOW Hits brand and all the subsequent albums after WOW Hits 1, would be more about actual hits throughout the given year, artists would be recognised that were previously overlooked, and the same artists that have been on WOW albums for an eternity would make way for newer lesser known artists. And as I glance through this year’s WOW Hits, I stop to wonder. Why they did something like that, I’m not sure. WOW has been in circulation since 1995, rivalling its mainstream counterpart NOW That Is What I Call Music!, and while the WOW brand briefly decided to abandon its yearly compilation to move towards a three year album with WOW Hits 1, it quickly abandoned that project too, and released WOW Hits 2009 that year as well. I tend to be excited, or at least intrigued, whenever the song list for a WOW Hits album releases. It’s mere impossible.įor each year, Capitol Christian Music Group, Word Label Group and Provident Label Group come together to deliver a supposed ‘must-have’ album, and one that’ll always have its critics and compliments, depending on who you’d ask. Just one look deeper and we can see that the WOW brand is flawed- in reality, one cannot capture a whole year’s catalogue of music all within a double-disc 39 track CD. Yet nevertheless, WOW continues to soldier on, releasing their annual compilation around September/October every year, complete with more than 30 songs, chronicling the top-charting and poignant songs that have captured the hearts of people around the world that given year…or so we tend to think. Sometimes I wonder why WOW Hits is still being made, considering the advent of Spotify playlists and Pandora, alongside a variety of other digital music sources that have seemingly made the WOW brand redundant over the years. Counting Every Blessing (Rend Collective).Control (Somehow You Want Me) (Tenth Avenue North).Tasha Cobbs Leonard) (Matt Redman) BONUS DELUXE My Feet Are On The Rock (I AM THEY) BONUS.The Way (New Horizons) (Pat Barrett) BONUS. Do It Again (Radio Edit) (Elevation Worship).The Breakup Song (Francesca Battistelli).WOW – WOW HITS 2019 (Deluxe Edition) (iTunes/Amazon mp3/ Spotify/ Capitol CMG)
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