WOW Christmas: 30 Top Christian Artists and Holiday Songs

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It was only a matter of time before the folks behind the wildly successful WOW series turned their eyes toward Christmas. After all, holiday releases by Christian artists flood the market every year, and there's plenty of stock to choose from. WOW Christmas does, indeed, capture a nice range of styles and artists from releases over the last few years. Among the sweeter moments are Michael W. Smith's new standard, "Emmanuel," Point of Grace's angelic "O Holy Night," Rebecca St. James's quirky "Sweet Little Jesus Boy," and the Mark Schultz-Nichole Nordeman gentle treatment of "Silent Night." There are a couple of curiosities here, as well: Avalon jazzing up the old standard "Winter Wonderland" with a Manhattan Transfer-like big-band sound; and Fred Hammond's soulful "Go Tell It on the Mountain." And if that's not offbeat enough, we also get the flat-out weirdness of Audio Adrenaline's punked-out "Little Drummer Boy." For the most part, though, WOW Christmas spices up the classic Yule tunes with freshness and creativity, making it a must disc for your holiday party. --Michael Lyttle

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Average customer rating:

Even my Granddaughter loves this CD

Some Very Good Songs, Some Not So Good

Wow!!!

BEST YET

Nice mix

WOW Christmas: 30 Top Christian Artists and Holiday Songs
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Word Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
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ASIN: B00006JOG8
Release Date: 2002-10-01

Tracks:

Strange Way To Save the World - 4HIM
Breathe of Heaven - Amy Grant
Winter Wonderland - Avalon
Away In a Manger - CeCe Winans
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Donnie McClurkin
The First Noel - FFH
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - Jaci Velasquez
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Jars of Clay
What Child Is This? - Mercy Me
Emmanuel - Michael W. Smith
O Come, Let Us Adore Him - Newsboys
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - Nicole C. Mullen
A Prayer For Every Year - Plus One
O Holy Night - Point of Grace
Ave Maria - Rachael Lampa
Sweet Little Jesus Boy - Rebecca St. James
Christmas Time of Year - Sixpence None the Richer
Hallelujah - Soulful Celebration
O Come All Ye Faithful - Staci Orrico
Christmas Is In the Heart - Steven Curtis Chapman
Do You Hear What I Hear? - Third Day
Angels We Have Heard On High - ZOEGirl
Little Drummer Boy - Audio Adrenaline
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Caedmon's Call
The Night That Christ Was Born - Kirk Franklin
Go Tell It On the Mountain - Fred Hammond
Sing Mary Sing - Jennifer Knapp
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Yolanda Adams
Silent Night - Mark Schultz & Nicole Nordeman
This Christmas/Joy To the World - Toby Mac
O Little Town of Bethlehem - Out of Eden

Amazon.com

It was only a matter of time before the folks behind the wildly successful WOW series turned their eyes toward Christmas. After all, holiday releases by Christian artists flood the market every year, and there's plenty of stock to choose from. WOW Christmas does, indeed, capture a nice range of styles and artists from releases over the last few years. Among the sweeter moments are Michael W. Smith's new standard, "Emmanuel," Point of Grace's angelic "O Holy Night," Rebecca St. James's quirky "Sweet Little Jesus Boy," and the Mark Schultz-Nichole Nordeman gentle treatment of "Silent Night." There are a couple of curiosities here, as well: Avalon jazzing up the old standard "Winter Wonderland" with a Manhattan Transfer-like big-band sound; and Fred Hammond's soulful "Go Tell It on the Mountain." And if that's not offbeat enough, we also get the flat-out weirdness of Audio Adrenaline's punked-out "Little Drummer Boy." For the most part, though, WOW Christmas spices up the classic Yule tunes with freshness and creativity, making it a must disc for your holiday party. --Michael Lyttle

Customer Reviews:

Even my Granddaughter loves this CD.......2007-01-10

Yes, even my seven year old granddaughter loves to listen to this Christmas CD. I like the diversity of the songs and the entertainers. I loved the way some of the old standards were done, especially Emmanuel, Let It Snow, and Away in the Manger. Plus there are some songs I had never heard before and they were good.
But, the only thing I didn't like was, some of the old standards were (I felt) were terrible. Like Do You Hear What I Hear, Joy to the World, and Little Drummer Boy. But my granddaughter liked them.

Some Very Good Songs, Some Not So Good.......2006-11-26

This is a collection of mostly familiar Christmas songs done with a modern twist.

While I didn't really like several of the arrangements here, there were also many others that were very good. Due to the diversity of musical tastes, this collection has something that virtually everyone will like. On the other hand, most will find some that they do not appreciate as much.

Some really good arrangements were done by the following artists: Point of Grace, 4Him, Nichole C. Mullen, Mark Schultz and Nichole Nordeman, Kathy Mattea, Third Day, Jennifer Knapp, MercyMe, Jars of Clay, and Rebecca St. James.

Overall, this is a worthwhile CD set.

Wow!!!.......2005-12-19

This is one of my favourite Christmas music collections, along with Donna Summer's classy 'Christmas Spirit'. The name really says it all, wow!!!

Ranging in style from jazzy treatments, to alternative rock to urban, this is a collection of perrennial favourites redone (and in some cases drastically redone) by most of contemporary Christian music's best. This might not appeal to some but I love the different treatments.

Disc one has the swinging jazzy treatment of 'Winter wonderland' by Avalon featuring the tight harmonies they are known for. 'Strange way to save the world' is a beautiful ballad by 4Him with lyrics about God's choice to send a baby in a manger to save us all. There is the melodramatic 'Emmanuel' by Michael W Smith, the stunning acoustic treatment of 'O come, o come, Emmanuel' by Nicole C Mullen (check out her brilliant 'Christmas in black and white' CD), the celebratory 'Hallelujah' by Soulful Celebration, the soul/gospel choir sound of Kirk Franklin's 'The night that Christ was born, and the awesome 'Mary did you know' by Kathy Mattea, with lyrics asking Mary if she knew the baby she was carrying would one day walk on water and be the saviour of the whole world.

Disc 2 is more rock laced and edgier; 'Do you hear what I hear' by Third Day, an acoustic 'What child is this' by MercyMe, the rocky 'Little drummer boy' by Audio Adrenaline, a soulful rendition of 'O little town of Bethlehem' by Out of Eden, complete with a much needed prayer for peace on earth, the driving rock/pop of 'Angels we have heard on high' by ZOEgirl, 'O little town of Bethlehem' by Caedmon's call, a wonderful slow shuffling performance of 'Christmastime is here' by Sixpence none the richer, the acoustic 'God rest ye merry gentlemen' by Jars of clay featuring excellent harmonising, and the hip hop 'This Christmas (joy to the world)' by TobyMac.

If you are looking for a beautiful, experimental collection of Christmas music with the message of Christmas told, this is the CD for you.

BEST YET.......2004-12-18

This is one of the best Christmas CD's I have purchased. All the artists do a great job singing some of these old classics. I especially liked Third Days rendition of "Do You Hear What I Hear?". I loved and so do all my friends. Have a Merry Christmas.

Nice mix.......2004-12-03

There is a nice mix of styles and songs on this CD. The only disappointment is some of the more secular/traditional songs, which you can get on other CDs done better by other people. But it's definately worth having.

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