Sounds like … ultra catchy Euro-pop/rock influenced by the likes of Duran Duran, a-Ha, Savage Garden, and INXS, as well as Steve Taylor.
At a glance … a seemingly unnecessary compilation, The Greatest Hits improves on its predecessor Shine: The Hits as a definitive collection of the best from the enduringly popular newsboys.
This compilation seems completely unnecessary at first glance, and the uninspired album cover sure doesn't help. Besides, we already have Shine: The Hits from 2000, as well as He Reigns: The Worship Collection from 2005. But this release manages to improve on its predecessors, and there's also a nostalgic purpose for The Greatest Hits. This year marks the official twentieth anniversary for the perpetually popular newsboys.
The absolute essentials are accounted for: "Shine," "Breakfast," "Not Ashamed," "Take Me to Your Leader," and even the sublime "Joy" from the first hits anthology. Also present are the worshipful anthems "It Is You" and "He Reigns," as well as the most recent material from the Go album, "Wherever We Go" and "Something Beautiful."
Lesser hits like "Woo Hoo," "Step Up to the Microphone," and anything before 1992's Not Ashamed have been dropped to accommodate the newer material—not a major loss, though its strange that 1999's Love, Liberty, Disco album has been completely ignored once again. Would it have hurt to throw a couple more songs on this 68-minute disc to get it right? And does their cover of the worship standard "You Are My King" really belong here?...
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