Greatest Hits: First Ten Years

I really enjoyed listening to this CD! I haven't known Francesca's music for very long but I know about 5 of the songs from the radio! I now have a few more of her songs as favourites such as Beautiful, Angel By My Side, Messiah and all the other songs too! Highly recommended to buy!

""""Greatest hits"""" collections are an interesting genre in themselves. They allow us to map the artistic evolution of a singer especially when the songs are arranged in a chronological order. This is certainly true of Francesca Battistelli's latest package. """"Greatest Hits: the first ten years"""" puts us in the front seat as we witness how Battistelli starts to evolve slowly but surely from being a consummate CCM pop artist to become more of a contemporary worship artist. This CD is thus a retrospective journey where 12 songs are cherry picked from each of Battistelli's three regular albums. On top of that, one song has been included from her Christmas effort and for the sake of diehard fans two new songs are tagged towards the end of the record. All the songs that have found their way to the disc (save for the Yuletide track and the new songs) have had been big hits for Battistelli including six No. 1 radio hits, three top 5 hits, three top 10's. \\r\\n\\r\\nLet's be honest: Battistelli's best works are in her first two albums. Here she really stands head and shoulders above her peers. Her knack for songs that have signature melodies with lyrics that allow her protagonists to bring engaging perspectives on glorious themes are just sublime.