AMG Review of Ultimate Collection

James Christopher Monger
All Music Guide

CCM fans who thought that 2005's 11-song He Reigns: The Worship Collection or 2007's single-disc Greatest Hits anthology failed to do justice to the career of one of the more successful crossover Christian rock bands of the '90s will revel in 2009's two-disc, 24-track Ultimate Collection. Since 1985, Australia's Newsboys have been one of the best-selling Christian music artists, boasting a legion of devoted worshippers as well as a healthy secular fan base who were drawn to the group's early-'90s conversion from cliché-ridden, dogmatic faith peddlers to rousing and amiable alternative rock outfit.