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Really, 98° is a great idea for a teen-pop band: take an attractive boy band in the vein of Take That or N'Sync and have them sing Boyz II Men crossed with the Backstreet Boys. 98° followed this formula on their eponymous debut and were more or less successful. However, they've mastered the sound on their second record, 98° and Rising. Like any teen-pop with chart aspirations, 98° and Rising is far from a perfect album, as it alternates sure-fire hits with filler cut from the same mold, but that should be expected. What's nice is that songs like "The Hardest Thing" and "True to Your Heart" are well-crafted radio singles, with memorable hooks and excellent production. That same production -- which makes the ballads smoove and the dance-pop infectious -- carries weaker moments of the record, but at the end of the day, it's the singles that make 98° and Rising entertaining. And for many fans, that will be quite enough indeed.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Nick Lachey, Composer - Paul Logus, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 98º, MainArtist - Drew Lachey, Composer - Jeff Timmons, Composer - Justin Jeffre, Composer - Bernard Grubman, Composer, Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Lachey, ComposerLyricist - Jean Claude Olivier, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Barnes, ComposerLyricist - STEVE ARRINGTON, ComposerLyricist - Mark Adams, ComposerLyricist - Mark Hicks, ComposerLyricist - Ray Turner, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Webster, ComposerLyricist - Rich Travali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel J. "Tone" Barnes, Producer - Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier, Producer - 98º, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Raymond Turner, ComposerLyricist - Poke & Tone, Producer - Starleana Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Mark F Hicks, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Henrey Lockett, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Lockett, ComposerLyricist - 98º/Paris D'Jon/Bruce Carbone, Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dane DeViller, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Hosein, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Chambers, ComposerLyricist - Chris Farren, ComposerLyricist - Tom Bender, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - MICK GUZAUSKI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - 98º, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Keith Thomas, Producer - Keith Stegall, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Hill, ComposerLyricist - Bill Whittington, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - 98º, MainArtist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Lachey, ComposerLyricist - Pras, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Pras Michel, Producer - Samuel Prakazrel Michel, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS THEIS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Benny Andersson, ComposerLyricist - Bjorn Ulvaeus, ComposerLyricist - Stig Anderson, ComposerLyricist - JERRY "WONDER" DUPLESSIS, Producer, Co-Producer - 98º, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Drew Lachey, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Timmons, ComposerLyricist - Justin Jeffre, ComposerLyricist - Jerry "Te Bass" Duplesis, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Prakazrel "Pras" Michel, ComposerLyricist - 98º/Paris D'Jon/Bruce Carbone, Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Lachey, ComposerLyricist - Dane DeViller, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Sean Hosein, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - MICK GUZAUSKI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - 98º, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Drew Lachey, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Timmons, ComposerLyricist - Justin Jeffre, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Anders Bagge, ComposerLyricist - Arnthor Birgisson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bob Rosa, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Karlsson, ComposerLyricist - BAG, Producer - BLOODSHY, Producer - 98º, MainArtist - Patrick Jonathan S. Tucker, ComposerLyricist - S. Bloodshy, Producer
℗ 1998 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Lachey, ComposerLyricist - Tom Bender, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - MICK GUZAUSKI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - 98º, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Drew Lachey, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Timmons, ComposerLyricist - Justin Jeffre, ComposerLyricist - 98º/Paris D'Jon/Bruce Carbone, Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Lachey, ComposerLyricist - Jean Claude Olivier, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Robert Bell, ComposerLyricist - George Brown, ComposerLyricist - Eumir Deodato, ComposerLyricist - JAMES TAYLOR, ComposerLyricist - Claydes Smith, ComposerLyricist - Ronald Nathan Bell, ComposerLyricist - Charles Smith, ComposerLyricist - Rich Travali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel J. "Tone" Barnes, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Spike Mickens, ComposerLyricist - Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - 98º, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Drew Lachey, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Timmons, ComposerLyricist - Poke & Tone, Producer - Justin Jeffre, ComposerLyricist - 98º/Paris D'Jon/Bruce Carbone, Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
David Zippel, ComposerLyricist - Matthew Wilder, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, FeaturedArtist - Phil Kaffel, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - 98º, MainArtist
℗ 1998 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Anders Bagge, ComposerLyricist - Eduardo Del Barrio, ComposerLyricist - Laila Bagge, ComposerLyricist - Bob Rosa, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maurice White, ComposerLyricist - VERDINE WHITE, ComposerLyricist - BAG, Producer - 98º, MainArtist - Laila, ComposerLyricist - Jocelin Gueridon, ComposerLyricist - Jocelyn Gueridon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
David Frank, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MICK GUZAUSKI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kipner, ComposerLyricist - 98º, Producer, Additional Producer, MainArtist - David M. Frank, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Alan Kipner, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Devon Biere, Producer, Co-Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - TOM BAHLER, ComposerLyricist - MICK GUZAUSKI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - 98º, Producer, MainArtist - 98º/Paris D'Jon/Bruce Carbone, Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dane DeViller, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sean Hosein, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Kenny Ortiz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glen Marchese, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MICK GUZAUSKI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kipner, ComposerLyricist - Mikael Ifversen, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 98º, MainArtist - Marnie Lehmann-Riley, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Really, 98° is a great idea for a teen-pop band: take an attractive boy band in the vein of Take That or N'Sync and have them sing Boyz II Men crossed with the Backstreet Boys. 98° followed this formula on their eponymous debut and were more or less successful. However, they've mastered the sound on their second record, 98° and Rising. Like any teen-pop with chart aspirations, 98° and Rising is far from a perfect album, as it alternates sure-fire hits with filler cut from the same mold, but that should be expected. What's nice is that songs like "The Hardest Thing" and "True to Your Heart" are well-crafted radio singles, with memorable hooks and excellent production. That same production -- which makes the ballads smoove and the dance-pop infectious -- carries weaker moments of the record, but at the end of the day, it's the singles that make 98° and Rising entertaining. And for many fans, that will be quite enough indeed.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:20
- Main artists: 98º
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Motown
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1998 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1998 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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