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 98°98° and Rising Release Date: 1998 10 20 Running Time: 47:42 Label: Motown Rating:  |
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, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Intro | :41 | |
| 2 | Heat It Up | Turner, Adams, Lockett, Taylor, Hicks, Arrington, Webster | 4:15 |
| 3 | If She Only Knew | Chambers, Farren | 4:27 |
| 4 | I Do (Cherish You) | Hill, Stegall | 3:45 |
| 5 | Fly With Me | Hosein, Deviller, Ninety Eight Degrees | 3:49 |
| 6 | Still | Hosein, Deviller, Ninety Eight Degrees | 4:00 |
| 7 | Because of You | Karlsson, Tucker, Bagge, Birgisson | 4:55 |
| 8 | Give It up (Interlude) | Ninety Eight Degrees | 1:31 |
| 9 | Do You Wanna Dance | Bell, Ninety Eight Degrees, Barnes, Bell, Oliver, Brown | 4:14 |
| 10 | True to Your Heart | Zippel, Wilder | 4:15 |
| 11 | To Me You're Everything | White, Mathieux, Bagge, Bagge, White, Del-Barrio | 4:09 |
| 12 | Hardest Thing | Kipner, Frank | 4:34 |
| 13 | She's Out of My Life | Bahler | 3:07 |
Other Releases:
| 98° and Rising [Holland Bonus Tracks] Release Date: 1998 Label: Universal International |
| 98 Degrees and Rising Release Date: 1998 Label: Motown |
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