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 98°98° and Rising [Holland Bonus Tracks] Release Date: 1998 10 20 Label: Universal International Rating:  |
Really, 98° is a great idea for a teen pop band: Take an attractive boy band in the vein of Take That or NSync 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° & Rising. Like any teen pop with chart aspirations, 98° & 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° & Rising entertaining. And for many fans, that will be quite enough indeed. [The Holland edition features two bonus tracks, "Invisible Man" and a remix of "Hardest Thing," a slightly different track order, and three bonus videos.] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Intro | 98° | :43 |
| 2 | Heat It Up | Taylor, Webster, Hicks, Turner, Arrington, 98°, Lockett, Adams | 4:15 |
| 3 | If She Only Knew | Farren, Chambers | 4:28 |
| 4 | I Do (Cherish You) | Hill, Stegall | 3:47 |
| 5 | Still | Hosein, Deviller, 98° | 4:01 |
| 6 | Because of You | Birgisson, Karlsson, Bagge, Tucker | 4:58 |
| 7 | Give It Up (Interlude) | 98° | 1:31 |
| 8 | Do You Wanna Dance | Brown, Bell, 98°, Bell, Mickens, Taylor, Smith, Barnes, Olivier | 4:15 |
| 9 | True to Your Heart [Featuring Stevie Wonder] | Wider, Zippel | 4:16 |
| 10 | To Me You're Everything | White, Del-Barrio, Mathieux, Bagge, White, Bagge | 4:10 |
| 11 | Hardest Thing | Kipner, Frank | 4:33 |
| 12 | She's Out of My Life | Bahler | 3:08 |
| 13 | Invisible Man [*] | Kipner, Hosein, Deviller | 4:43 |
| 14 | Fly With Me [*] | Andersson, 98°, Anderson, Duplesis, Michel, Ulvaeus | 3:51 |
| 15 | Hardest Thing [Love to Infinity 12" Mix][*] | Frank David, Kipner | 6:37 |
| 16 | Because of You [Hex Hector Dance Mix][*] | Bagge, Karlsson, Birgisson, Tucker | 3:07 |
| 17 | I Do (Cherish You) [Bonus Video][*] | Stegall, Hill | |
| 18 | Hardest Thing [Bonus Video][*] | Frank David, Kipner | |
| 19 | Because of You [Bonus Video][*] | Bagge, Birgisson, Tucker, Karlsson | |
| 20 | Invisible Man [Bonus Video][*] | Kipner, Hosein, Deviller | |
| 21 | Was It Something I Didn't Say [Bonus Video][*] |
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