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 The TemptationsAwesome Release Date: 2001 11 20 Label: Motown Records Rating:  |
As the Otis Williams-fronted Temptations learned with Ear-Resistible, the group's surprisingly successful album from a year earlier, it's best to play it safe and stay true to the times. And that's precisely what Williams does on Awesome, an album that models itself after Ear-Resistible. There are mostly ballads here and some innocent concessions to the hip-hop audience. Overall, though, this is the Temptations sounding like the Temptations, albeit a tender yet resilient Temptations. There aren't any "Papa Was a Rolling Stone"s here and there aren't any "Cloud Nine"s, just sappy, utopian love songs and some extra-lite music lingering safely in the background. This is how sequels should sound -- modestly like their predecessors. However, the modest sense of submission makes Awesome less rewarding than Ear-Resistible. There are few surprises, and the few surprises you do encounter are more calculated than inspired -- the calling card of a, perhaps unfortunately, content veteran act. Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Awesome Intro | Hilden, Williams, Walden | 1:00 |
| 2 | Hurt So Bad | Creamer, Jamison, Tawney | 3:56 |
| 3 | 4 Days | Jasher | 4:05 |
| 4 | Lady | Hammer, St. Victor | 4:44 |
| 5 | Forget About It | Grant, Jasher | 4:23 |
| 6 | Awesome | Williams, Hilden, Walden | 3:39 |
| 7 | Raceforyourheart | Nelson, Rivera, Williams | 4:22 |
| 8 | Swept Away | Walden, Jones, Brooks, Porter | 4:46 |
| 9 | My Baby | Rogers, Moore, Robinson | 4:20 |
| 10 | Open Letter, My One Temptation Interlude | Tyson, McKenzie | 1:05 |
| 11 | So Easy | Pierce, Tyson | 5:44 |
| 12 | Love I Can See | Robinson | 5:46 |
| 13 | That's How Heartaches Are Made | Halley, Raleigh | 4:46 |
| 14 | I Feel Good | Brown | 4:05 |
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