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
98° and Rising (Holland Bonus Tracks)
11/16/1999 | Polygram Int'l
Videos from 98° and Rising (Holland Bonus Tracks)
All Music Guide Review
98° and Rising (Holland Bonus Tracks) Track Listing
Credits of 98° and Rising (Holland Bonus Tracks)
- Mark Nevers
- Assistant Engineer
- Brian Newcombe
- Bass (Electric)
- Cathe Rich
- Assistant Engineer
- Bob Rosa
- Engineer, Mixing
- Richard Travali
- Mixing
- Patrick Tucker
- Guitar
- Bill Whittington
- Engineer, Mixing
- Stevie Wonder
- Vocals
- David Zippel
- Producer
- Tom Bender
- Mixing Engineer
- Greg Parker
- Engineer
- Glen Marchese
- Engineer
- Love to Infinity
- Producer, Remixing
- Marnie Riley
- Mixing Assistant
- 98°
- Arranger, Main Performer, Vocals, Producer
- Gary Winger
- Engineer
- Chris Fogel
- Engineer
- Mikael Ifversen
- Engineer
- Jason Goldstein
- Engineer
- Hex Hector
- Mixing
- Chris Theis
- Engineer, Mixing
- Bart Cennamo
- Assistant Engineer
- Gomi
- Mixing
- Poke & Tone
- Producer
- Jason Groucott
- Assistant Engineer
- Sal Guastella
- Project Coordinator
- Adam Hatley
- Assistant Engineer
- Prakazrel "Pras" Michel
- Producer, Mixing
- Tony Vanias
- Project Coordinator
- Alex Olsson
- Assistant Engineer
- Bloodshy
- Producer
- Steve Smith
- Engineer
- Devon Biere
- Producer
- Matthew Marteinsson
- Engineer
- Steve Kipner
- Producer
- Chris Bailey
- Assistant Engineer
- Keith Thomas
- Bass, Producer, Keyboards
- Paul Arnold
- Engineer
- Terry Bag
- Engineer
- Bruce Carbone
- Music Supervisor
- Gordon Chambers
- Producer
- Stephen Erdody
- Cello
- David Frank
- Keyboards, Producer
- Chris Gehringer
- Mastering
- James Genus
- Bass (Electric)
- Mick Guzauski
- Producer, Mixing
- Mark Hammond
- Drum Programming
- Sean Hosein
- Programming, Mixing, Producer
- Phil Kaffel
- Engineer, Mixing
- John Kelton
- Engineer
- Gordon Kennedy
- Guitar
- Matthew Wilder
- Producer


























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