98° were the also-rans of the teen pop mania at the turn of the millennium -- although they had hits, with three singles making it into the Top Ten -- and their lead singer,
Nick Lachey, was perhaps best known as the husband of
Jessica Simpson (something that their MTV reality series Newlyweds was unlikely to change).
Lachey debuted as a solo artist with
SoulO, and preferred to stick with the sound of
98° rather than stretch himself.
Lachey has a pleasant enough voice and does a little better on sprightly pop tunes like "Could You Love" than he does on ballads. Overall, the record is an apt companion to
Simpson's
In This Skin. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine