''Awesome'' is a 2001 album by

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. Despite many changes in personnel, the album became the 45th to reach the ''Billboard'' 200, the first being ''

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'' in 1964. The lone single "4 Days" peaked at #19 on the Urban Adult Contemporary Charts. It is the last album to featured Barrington “Bo” Henderson and Harry McGilberry before they were fired from the group in 2003.

Reception

According to Jason Birchmeier of

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, ''Awesome'' contains "mostly ballads here and some innocent concessions to the hip-hop audience." The sound is similar to the group's surprisingly successful predecessor, '' Ear-Resistible'', although "less rewarding", but it is still "the Temptations sounding like the Temptations."

Track listing

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, Sunny Hilden) – 0:58 #"Hurt So Bad" (Andy Cramer, Mechalie Jamison, Jerry Tawney) – 3:56 #"4 Days" (Jasher) – 4:07 #"Lady" (

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, Tom Hammer) – 4:49 #"Forget About It" (Christopher Grant, Jasher) – 4:23 #"Awesome" (Narada Michael Walden, Otis Williams, Sunny Hilden) – 3:39 #"Race for Your Heart" (Dennis Nelson, Otis Williams, William Rivera) – 4:22 #"Swept Away" (Alonzo Jones, Jeff Porter, Narada Michael Walden, Robin Taylor Brooks) – 4:47 #"My Baby" ( Barrington Henderson, Carsten Lindberg, Joachim Svare) – 4:20 #"Open Letter, My One Temptation Interlude" (Alonzo McKenzie, Ron Tyson) – 1:05 #"So Easy" (Oji Pierce, Ron Tyson) – 5:44 #"A Love I Can See" ( William Robinson) – 5:46. #"That's How Heartaches Are Made" (Ben Raleigh, Bob Halley) – 4:46 #"I Feel Good" (Stanley Brown) – 4:05

Personnel

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vocals * Barrington "Bo" Henderson – tenor vocals *

– baritone vocals *Ron Tyson – tenor/ falsetto vocals * Harry McGilberry – bass vocals

Charts

References

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