Cher turned into huge hits Warren's Save Up All Your Tears/ If I Could Turn Back Time/ Love + Understanding, and I loved these, but I wasn't impressed with other Warren's song that Cher did, nothing really original (or they didn't strike any chord in me as you said), while I loved I'd Lie For You and Not a Dry Eye In The House. Who knows, I wait to hear the songs and hear what Meat's voice can make of them.
About Hawkins, actually I can't see the point of having a Justin-solo song on the album, I thought that enough singers had been introduced already,and they're enough to make a terrific album