''Ear-Resistible'' is a studio album by American vocal group the Temptations. Served as the follow-up to '' Phoenix Rising'' (1998), it was released by

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on May 16, 2000. Featuring the Top 20 Urban Adult Contemporary singles "I'm Here", which peaked at #3, and "Selfish Reasons", which peaked at #18, the album won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance.

Critical reception

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editor Jason Elias found that with the album "the group turns in its strongest set since 1984's '' Truly for You'' ..Co-executive produced by Kedar Massenburg and Otis Williams, ''Ear-Resistible'' proves that you don't need rap cameos or expletives to make a great R&B album."

Track listing

Personnel

* Terry Weeks – second tenor vocals * Barrington "Bo" Henderson –

tenor A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below m ...

vocals * Otis Williams –

baritone A baritone is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the bass (voice type), bass and the tenor voice type, voice-types. It is the most common male voice. The term originates from the ...

vocals *Ron Tyson – first tenor/

falsetto Falsetto ( , ; Italian language, Italian diminutive of , "false") is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave. It is produced by the vibration of the ...

vocals * Harry McGilberry –

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vocals

Charts

References

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