''Ear-Resistible'' is the 57th
studio album by American vocal group
the Temptations
The Temptations are an American vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s. The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield, beginning with the Top ...
. It was released by
Motown
Motown Records is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on June 7, 1958, and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmanteau of ''moto ...
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
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance is an accolade presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally named the Gramophone Awards, to performers of quality traditional R&B vocal performances. ...
.
Critical reception
AllMusic
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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
''Truly for You'' is a 1984 in music, 1984 album by American R&B vocal group the Temptations. Released on October 15, 1984 by Motown Records' Gordy label, This is the first full Temptations album to feature Ali-Ollie Woodson (credited simply as ...
''
..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
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Terry Weeks
Terry Wayne Weeks (born December 23, 1963) is an American R&B and soul singer who is currently one of the lead singers of the legendary Motown quintet The Temptations.http://www.thetemptations.com/ Temptations Official Website
Early life
Weeks ...
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tenor
A tenor is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The lo ...
vocals
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Barrington "Bo" Henderson
Barrington Scott "Bo" Henderson (born June 10, 1956, in Washington, Pennsylvania) is an American R&B singer.
Biography
Barrington's mother, Joyce St. Amie, was an electric jazz singer. Barrington grew up in the music industry, travelling wit ...
– tenor vocals
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Otis Williams
Otis Williams (born Otis Miles Jr.; October 30, 1941) is an American baritone singer.Ribowsky, Mark (2010). ''Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Endearing Soul of the Temptations''. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 7–9 He is o ...
– baritone vocals
*Ron Tyson – tenor/
falsetto
''Falsetto'' (, ; 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 ligamentous ed ...
vocals
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Harry McGilberry
Harry McGilberry (January 19, 1950 – April 3, 2006) was an American Rhythm and blues, R&B and soul music, soul singer and latter-day Bass guitar, bass singer for The Temptations between 1995 and 2003.
Born Harry McGilberry Jr. in Philadelph ...
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bass vocals
Charts
References
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2000 albums
The Temptations albums
Albums produced by Narada Michael Walden
Motown albums
Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance