Ear-Resistible
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{{Infobox album
| name = Ear-Resistible
| type = Album
| artist = The Temptations
| cover = Tempts-ear-resis.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = May 16, 2000
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 57:10
| label = Motown
| producer =
- Stanley Brown
- Calvin Gaines
- Isaias Gamboa
- Joe
- Gerald Levert
- Joe N Little III
- Arthur "Buster" Marbury
- Dennis Nelson
- Narada Michael Walden
| prev_title = Phoenix Rising
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Awesome
| next_year = 2001
}}
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 Motown on May 16, 2000.{{Cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Otis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KMJo37QXc7gC&dq=Ear-Resistible+Temptations&pg=PA242 |title=Temptations |last2=Bashe |first2=Patricia Romanowski |date=2002 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-8154-1218-2 |language=en}}{{Citation |title=The Temptations - Ear: Resistible Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ear-resistible-mw0000064220 |language=en |access-date=2022-07-17}} 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
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ear-resistable-r480263/review|title=Ear-Resistable(sic) - The Temptations|last=Elias|first=Jason|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=18 March 2012}}}}
AllMusic 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
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline = Ear-Resistible track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 57:10
| title1 = I'll Just Go Crazy – Intro
| writer1 =
| extra1 =
| length1 = 0:32
| title2 = I'm Here
| writer2 = {{hlist|Katrina Willis|Colin Morrison}}
| extra2 = Joe
| length2 = 4:21
| title3 = Your Love
| writer3 = Stanley Brown
| extra3 = Brown
| length3 = 4:47
| title4 = Elevator Eyes
| writer4 = {{hlist|Otis Williams|Dennis Nelson}}
| extra4 = Nelson
| length4 = 3:51
| title5 = Selfish Reasons
| writer5 = {{hlist|Gerald LeVert|Joe N Little III}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|LeVert|Little}}
| length5 = 4:48
| title6 = Kiss Me Like You Miss Me
| writer6 = {{hlist|Narada Michael Walden|Robin Taylor Brooks|Williams}}
| extra6 = Walden
| length6 = 4:40
| title7 = Party
| writer7 = {{hlist|Walden|Ron Tyson|Sunny Hilden}}
| extra7 = Walden
| length7 = 4:06
| title8 = It's Alright to Be Wrong
| writer8 = {{hlist|Calvin Gaines|Joshua Thompson|Donell Jones|Quincy Patrick}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Gaines|Thompson Patrick}}
| length8 = 4:21
| title9 = Proven & True
| writer9 = {{hlist|LeVert|Little}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|LeVert|Little}}
| length9 = 5:27
| title10 = Got to Get on the Road
| writer10 = {{hlist|Trevor Lawrence|Isaias Gamboa|Williams}}
| extra10 = Gamboa
| length10 = 4:53
| title11 = I'll Just Go Crazy
| writer11 = {{hlist|Arthur Marbury|Terry Weeks|Alonzo McKenzie|Melvin Jordan|Felicia Brown-Spencer}}
| extra11 = Marbury
| length11 = 4:32
| title12 = A Little Bit Lonely
| writer12 = {{hlist|DeVere Duckett|Keith Rouster}}
| extra12 = Gamboa
| length12 = 4:30
| title13 = One Love, One World – Interlude
| writer13 = {{hlist|Marbury|Weeks|Williams}}
| extra13 = Marbury
| length13 = 1:38
| title14 = Error of Our Ways
| writer14 = {{hlist|Williams|Nelson}}
| extra14 = Nelson
| length14 = 5:18
}}
Personnel
- Terry Weeks – second tenor vocals
- Barrington "Bo" Henderson – tenor vocals
- Otis Williams – baritone vocals
- Ron Tyson – first tenor/falsetto vocals
- Harry McGilberry – bass vocals
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for Ear-Resistible ! scope="col"|Chart (2000) ! scope="col"|Peak |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|54|artist=The Temptations|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 29, 2022|refname="Billboard200"}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|16|artist=The Temptations|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 29, 2022|refname="BillboardRandBHipHop"}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{The Temptations}}
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Category:The Temptations albums
Category:Albums produced by Narada Michael Walden
Category:Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance