Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0602517749849 Format: Collector's Edition Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London) Manufacturer: Mercury Records Ltd (London) Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Mercury Records Ltd (London) Release Date: September 15, 2008 Running Time: 53 minutes Sales Rank: 63 Studio: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk ReviewIf the mark of the skilful Lothario is the one who knows to always tell his lover what she wants to hear, surely Def Jam’s R&B sensation Ne-Yo--aka Los Angeles singer-songwriter Shaffer Chimere Smith--is one of the greatest of them all. On third album Year of the Gentleman, Chimere channels his hitmaking talents into a suite of R&B songs that more respectful than rampant in their approach to the romancing. 'Single' is a song that reaches out to all the lonely girls, Ne-Yo promising 'I'll be your boyfriend til the song goes off', while the Stargate-produced 'Miss Independent', lit up by neon synthesisers, suggests Smith isn't too concerned with his own machismo to test out flipping the traditional gender roles, serenading a girl who's a player in her own right: 'Everything she got, you bet she bought it'. The album is at its best with the central, two-song movement of 'Why Does She Stay' and 'Fade Into the Background'--the former, Ne-Yo questioning his own neglectful nature over a backdrop of shimmering keys, the latter a sombre piece that finds our narrator accepting the news his lover has found another with a rare, heart-rending magnanimity. --Louis Pattison
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - "FANTASTIC"
This has to be one of the best albums I have bought in a long time. Every track is good usually there is always a couple of songs that don't do it for you but every track is great.
This is my first Neyo CD but not the last.
Rating: - Best album I have heard in a long while.
Just bought this album on the weekend and have not stopped listening to it since. For me it is a natural progression from the last album. Other reviewers have complained of the likeness to Micheal Jackson. Yes, there is a hint of Michael Jackson in there but that's not a bad thing. Think Jacko in his heyday of Thriller or Bad and you will get the idea. Anyway, I personally think that Prince is more of an influence to Ne-yo's singing style than anyone else.
Rating: - The bad bo of R and B is back
This album is immense, forget the singles you have heard and the mans image, the album tracks. The album is mostly made up of songs that Ne-Yo has been making with his mate usher and wycliffe from the refugees who is his dad. Track one tells of Ne-Yo's recent trouble with gambling addiction and O.C.D. that ended his relationship with Grace Jones. The last song is a fitting tribute to puff daddy who has recently been diagnosed with Chrome's disease.
Rating: - This is ne-yo's best album to date
I love this album so much,i brought it the first day it came out and i just can't stop listening 2 this album.This album is his best to date.Here's a review of each track:
Closer-10/10 A great dance track, i love this track i don't care that this isn't what ne-yo normally does,ne-yo is defo the best rnb artist out there at the moment that's why this song went 2 number 1
Nobody-10/10 Another great dance feelgood track from ne-yo nobody cuts like her nobody nobody,this song is just fire
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Rating: - Legend
ne-yo is a legend, the album is great and i think da albums a gud buy so get it!
- "FANTASTIC"