Track Listing

1. Closer
2. Nobody
3. Single
4. Mad
5. Miss Independent
6. Why Does She Stay
7. Fade Into The Background
8. So You Can Cry
9. Part Of The List
10. Back To What You Know
11. Lie To Me
12. Stop This World
13. What's The Matter

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #727 in Music
• Released on: 2008-09-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Collector's Edition
• Dimensions: .23 pounds
• Running time: 53 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
If 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

CD Description
'The Year Of The Gentleman' is the third studio album by RnB star Ne-Yo. Following on from his Grammy Award winning album 'Because Of You', Ne-Yo shows off a more mature persona. Referencing the iconic look and style of the 'Rat Pack' makes this album a cut above your average RnB record. Slick and smooth vocals combine with sophisticated beats, highlightingNe-Yo's extraordinary talent and class. Includes the Stargate produced electro-tinged single 'Closer'.