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Year Of The Gentleman [Collector's Edition]

~ Ne-Yo
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  • Audio CD (15 Sep 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Collector's Edition
  • Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
  • ASIN: B001AI92MI
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 96 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

    Popular in these categories:

    #17 in  Music > R&B and Soul > Urban
    #19 in  Music > R&B and Soul > Soul
    #30 in  Music > Bargain CDs

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Closer 3:54£0.79
Listen  2. Nobody 3:07£0.69
Listen  3. Single 4:17£0.69
Listen  4. Mad 4:14£0.69
Listen  5. Miss Independent 3:52£0.59
Listen  6. Why Does She Stay 4:33£0.79
Listen  7. Fade Into The Background 3:18£0.69
Listen  8. So You Can Cry 4:17£0.69
Listen  9. Part Of The List 4:09£0.69
Listen10. Back To What You Know 4:10£0.69
Listen11. Lie To Me 4:27£0.69
Listen12. Stop This World 4:23£0.69
Listen13. What's The Matter 3:45£0.69


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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'.

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14 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Immense!!, 17 Sep 2008
By K. Riseley (Swansea,South Wales) - See all my reviews
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Please to anyone thinking of not buying this album because of the rather silly negative reviews above then please reconsider. I received this cd today and even though im not the biggest rnb fan this album is head and shoulders above any of his other work and ALL other rnb out there at the moment. Just perfection!

Buy this now!!!!!
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21 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars An Unwelcome Transformation, 16 Sep 2008
By The Wolf (uk) - See all my reviews
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Let me begin by saying that I was really looking forward to this one.

I enjoyed the classy joie de vivres of his first two albums enormously.

The singles 'Closer' and 'Miss Independent' provided a tantalisingly
optimistic taste of what should have been a great new collection.

Between the hugely talented Mr Smith's last release 'Because Of You'
(2007) and 'Year Of The Gentleman', however, something unaccountable
has occurred. Something very C-R-E-E-P-Y !!

It is as though Michael Jackson's daemon has entered this young man's
body and soul and dragged him, unprotesting, by some barely imaginable dark force of nature, firmly into the Middle-Of-The-Road.

Two pages of thanks to his Creator in the accompanying CD booklet
(Two Whole Pages Mind !) have not been nearly enough to protect him.

Lets take a closer look.

Following hard on the heels of splendid opening track 'Closer' we are suddenly confronted with the first example of this new Jacko / Ne-Yo
hybrid - 'Nobody'. It is not a pleasant experience.

Recovering himself momentarily in 'Single', 'Mad' ( A lovely song ),and the luminously brilliant 'Miss Independent' he then catapults backwards into Neverland once again with the execrable 'Why Does She Stay'.

'Fade Into The Background' briefly delivers new hope until...
'So You Can Cry'; 'Part Of The List'; 'Back To What You Know';
'Lie To Me' ( Listen out especially for the scratch-and-sniff rhythm -
and it's not sniff in a nice way ! ); the truly horrible 'Stop This
World' and "bonus" track 'What's The Matter', clog up the gutter
completely with their formulaic, insincere soggy-soul cliches.

By the end I very nearly lost the will to live !

A terrible shame. This boy can write and sing and dance.
He's got the lot really !

None-the-less I believe that it will take nothing short of an
exorcism to restore him to his former freshness and glory.

Out Jacko Out !!

A huge disappointment.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Judge for yourself, 11 Feb 2009
Year Of The Gentleman
I read the reviews - some rated this highly, others ripped it to shreds! Truth is, all of us have personal tastes and this might not suit everyone, especially if you avidly preferred his previously style. As it was, I bought this anyway. Hey, at under £7, what did I have to lose? If it really was rubbish, then I had an expensive drinks coaster. I have played this CD many times since it arrived, and have thoroughly enjoyed all but one of the tracks (Lie to me) but then that was simply because I thought anyone wanting to be lied to was a wimp ;-) The beat is catchy, lyrics strike a chord with your own experiences eg not going to sleep on an argument, and the bass kicks in really well. Give it a chance, and judge for yourself. I doubt you will regret it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Here's to the year of the gentleman!
This is the first album by Ne-Yo that I have bought. My mind was made up after hearing "Closer" and "Miss Independent". Read more
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