Listen to:  The Year of the Gentleman 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 RealOne Player (Download) Windows Media player (Download)

• Personnel: Ne-Yo (vocals); Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermanson, Syience, Shomari "Sho" Wilson (various instruments); Robert Taylor "R.T." (guitar, guitars); Bernt Rune Stray, Brandon Thomas , Jesse Bond (guitar); Igor Szwec, Emma Kummrow, Rob Martin, Olga Konopelsky, Gregory Teperman, Charles Parker (violin); Alexandra Leem, Davis A. Barnett (viola); Jennie Lorenzo (cello); Shea Taylor (strings, piano, synthesizer, bass instrument, drum programming); Micayle "the Mack" McKinney, Micayle McKinney (keyboards).
  
• Audio Mixers: Kevin "KD" Davis; Jaymz Hardy Martin III; Phil Tan.
  
• Recording information: Circle House Studios, Miami, FL; Roc The Mic Studios, New York, NY; The Carrington House, Atlanta, GA; The Studio, Philadelphia, PA; WEstlake Studios, Los Angeles, CA; ZAC Recording Studio, Atlanta, GA.
  
• Photographer: Chris Stanford.
  
• Arrangers: Chuck Harmony; Larry Gold.
  
• The R&B singer, songwriter, producer, and all-around hit-making machine known as Ne-Yo works his magic yet again on YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN. Different from your average R&B crooner of the day, Ne-Yo backs away from overt sexuality, instead aiming for subtle romantic ballads that vary from playful innocence to brooding melancholy. Lead single "Closer" is unique as Ne-Yo works his silky smooth voice over a poppy house track. Overall, YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN is consistent in this respectfully seductive approach to the fairer sex. In "Nobody," an awed Ne-Yo sings the praises of his love interest--"Can't nobody strut like her/Can't nobody touch her"--and the second single, "Miss Independent" is as close to a feminist anthem as the R&B genre has come in years. Production work comes from Polow da Don, Stargate, Chuck Harmony, Stereotypes, and Ne-Yo himself.
  

Rolling Stone (p.92) - Ranked #33 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- "[B]ringing harmonically rich songcraft back to hip-hop soul..."

Entertainment Weekly (p.73) - "[T]he 28-year-old Southerner with the Michael Jackson falsetto not only wears his heart on his sleeve, he lets it bleed down his cuff..." Grade: B+

XXL (Magazine) (p.121) - "Ne-Yo excels with his heartfelt lyrics, but tear-jerking moments are not all he has in his arsenal..."

Producer:	Polow Da Don; Chuck Harmony; Shomari Wilson; The Stereotypes; Ne-Yo; Polow Da Don; Shea Taylor; Chuck Harmony; Syience; Shomari "Sho" Wilson; Star Gate; Ne-Yo
Format:	CD
Country:	USA
UPC:	602517735620
Studio/Live:	Studio
Release Date:	16 September 2008