The Year of the Gentleman http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Music/Year-of-Gentleman-916-Ne-Yo/0602517735620

Artist: Ne-Yo

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• Personnel: Ne-Yo (vocals); Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermanson, Shomari "Sho" Wilson, Syience (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:	Chuck Harmony; Shomari Wilson; James "Polow Da Don" Jones; The Stereotypes; Ne-Yo; Shea Taylor; Chuck Harmony; Shomari "Sho" Wilson; Syience; James "Polow Da Don" Jones; StarGate; Ne-Yo
Format:	CD
Country:	USA
UPC:	0602517735620
Studio/Live:	Studio
Release Date:	16 September, 2008