Apart from a little more drama, a notion set with the desperate urgency of opening track 'Closer,' not much makes Year of the Gentleman, Ne-Yo's third album in as many years, all that different from In My Own Words or Because of You.If there are any real shake-ups in the songwriter/singer's m.o., they are subtle, not glaring, typically evident only in the production wrinkles brought by his. Year of the Gentleman is the third studio album by American recording artist Ne-Yo, released. Create a book Download as PDF Printable version.
Apart from a little more drama, a notion set with the desperate urgency of opening track 'Closer,' not much makes Year of the Gentleman, Ne-Yo's third album in as many years, all that different from In My Own Words or Because of You. If there are any real shake-ups in the songwriter/singer's m.o., they are subtle, not glaring, typically evident only in the production wrinkles brought by his collaborators. Had each album been separated by a few years of inactivity, this lack of change might be an issue, but since breaking out with Mario's 'Let Me Love You' in 2004, Ne-Yo has been nothing if not steady and consistent, a constant presence in the R&B chart who probably could not devise a gimmick if his career depended upon it -- unless you hold those natural and often uncanny Michael Jackson vocalisms, as present as ever throughout highlight 'Nobody,' against him. What makes the album slightly less satisfying than Ne-Yo's first two albums is that the ballads are slightly sappier and overwrought. The odds are in his favor, however, that no one has written a more gorgeous song about slothful self-loathing. That song, 'Why Does She Stay,' forms the front end of a two-track patch of glorious gloom -- the album's center, both literally and figuratively -- complemented by 'Fade into the Background,' where he watches the one who got away get married.
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream |
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1 | 03:54 | ||
2 | 03:07 | ||
3 | 04:17 | ||
4 | 04:14 | ||
5 | 03:52 | ||
6 | 04:33 | ||
7 | 03:18 | ||
8 | 04:17 | ||
9 | 04:09 | ||
10 | 04:10 | ||
11 | 04:27 | ||
12 | 04:23 |
Review by Andy Kellman
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Apart from a little more drama, a notion set with the desperate urgency of opening track 'Closer,' not much makes Year of the Gentleman, Ne-Yo's third album in as many years, all that different from In My Own Words or Because of You. If there are any real shake-ups in the songwriter/singer's m.o., they are subtle, not glaring, typically evident only in the production wrinkles brought by his collaborators. Had each album been separated by a few years of inactivity, this lack of change might be an issue, but since breaking out with Mario's 'Let Me Love You' in 2004, Ne-Yo has been nothing if not steady and consistent, a constant presence in the R&B chart who probably could not devise a gimmick if his career depended upon it -- unless you hold those natural and often uncanny Michael Jackson vocalisms, as present as ever throughout highlight 'Nobody,' against him. What makes the album slightly less satisfying than Ne-Yo's first two albums is that the ballads are slightly sappier and overwrought. The odds are in his favor, however, that no one has written a more gorgeous song about slothful self-loathing. That song, 'Why Does She Stay,' forms the front end of a two-track patch of glorious gloom -- the album's center, both literally and figuratively -- complemented by 'Fade into the Background,' where he watches the one who got away get married.
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream |
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1 | 03:54 | ||
2 | 03:07 | ||
3 | 04:17 | ||
4 | 04:14 | ||
5 | 03:52 | ||
6 | 04:33 | ||
7 | 03:18 | ||
8 | 04:17 | ||
9 | 04:09 | ||
10 | 04:10 | ||
11 | 04:27 | ||
12 | 04:23 | ||
13 | David Brown / John Jackson / Antonio Jimenez / Shaffer Smith / Donna Summer | 05:32 |