Upon its release, Libra Scale received generally favorable reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic

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, which assigns a normalized

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 rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average

Weighted mean

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 score of 73, based on 14 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Judy Rosen of Rolling Stone

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awarded the album with four stars out of five, commenting that "the real concept here is: Michael Jackson

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 tribute album. And a damn good one." Andy Kellman of Allmusic gave the album three and a half out of five stars, stating that "Ne-Yo remains a premier source of R&B that is both traditional and contemporary." Todd Martens of Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

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gave the album two and a half out of four stars, commenting that "Ultimately it's admirable that Ne-Yo felt the need to take listeners on a out-of-this-world ride, but he's at his best when sticking closer to home."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits for Libra Scale adapted from Allmusic.

• Hollywood Hot Sauce
  Hollywood Hot Sauce
  Paul Dawson, best known as Hot Sauce or Hollywood Hot Sauce, is an American music producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California...
  
   – Additional Production, Keyboards
• Kristen Yiengst – Art Coordinator, Photo Coordination
• Will Ragland – Art Direction, Design
• Leesa D. Brunson – A&R
• Q. Nicole Jackson – A&R
• Reynell "Tango" Hay – A&R
• Terese Joseph – A&R
• Dwayne Thomas, Jr.
  Dywane Thomas, Jr.
  Dywane Thomas, Jr. is a American bassist and experimental composer. He is known for his upside down slap and pop style and session work, performing with Grammy Award-winning R&B artist, Ne-Yo on his fourth studio album. He is a native of Memphis, Tennessee.- Early life :Thomas was raised in a...
  
   – Bass
• Erik "Baby Jesus" Coomes – Bass
• Anthony Reyes – Bass, Composer, Guitar
• Chuck Harmony
  Chuck Harmony
  Charles T. Harmon better known as Chuck Harmony is an American music producer, musician and songwriter, based in Los Angeles, California, USA.-Early life:Harmon was born and raised in East St. Louis, Illinois...
  
   – Composer, Producer
• Jesse Wilson – Composer, Musician, Producer, Programming
• Mikkel Storleer Eriksen
  Stargate
  Stargate is a adventure military science fiction franchise, initially conceived by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Stargate. It was originally released on October 28, 1994, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Carolco, and became a hit, grossing nearly...
  
   – Composer, Engineer, Instrumentation, Production
• Tor Erik Hermansen
  Stargate
  Stargate is a adventure military science fiction franchise, initially conceived by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Stargate. It was originally released on October 28, 1994, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Carolco, and became a hit, grossing nearly...
  
   – Composer, Instrumentation, Production
• Tyler Coomes – Drums
• Carlos Oyanedel – Engineer
• Damien Lewis – Engineer
• Jaymz Hardy-Martin III – Engineer, Mixing, Vocal Engineer

• Antonio "L.A." Reid – Executive Producer
• Ne-Yo – Executive Producer, Vocals
• Brent Paschke – Guitar
• Sandy Vee
  Sandy Vee
  Sandy Julien Wilhelm, known professionally as Sandy Vee, is a French songwriter, disc jockey and music producer. Originally a disk jockey and producer within the house genre, he began working with pop artists in 2009...
  
   – Instrumentation, Mixing, Producer
• Chris Atlas – Marketing
• Tom Coyne – Mastering
• Kevin "KD" Davis – Mixing
• Phil Tan – Mixing
• Jerel Lake – Mixing Assistant
• Josh Houghkirk – Mixing Assistant
• Doug Joswick – Package Production
• Sacha Waldman – Photography
• Jackpot – Producer
• Rochad Holiday – Producer
• Ryan Leslie
  Ryan Leslie
  Anthony Ryan Leslie, known professionally as Ryan Leslie, is a Grammy nominated American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, rapper, entrepreneur, and singer. Founder of the media company NextSelection Lifestyle Group, Leslie has produced singles for a number of artists in a variety of genres...
  
   – Producer
• Syience
  Syience
  Reggie Syience Perry is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, record producer and musician. He has worked with a number of recognizable and respected artists, including Beyoncé, Cheryl Cole, Jay-Z, John Legend, Mary J Blige, Ne-Yo, and Nelly. Syience won two Grammys for his work on Mary J...
  
   – Producer
• Sixx Johnson – Producer, Programming
• Rachel Johnson – Stylist
• Mike "TrakGuru" Johnson – Vocal Engineer

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	36
Belgian Albums Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...  (Flanders)	28
Belgian Albums Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...  (Wallonia)	60
Dutch Albums Chart MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...	48
European Top 100 Albums European Top 100 Albums The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100...	20
French Albums Chart	45
German Albums Chart	53
Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically...	24
Italian Album Chart	15
South African Albums Chart Recording Industry of South Africa The Recording Industry of South Africa is a trade association that represents the collective interests of producers of music sound recordings, major and independent record labels in South Africa. Formerly known as the Association of the South African Music Industry it was established in the 1970s...	10
Swiss Albums Chart MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...	15
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	11
UK R&B Chart UK R&B Chart The Official UK R&B Chart is a forty-position R&B/Hip-Hop chart compiled by The Official UK Charts Company. Although the chart does not receive any airplay, its compilation is viewed on BBC Radio 1's website and publications such as ChartsPlus and Music Week...	1
US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	4
US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	9

Certifications

Country	Certifications
Japan	Gold
United Kingdom British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...	Silver

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Japan	October 27, 2010	Standard edition (CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... ) Deluxe edition (CD + DVD)	Universal Music Japan Universal Music Group Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
Germany	October 29, 2010		Universal Music Universal Music Group Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
United Kingdom		Standard edition (CD, digital download)	Mercury Records Mercury Records Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
Hong Kong	November 1, 2010		Def Jam Records Def Jam Recordings Def Jam Recordings is an American record label, focused primarily on hip hop and urban music, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Motown Music Group...
Australia	November 5, 2010		Universal Music
Brazil	November 9, 2010
United States	November 22, 2010		Def Jam Records