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Heart Blanche is the fifth studio album by American recording artist CeeLo Green. The album was released on November 6, 2015, by Atlantic Records.[1][2] This is Green's first album to featured all-new material since 2010's The Lady Killer.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic57/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Exclaim!6/10[5]
The Guardian[6]
HipHopDX[7]
The Independent[8]
NME3/5[9]
PopMatters[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Spin5/10[12]
Slant Magazine[13]

Heart Blanche received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 57 based on 14 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".[3] Ryan B. Patrick of Exclaim! wrote that "Heart Blanche, while delivering Green's usually masterful take on gospel-influenced and pop-minded R&B, feels listless and lacks passion."[5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Heart Blanche Intro"
1:22
2."Est. 1980'S"
3:31
3."Mother May I"
  • Ronson
4:59
4."Working Class Heroes (Work)"
  • Green
  • Phelan
  • Puth
  • Carrillo
2:57
5."Tonight"
  • Green
  • Phelan
  • Carrillo
4:30
6."Robin Williams"
  • Bellion
3:30
7."Sign of the Times"
3:00
8."CeeLo Green Sings the Blues"
  • Phelan
  • Jamil "Digi" Chammas
4:07
9."Music to My Soul"
2:52
10."Race Against Time"
  • Callaway
  • Matthews
  • Meredith
  • Rastegar
  • Ruzumna
  • Green
  • Hill
4:32
11."Better Late Than Never"
  • Splash
3:50
12."Smells Like Fire"
  • Hill
  • Kennedy
4:08
13."Purple Hearts (Soldier of Love)"
3:32
14."Thorns"
3:31
15."The Glory Games"
  • Callaway
  • Rudie Edwards
  • Ledinsky
  • Ledinsky
2:52

Personnel

  • CeeLo Green - Primary Artist, Composer, Producer
  • Elton John - Composer
  • Bernie Taupin - Composer
  • Eg White - Bass, Drums, Guitar, Producer, Programming, Synthesizer
  • Mark Ronson - Composer, Producer
  • Charlie Puth - Composer, Producer, Programming
  • Sean Phelan - Composer, Engineer, Instrumentation, Mixing, Producer, Programming
  • Jack Splash - Arranger, Composer, Engineer, Producer
  • Manny Marroquin - Mixing
  • Jaycen Joshua - Mixing
  • Tomas Carrillo - Guitar, Programming
  • John Wicks- Composer, Drummer
  • Nick Valentin - Assistant Engineer
  • Chris Gehringer - Mastering
  • Craig Rosen - A&R

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[14] 12
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 43

References

  1. ^ "Heart Blanche by CeeLo Green on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 1974-05-30. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
  2. ^ "CeeLo Green Reveals 'Heart Blanche' Album Cover". Rap-Up. 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
  3. ^ a b "Reviews for Heart Blanche by Cee Lo Green". Metacritic. 2015-11-11. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  4. ^ Kellman, Andy (2015-11-13). "Cee Lo Green, Heart Blanche - Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
  5. ^ a b Patrick, Ryan B. (November 6, 2015). "CeeLo Green - Heart Blanche". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  6. ^ Jonze, Tim (2015-11-12). "CeeLo Green: Heart Blanche review – jumbled styles and mixed messages". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  7. ^ Nelson, Keith (2015-11-24). "CeeLo - Heart Blanche". HipHopDX. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  8. ^ Gill, Andy (2015-11-06). "CeeLo, Heart Blanche - album review". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  9. ^ Batey, Angus (2015-11-17). "Review: CeeLo Green - Heart Blanche". NME. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  10. ^ "CeeLo Green: Heart Blanche". PopMatters. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  11. ^ Spanos, Brittany (December 2015). "Review: Heart Blanche". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  12. ^ "Review: CeeLo Green, 'Heart Blanche'". Spin. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  13. ^ "CeeLo Green: Heart Blanche". Slant Magazine. 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  14. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2015. 46. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  15. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
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