Heart Blanche
2015 studio album by CeeLo Green
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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.
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| Released | November 6, 2015 | |||
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| Length | 53:12 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 57/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| Exclaim! | 6/10[5] |
| The Guardian | [6] |
| HipHopDX | [7] |
| The Independent | [8] |
| NME | 3/5[9] |
| PopMatters | [10] |
| Rolling Stone | [11] |
| Spin | 5/10[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. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Heart Blanche Intro" |
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| 1:22 |
| 2. | "Est. 1980'S" |
| 3:31 | |
| 3. | "Mother May I" |
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| 4:59 |
| 4. | "Working Class Heroes (Work)" |
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| 2:57 |
| 5. | "Tonight" |
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| 4:30 |
| 6. | "Robin Williams" |
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| 3:30 |
| 7. | "Sign of the Times" |
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| 3:00 |
| 8. | "CeeLo Green Sings the Blues" |
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| 4:07 |
| 9. | "Music to My Soul" |
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| 2:52 |
| 10. | "Race Against Time" |
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| 4:32 |
| 11. | "Better Late Than Never" |
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| 3:50 |
| 12. | "Smells Like Fire" |
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| 4:08 |
| 13. | "Purple Hearts (Soldier of Love)" |
| 3:32 | |
| 14. | "Thorns" |
| 3:31 | |
| 15. | "The Glory Games" |
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| 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