Heart Blanche

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Heart Blanche
File:CeeLo Green Heart Blanche.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 6, 2015
Genre
Length53:12
LabelAtlantic
Producer
CeeLo Green chronology
Cee Lo's Magic Moment
(2012)
Heart Blanche
(2015)
CeeLo Green Is Thomas Callaway
(2020)

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

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic57/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Exclaim!6/10[5]
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NME3/5[9]
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Spin5/10[12]
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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

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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

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  • 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

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

References

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  15. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

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