Heart Blanche

Heart Blanche
Studio album by
CeeLo Green
ReleasedNovember 6, 2015 (2015-11-06)
Genres
Length53:12
LabelAtlantic
Producers
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. 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
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star
Exclaim!6/10
The GuardianStarStar
HipHopDXStarStarStar
The IndependentStarStarStarStar
NME3/5
PopMattersStarStarStarStarStar
Rolling StoneStarStar
Slant MagazineStarHalf star
Spin5/10

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". 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."

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

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)12
UK Albums (Official Charts)43

References

  1. ↑ "Heart Blanche by CeeLo Green on iTunes". iTunes. May 30, 1974. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ "CeeLo Green Reveals 'Heart Blanche' Album Cover". Rap-Up. September 23, 2015. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Reviews for Heart Blanche by Cee Lo Green". Metacritic. November 11, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ Kellman, Andy (November 13, 2015). "Cee Lo Green, Heart Blanche - Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Patrick, Ryan B. (November 6, 2015). "CeeLo Green - Heart Blanche". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ Jonze, Tim (November 12, 2015). "CeeLo Green: Heart Blanche review – jumbled styles and mixed messages". The Guardian. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  7. ↑ Nelson, Keith (November 24, 2015). "CeeLo - Heart Blanche". HipHopDX. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  8. ↑ Gill, Andy (November 6, 2015). "CeeLo, Heart Blanche - album review". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 9, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  9. ↑ Batey, Angus (November 17, 2015). "Review: CeeLo Green - Heart Blanche". NME. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  10. ↑ "CeeLo Green: Heart Blanche". PopMatters. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  11. ↑ Spanos, Brittany (December 2015). "Review: Heart Blanche". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  12. ↑ "CeeLo Green: Heart Blanche". Slant Magazine. November 10, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Review: CeeLo Green, 'Heart Blanche'". Spin. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2015. 46. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "Official Albums Chart on 13/11/2015 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2015.