Blanc Burn

Blanc Burn
Studio album by Blancmange
Released	7 March 2011 (2011-03-07)
Genre	New wave synth-pop
Length	46:52
Label	Proper
Producer	Blancmange
Blancmange chronology
The Platinum Collection (2006) Blanc Burn (2011) The Very Best of Blancmange (2012)
Singles from Blanc Burn
"Drive Me" Released: 13 February 2011 [1]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	[3]
Mojo	[4]
musicOMH	[5]
Q	[4]
Uncut	[4]

Blanc Burn is the fourth studio album by English synth-pop duo Blancmange, released on 7 March 2011 by Proper Records. ^[6] It was Blancmange's first album of new material in a quarter of a century, following 1985's Believe You Me .

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"By the Bus Stop @ Woolies"	Neil Arthur Stephen Luscombe	3:39
2.	"Drive Me"	Arthur	4:15
3.	"Ultraviolent"	Arthur	3:37
4.	"The Western"	Arthur Luscombe	3:40
5.	"Radio Therapy"	Arthur	4:34
6.	"Probably Nothing"	Arthur	5:27
7.	"I'm Having a Coffee"	Arthur Luscombe	3:55
8.	"Don't Let These Days"	Arthur	4:19
9.	"WDYF"	Arthur Luscombe	4:33
10.	"Don't Forget Your Teeth"	Arthur Luscombe	4:11
11.	"Starfucker"	Arthur Luscombe	4:42

iTunes Store bonus track ^[7]

No.	Title	Length
12.	"I'm Seeing Stars"	3:43

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Blanc Burn. ^[8]

Blancmange

• Neil Arthur
• Stephen Luscombe

Additional musicians

• Pandit Dinesh – featured artist (tracks 2, 4, 8–11)

Technical

• Blancmange – production
• Mauro Caccialanza – engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4–7, 9–11)
• Adam Fuest – mixing (tracks 3, 8)
• Tim Young – mastering

Artwork

• Adam Yeldham – sleeve design
• Blancmange – sleeve design
• Joe Arthur – "Ultraviolent" drawing
• Eleanor Arthur – "Don't Let These Days" image
• Helen Kincaid – "WDYF" image ("Hole")
• Neil Arthur – other images

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC) [9]	163

References

1. "Drive Me – Blancmange". iTunes Store . 13 February 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
2. "Blancmange: Blanc Burn". Metacritic . Retrieved 15 June 2011.
3. Sullivan, Caroline (3 March 2011). "Blancmange: Blanc Burn – Review". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 March 2011.
4. "We Review The Reviews: Blancmange – Blanc Burn". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
5. Soghomonian, Talia. "Music: Album reviews – Blancmange – Blanc Burn". musicOMH . Archived from the original on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
6. "Blancmange – Blanc Burn". Amazon . Retrieved 8 March 2011.
7. "Blanc Burn – Blancmange". iTunes Store. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
8. Blanc Burn (liner notes). Blancmange. Proper Records. 2011. PRPCD075.
9. "Chart Log UK – Weekly Updates Sales 2011". Zobbel. Retrieved 18 April 2020.