| Bloodline Maintenance | ||||
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| Released | July 22, 2022 | |||
| Length | 32:06 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
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Bloodline Maintenance is a 2022 studio album from American singer-songwriter Ben Harper, released on Chrysalis Records.
Writing for American Songwriter , Hal Horowitz gave this release four out of five stars, calling it a return to form after 2020's Winter Is for Lovers , with the artist laying "down a verbal and musical gauntlet". [1] Editors of AllMusic Guide scored this album four out of five stars, with critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine commenting noting themes of intergenerational trauama and the death of longtime bandmate Juan Nelson (to whom the album is dedicated). [2] In Mojo , John Aizelwood rated Bloodline Maintenance three out of five stars, characterizing it as a "diverse collection" that does not "stray[...] too far from his usual template". [3] Writing for The Arts Desk , Thomas H. Green calls out several possible musical touchstones and influences and characterizes the music as "combin[ing] a sinewy energy and solid lyrics with well-chosen retro influences that don't overshadow the end result" with Harper's "guitar-play, unshowy, imaginative and likeably expressive". [4]
All songs written by Ben Harper
Additional musicians
Technical personnel
Bloodline Maintenance topped out at 56 on Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique's French charts on the week of August 1, [5] and 15 on Swiss Hitparade. [6]
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