Heart Blanche

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Heart Blanche
CeeLo Green Heart Blanche.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 6, 2015
Recorded2014–2015
Genre
Length53:12
Label Atlantic Records
Producer CeeLo Green (also exec.), Alex 'AK' Kresovich, Brian Kennedy, Charlie Puth, Cook Classics, Daniel Ledinsky, Eg White, The Futuristics, Jack Splash, Jamil "Digi" Chammas, John Hill, Jon Bellion, Mark Ronson, Sean Phelan, Sonny J Mason, Tommy Hittz
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]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 57/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Exclaim! 6/10 [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
HipHopDX Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME 3/5 [9]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Spin 5/10 [12]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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.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"
  • Callaway
  • Brian Kennedy
  • 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) [14] 12
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 43

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