Heart Blanche

Heart Blanche
Studio album by CeeLo Green
Released	November 6, 2015
Recorded	2013–15
Genre	Soul neo soul
Length	53:12
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] This is Green's first album to featured all-new material since 2010's The Lady Killer.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	57/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Exclaim!	6/10[5]
The Guardian	[6]
HipHopDX	[7]
The Independent	[8]
NME	3/5[9]
PopMatters	[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
Spin	5/10[12]
Slant Magazine	[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.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Heart Blanche Intro"	Thomas Callaway Elton John Sean Phelan Bernie Taupin	CeeLo Green Phelan	1:22
2.	"Est. 1980'S"	Callaway Joshua Matthews John Meredith Kaveh Rastegar Jeremy Ruzumna	John Hill	3:31
3.	"Mother May I"	Callaway Duke Baxter Mark Ronson Pat Vegas	Ronson	4:59
4.	"Working Class Heroes (Work)"	Callaway Phelan Charlie Puth	Green Phelan Puth Carrillo	2:57
5.	"Tonight"	Callaway John Miles Phelan	Green Phelan Carrillo	4:30
6.	"Robin Williams"	Callaway Jon Bellion Mark Williams	Bellion	3:30
7.	"Sign of the Times"	Callaway Bob James William Lobban-Bean Jacob Luttrell	Green Cook Classics	3:00
8.	"CeeLo Green Sings the Blues"	Callaway Solomon Burke Phelan	Phelan Jamil "Digi" Chammas	4:07
9.	"Music to My Soul"	Callaway Geoffrey Early Joe Khajadourian Daniel Ledinsky Lobban-Bean Nathan Payton Andreas Pfannenstill Alex Schwartz	Classics The Futuristics Tommy Hittz	2:52
10.	"Race Against Time"	Callaway Matthews Meredith Rastegar Ruzumna	Green Hill	4:32
11.	"Better Late Than Never"	Callaway Jack Splash	Splash	3:50
12.	"Smells Like Fire"	Callaway Brian Kennedy	Hill Kennedy	4:08
13.	"Purple Hearts (Soldier of Love)"	Callaway Nikola Bedingfield Francis White	Eg White	3:32
14.	"Thorns"	Callaway Hayden Frank Samuel Harris Alex Kresovich	Sonny J Mason Alex 'AK' Kresovich	3:31
15.	"The Glory Games"	Callaway Rudie Edwards Ledinsky	Ledinsky	2:52

Personnel

• 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

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

References

1. "Heart Blanche by CeeLo Green on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 1974-05-30. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
2. "CeeLo Green Reveals 'Heart Blanche' Album Cover". Rap-Up. 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
3. "Reviews for Heart Blanche by Cee Lo Green". Metacritic. 2015-11-11. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
4. Kellman, Andy (2015-11-13). "Cee Lo Green, Heart Blanche - Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
5. Patrick, Ryan B. (November 6, 2015). "CeeLo Green - Heart Blanche". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
6. Jonze, Tim (2015-11-12). "CeeLo Green: Heart Blanche review – jumbled styles and mixed messages". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
7. Nelson, Keith (2015-11-24). "CeeLo - Heart Blanche". HipHopDX. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
8. Gill, Andy (2015-11-06). "CeeLo, Heart Blanche - album review". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
9. Batey, Angus (2015-11-17). "Review: CeeLo Green - Heart Blanche". NME. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
10. "CeeLo Green: Heart Blanche". PopMatters. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
11. Spanos, Brittany (December 2015). "Review: Heart Blanche". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
12. "Review: CeeLo Green, 'Heart Blanche'". Spin. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
13. "CeeLo Green: Heart Blanche". Slant Magazine. 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
14. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2015. 46. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
15. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2015.