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Heart Blanche
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 18 Ratings

  • Summary: The first full-length solo release of original songs from the Atlanta artist in five years features a tribute to the late Robin Williams.
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Music to My Soul
Welcome father I've seen things that you wouldn't believe But once your heart is there, you can never leave I wrote this here for everyone to see It... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. The Independent (UK)
    Nov 11, 2015
    80
    The standard dips slightly in the later stages, but the grooves throughout are sleek and snappy, and CeeLo himself has rarely sounded better.
  2. AllMusic
    Nov 16, 2015
    70
    The breezy Isley Brothers/Free Design hybrid "Race Against Time," the perseverance anthem "Music to My Soul," and the disco-soul/soft rock compound "Better Late Than Never" are all decked out, and are among Green's craftiest work.
  3. Billboard.com
    Nov 16, 2015
    70
    Heart may be a measured apology, but Green still has a defiant streak.
  4. Exclaim
    Nov 11, 2015
    60
    Green is too talented to not make a decent-sounding album, but Heart Blanche, while delivering Green's usually masterful take on gospel-influenced and pop-minded R&B, feels listless and lacks passion.
  5. Uncut
    Jan 12, 2016
    50
    His voice remains an effortless marvel, largely wasted on this slick but trite material. [Feb 2016, p.75]
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  6. PopMatters
    Nov 18, 2015
    50
    Three bad songs on an album of 15 tracks shouldn’t sink the entire album. And it doesn’t sink Heart Blanche. Not quite. But it happens that those three tracks are probably the album’s biggest and boldest in one form or another.
  7. Slant Magazine
    Nov 11, 2015
    30
    Bloated, brainless, and completely lacking in self-awareness, it's a groaning monstrosity of an album, one that can't even put its overwhelming excess to any suitable use.

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  3. Negative: 3 out of 5
  1. nickrandallv
    Mar 21, 2016
    10
    Possibly the best Cee Lo album of all time guy nailed it excitement positivity story and more I like the detailed emotion here that Cee LoPossibly the best Cee Lo album of all time guy nailed it excitement positivity story and more I like the detailed emotion here that Cee Lo delivers and if he does more like this that would be awesome you go Cee Lo!… Expand
  2. Drmarketingbiz
    Nov 13, 2015
    9
    Ceelo did not create this album to appease the critics, naysayers or otherwise. The essence of this album is internal .... despite theCeelo did not create this album to appease the critics, naysayers or otherwise. The essence of this album is internal .... despite the publicity setbacks with his legal issues, he created ART. True CeeLo fans will love this album.… Expand
  4. aarenthequ33r
    Aug 18, 2022
    2
    1. Heart Blanche misunderstands what made Cee Lo Green's past hits work: balancing vocal sweetness with something else, whether it is the1. Heart Blanche misunderstands what made Cee Lo Green's past hits work: balancing vocal sweetness with something else, whether it is the dissociative lyrics of "Crazy", or the humorous bitterness of **** You".
    2. If you want to put his voice in a modern pop album, make it subtler. Making an excessive modern pop album with a voice with quite a bit of power on it's own is a terrible idea.
    3. How did they make him sound bad? Did they autotune him?
    4. Giving into the album's pleas for pity and compassion is difficult to say the least.    … Expand
  5. themickiller
    Dec 13, 2015
    0
    The standard dips largely within the beginning stages, the grooves throughout getting even worse, and Green himself has never sounded this bad before.
  6. WXYZ
    Dec 15, 2015
    0
    This album is fuсkingThis album is fuсking awful.… Expand

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