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CeeLo Green - Heart Blanche (2015)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 4 Oct 2021 18:00:38

CeeLo Green has never made a bad album, and isn’t about to change his ways with Heart Blanche, which overflows with positive energy.

The key track is “Est. 1980s”, a euphoric celebration of his musical influences, set to the kind of flanged guitar groove popular in an era when “Michael Jackson was king, Aaron Neville was God, and Run DMC looked just like me”.

The period influence is confirmed by the sampled Taxi theme used for “Sign of the Times”, and by the departed comics (Belushi, Pryor, Williams) eulogised in “Robin Williams”, his tribute to the late comedian. Elsewhere, “Mother May I” suggests the teenage CeeLo straining at the parental leash, while “Music to My Soul” offers uplift to those “living in darkness”.

The standard dips slightly in the later stages, but the grooves throughout are sleek and snappy, and CeeLo himself has rarely sounded better.

Review by Andy Gill, The Independent

In "Working Class Heroes (Work)," the carefree fourth track on Heart Blanche, CeeLo Green beams, "There ain't no problem that music can't solve." Throughout his fourth proper solo album, Green seems guided by this phrase, like he wants to project nothing but positivity, as if he needs the art form as much as ever. Since the 2010 release of The Lady Killer, he was visible on a number of fronts: he coached on The Voice, released a Christmas album, and reunited with Goodie Mob. However, he also made headlines – often followed by the accurate if pointed phrase "the 'Crazy' singer" – for several less desirable reasons, including a felony charge of furnishing Ecstasy to a woman, as well as offensive tweets he published after he pleaded no contest and was sentenced to probation. Apart from the self-pitying "CeeLo Green Sings the Blues" and moments that lament mortality, Heart Blanche is upbeat and colorful. It's also more nostalgic than any Green album that preceded it, stuffed with allusions and direct references to the past. It wouldn't be surprising to learn that Green had each one of its recording studios outfitted to resemble an idealized version of his childhood bedroom. The album's first full song is a part neo-new wave, part action movie soundtrack and a fist-pumper tribute to the '80s, where he illustrates how he was a pop-culture sponge, embracing synth pop and hair metal as much as he identified with Run-D.M.C. In bittersweet form, he later pays tribute to Robin Williams and a number of other deceased comedic actors, offering "We've got to laugh the pain away." A sample of Bob James' "Angela (Theme from 'Taxi')" opens the following song (titled exactly like a different James' composition). A few other songs are either referential or evocative, and it would all seem like too much, too heavy-handed, if Green didn't keep the hooks coming. 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.

Review by Andy Kellman, Allmusic.com

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Tracklist:

01. Heart Blanche Intro (01:22)
02. Est. 1980s (03:31)
03. Mother May I (04:59)
04. Working Class Heroes (Work) (02:57)
05. Tonight (04:30)
06. Robin Williams (03:29)
07. Sign of the Times (03:00)
08. CeeLo Green Sings the Blues (04:07)
09. Music to My Soul (02:52)
10. Race Against Time (04:32)
11. Better Late Than Never (03:50)
12. Smells like Fire (04:08)
13. Purple Hearts (Soldier of Love) (03:32)
14. Thorns (03:31)
15. The Glory Games (02:53)

EAC log

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

Отчёт EAC об извлечении, выполненном 6. апреля 2016, 23:08

CeeLo Green / Heart Blanche

Дисковод: HL-DT-STDVDRAM GT30N Adapter: 0 ID: 0

Режим чтения : Достоверность
Использование точного потока : Да
Отключение кэша аудио : Да
Использование указателей C2 : Нет

Коррекция смещения при чтении : 103
Способность читать области Lead-in и Lead-out : Нет
Заполнение пропущенных сэмплов тишиной : Да
Удаление блоков с тишиной в начале и конце : Нет
При вычислениях CRC использовались нулевые сэмплы : Да
Интерфейс : Установленный внешний ASPI-интерфейс

Выходной формат : Пользовательский кодировщик
Выбранный битрейт : 1024 kBit/s
Качество : Высокий
Добавление ID3-тега : Нет
Утилита сжатия : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Дополнительные параметры : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%

TOC извлечённого CD

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15 | 50:28.09 | 2:53.02 | 227109 | 240085

Характеристики диапазона извлечения и сообщения об ошибках

Выбранный диапазон

Имя файла C:\Users\ZOOM\Music\CeeLo Green - Heart Blanche.wav

Пиковый уровень 99.9 %
Скорость извлечения 2.1 X
Качество диапазона 99.9 %
CRC теста 1B971D08
CRC копии 1B971D08
Копирование… OK

Ошибок не произошло

AccurateRip: сводка

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Все треки извлечены точно

Конец отчёта

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DR log

foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2016-04-08 14:41:46

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Analyzed: CeeLo Green / Heart Blanche
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR6 -0.01 dB -8.14 dB 1:22 01-Heart Blanche Intro
DR5 -0.01 dB -6.62 dB 3:31 02-Est. 1980s
DR6 -0.01 dB -7.39 dB 4:59 03-Mother May I
DR5 -0.01 dB -6.78 dB 2:57 04-Working Class Heroes (Work)
DR5 -0.01 dB -6.60 dB 4:31 05-Tonight
DR7 -0.01 dB -9.45 dB 3:30 06-Robin Williams
DR5 -0.12 dB -6.97 dB 3:00 07-Sign of the Times
DR5 -0.01 dB -7.80 dB 4:08 08-CeeLo Green Sings the Blues
DR6 -0.01 dB -6.81 dB 2:52 09-Music to My Soul
DR5 -0.01 dB -6.17 dB 4:33 10-Race Against Time
DR6 -0.01 dB -7.26 dB 3:51 11-Better Late Than Never
DR6 -0.01 dB -8.26 dB 4:08 12-Smells like Fire
DR5 -0.01 dB -7.11 dB 3:33 13-Purple Hearts (Soldier of Love)
DR5 -0.01 dB -6.63 dB 3:32 14-Thorns
DR5 -0.01 dB -7.02 dB 2:53 15-The Glory Games
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR5

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 968 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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