Crosseyed Heart

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Crosseyed Heart
Crosseyed Heart.png
Studio album by Keith Richards
Released 18 September 2015
Genre Rock, rock 'n' roll, blues, country, reggae
Length 57:57
Keith Richards chronology
Vintage Vinos
(2010)Vintage Vinos2010		 Crosseyed Heart
(2015)
Singles from Crosseyed Heart
  1. "Trouble"
    Released: 17 July 2015
  2. "Heartstopper"
    Released: 6 November 2015

Crosseyed Heart is the third solo album by Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards.[1] Released on 18 September 2015, it is Richards' first studio album in 23 years since Main Offender. As with his first two albums, it was recorded with his band the X-Pensive Winos.

The first single from the album, "Trouble", was released on 17 July 2015, prior to the album's release.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 76/100[3]
Review scores
Source Rating
The Guardian 4/5 stars[4]
Mojo 4/5 stars[5]
NME 4/5[6]
Paste 9/10[7]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[8]
Slant Magazine 3.5/5 stars[9]

Crosseyed Heart was met with positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 76, based on 19 reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews".[10]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Keith Richards and Steve Jordan, except where noted.. 

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Crosseyed Heart"   Keith Richards 1:52
2. "Heartstopper"     3:04
3. "Amnesia"     3:35
4. "Robbed Blind"   Keith Richards 4:00
5. "Trouble"     4:17
6. "Love Overdue"   Gregory Isaacs 3:28
7. "Nothing On Me"     3:47
8. "Suspicious"   Keith Richards 3:42
9. "Blues In the Morning"     4:25
10. "Something For Nothing"     3:28
11. "Illusion"   Keith Richards, Steve Jordan, Norah Jones 3:48
12. "Just a Gift"     4:01
13. "Goodnight Irene"   Huddie Ledbetter, Alan Lomax 5:46
14. "Substantial Damage"     4:21
15. "Lover’s Plea"   Keith Richards, Steve Jordan, David Porter 4:23
16. "Love Overdue" (Best Buy exclusive bonus track[11])    

[12]

Personnel

The X-Pensive Winos
  • Keith Richards – lead and backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, wurlitzer, farfisa organ, electric sitar, tiple
  • Steve Jordan – drums, percussion, backing vocals, vibes
  • Waddy Wachtel – lead, acoustic and slide guitar, backing vocals
  • Ivan Neville – keyboards, Hammond organ, backing vocals, wurlitzer
  • Bobby Keys - saxophone
  • Babi Floyd - backing vocals
  • Sarah Dash – backing vocals
Additional musicians
  • Norah Jones – duet vocals on "Illusion"
  • Bernard Fowler – backing vocals
  • Larry Campbell - pedal steel, violin, fiddle
  • Meegan Voss - backing vocals
  • Paul Nowinski - bass guitar, viola, gamba
  • Kevin Batchelor - trumpet
  • Clifton Anderson - trombone
  • Charles Dougherty - tenor saxophone
  • Aaron Neville - backing vocals
  • Charles Hodges - backing vocals, piano, Hammond organ
  • Harlem Gospel Choir - backing vocals ("Something for Nothing")
  • Pino Palladino - bass guitar
  • Blondie Chaplin - backing vocals
  • Pierre DeBeauport - acoustic guitar
  • Ben Cauley - trumpet
  • Spooner Oldham - Hammond organ
  • Jack Hale - trombone
  • Lannie McMillan - tenor saxophone
  • Jim Horn - baritone saxophone

Charts

Album

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Argentine Albums (CAPIF)[13] 1
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 15
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 8
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[18] 11
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[19] 6
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[20] 8
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[21] 4
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[22] 25
French Albums (SNEP)[23] 7
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[24] 3
Greek Albums (IFPI)[25] 6
Irish Albums (IRMA)[26] 19
Italian Albums (FIMI)[27] 7
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[28] 6
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[29] 5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[30] 4
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[31] 16
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[32] 14
Korean Albums (Gaon)[33] 81
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[34] 12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[35] 7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[36] 4
UK Albums (OCC)[37] 7
US Billboard 200[38] 11 (Sales #8)

Singles

Single Chart (2015) Peak
position
"Trouble" Billboard Adult Alternative

Billboard Mexico Ingles Airplay

UK Top 100 Airplay

 20

49

64
"Heartstopper" Billboard Mexico Ingles Airplay 46

References

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