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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
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian[4]
Mojo[5]
NME4/5[6]
Paste9/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
Slant Magazine[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 tracks are written by Keith Richards and Steve Jordan, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Crosseyed Heart"Keith Richards1:52
2."Heartstopper" 3:04
3."Amnesia" 3:35
4."Robbed Blind"Keith Richards4:00
5."Trouble" 4:17
6."Love Overdue"Gregory Isaacs3:28
7."Nothing On Me" 3:47
8."Suspicious"Keith Richards3:42
9."Blues In the Morning" 4:25
10."Something For Nothing" 3:28
11."Illusion"Keith Richards, Steve Jordan, Norah Jones3:48
12."Just a Gift" 4:01
13."Goodnight Irene"Huddie Ledbetter, Alan Lomax5:46
14."Substantial Damage" 4:21
15."Lover’s Plea"Keith Richards, Steve Jordan, David Porter4:23
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 requires value for chartid= 11
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[18] 6
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[19] 8
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[20] 4
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[21] 25
French Albums (SNEP)[22] 7
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] 3
Greek Albums (IFPI)[24] 6
Irish Albums (IRMA)[25] 19
Italian Albums (FIMI)[26] 7
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[27] 6
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[28] 5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[29] 4
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[30] 16
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[31] 14
South Korean Albums (Circle)[32] 81
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[33] 12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[34] 7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[35] 4
UK Albums (OCC)[36] 7
US Billboard 200[37] 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

  1. ^ "Keith Richards announces new album through his official website". Official Keith Richards website. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Keith Richards Drops Catchy, Blues-Rockin' 'Trouble' From New Solo Album". Billboard magazine website. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Album Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  4. ^ Simpson, Dave (18 September 2015). "Keith Richards: Crosseyed Heart review – everything a fan could hope for". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Keith Richards Crosseyed Heart". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  6. ^ Beaumont, Mark (15 September 2015). "NME Reviews – Keith Richards – 'Crosseyed Heart'". NME. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  7. ^ Prado, Ryan J. (8 April 2014). "Keith Richards: Crosseyed Heart Review". Paste. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
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  11. ^ "Keith Richards Discography". MTV. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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  30. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
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