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Crosseyed Heart

Crosseyed Heart is the third solo album by Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards.[2] 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.

Crosseyed Heart
Studio album by
Keith Richards
Released18 September 2015
GenreRock, rock and roll, blues, country, reggae
Length57:57
LabelRepublic[1]
ProducerKeith Richards. Steve Jordan
Keith Richards chronology
Vintage Vinos
(2010) 		Crosseyed Heart
(2015)
Singles from Crosseyed Heart
  1. "Trouble"
    Released: 17 July 2015
  2. "Heartstopper"
    Released: 6 November 2015

The first single from the album, "Trouble", was released on 17 July 2015, prior to the album's release.[3]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian     [5]
Mojo     [6]
NME     [7]
Paste9/10[8]
Rolling Stone     [9]
Slant Magazine     [10]
AllMusic     [11]

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".[12] Robert Christgau wrote, "it sounds like some kind of Honorable Mention--songwriting deliberately generic."[13]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Keith Richards and Steve Jordan, except where noted[14]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Crosseyed Heart"Keith Richards1:52
2."Heartstopper" 3:04
3."Amnesia" 3:35
4."Robbed Blind"Richards4:00
5."Trouble" 4:17
6."Love Overdue"Gregory Isaacs3:28
7."Nothing On Me" 3:47
8."Suspicious"Richards3:42
9."Blues In the Morning" 4:25
10."Something For Nothing" 3:28
11."Illusion"Richards, 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"Richards, Jordan, David Porter4:23
Total length:57:57
Best Buy & Japanese Version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."Love Overdue (ft. Lee "Scratch" Perry)" (Bonus track)Isaacs3:28
Total length:61:24

Personnel

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The X-Pensive Winos

Additional musicians

Charts

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References

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