Crosseyed Heart

Crosseyed Heart
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) Crosseyed Heart (2015)
Singles from Crosseyed Heart
"Trouble" Released: 17 July 2015 "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]
Mojo	[5]
NME	4/5[6]
Paste	9/10[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 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])

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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
Argentinian 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

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