# Bloodline Maintenance

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{{Infobox album
| name = Bloodline Maintenance
| type = studio
| artist = [Ben Harper](/source/Ben_Harper)
| cover = Ben Harper - Bloodline Maintenance.jpg
| alt = A picture of a man seated with a boy standing next to him
| released = {{Start date|2022|07|22}}
| recorded = 
| studio = 
| genre = 
| length = {{duration|m=32|s=06}}
| language = English
| label = [Chrysalis](/source/Chrysalis_Records)
| producer = 
*[Sheldon Gomberg](/source/Sheldon_Gomberg)
*[Ben Harper](/source/Ben_Harper)
| prev_title = [Winter Is for Lovers](/source/Winter_Is_for_Lovers)
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title = [Wide Open Light](/source/Wide_Open_Light)
| next_year = 2023
}}
'''''Bloodline Maintenance''''' is a 2022 studio album from American singer-songwriter [Ben Harper](/source/Ben_Harper), released on [Chrysalis Records](/source/Chrysalis_Records).

==Reception==
Writing for ''[American Songwriter](/source/American_Songwriter)'', Hal Horowitz gave this release four out of five stars, calling it a return to form after 2020's ''[Winter Is for Lovers](/source/Winter_Is_for_Lovers)'', with the artist laying "down a verbal and musical gauntlet".<ref name="as" /> Editors of [AllMusic Guide](/source/AllMusic_Guide) scored this album four out of five stars, with critic [Stephen Thomas Erlewine](/source/Stephen_Thomas_Erlewine) commenting noting themes of intergenerational trauama and the death of longtime bandmate Juan Nelson (to whom the album is dedicated).<ref name="amg" /> In ''[Mojo](/source/Mojo_(magazine))'', John Aizelwood rated ''Bloodline Maintenance'' three out of five stars, characterizing it as a "diverse collection" that does not "stray[...] too far from his usual template".<ref name="mojo" /> Writing for ''[The Arts Desk](/source/The_Arts_Desk)'', Thomas H. Green calls out several possible musical touchstones and influences and characterizes the music as "combin[ing] a sinewy energy and solid lyrics with well-chosen retro influences that don't overshadow the end result" with Harper's "guitar-play, unshowy, imaginative and likeably expressive".<ref name="tad" />

==Track listing==
All songs written by [Ben Harper](/source/Ben_Harper)

#"Below Sea Level"&nbsp;– 1:47
#"We Need to Talk About It"&nbsp;– 2:53
#"Where Did We Go Wrong"&nbsp;– 2:44
#"Problem Child"&nbsp;– 4:31
#"Need to Know Basis"&nbsp;– 1:59
#"It Aint No Use"&nbsp;– 3:29
#"More Than Love"&nbsp;– 3:07
#"Smile at the Mention"&nbsp;– 3:38
#"Honey, Honey"&nbsp;– 3:31
#"Knew the Day Was Comin'"&nbsp;– 2:10
#"Maybe I Can't"&nbsp;– 2:12

==Personnel==
*Ben Harper&nbsp;– guitar, vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, [arrangement](/source/musical_arrangement), [production](/source/Record_producer)

'''Additional musicians'''
*Geoff Burke&nbsp;– flute on "Problem Child" and "Smile at the Mention", [alto saxophone](/source/alto_saxophone) on "Smile at the Mention", [baritone saxophone](/source/baritone_saxophone) on "Problem Child", [tenor saxophone](/source/tenor_saxophone) on "Problem Child" and "Smile at the Mention", horn and woodwind arrangement on "Smile at the Mention"
*Anna Butterss&nbsp;– bass guitar on "Knew the Day Was Comin'"
*De'Ante Duckett&nbsp;– backing vocals and vocal arrangement on "We Need to Talk About It"
*[Larry Goldings](/source/Larry_Goldings)&nbsp;– [clavinet](/source/clavinet) on "Need to Know Basis"
*Bruce Harris&nbsp;– trumpet on "Smile at the Mention"
*Chris Joyner&nbsp;– keyboards on "Where Did We Go Wrong" and "More Than Love"
*DJ Johnny Juice&nbsp;– drums, percussion, and [turntable](/source/turntable) on "Problem Child"
*Alethea Mills&nbsp;– backing vocals and vocal arrangement on "We Need to Talk About It"
*[Leon Mobley](/source/Leon_Mobley)&nbsp;– percussion on "Where Did We Go Wrong"
*[Jimmy Paxson](/source/Jimmy_Paxson)&nbsp;– drums and additional percussion on "Where Did We Go Wrong"
*Chavonne Stewart&nbsp;– backing vocals and vocal arrangement on "We Need to Talk About It"
*Jason Yates&nbsp;– keyboards on "It Ain't No Use" and "Honey, Honey", congas on "It Ain't No Use"

'''Technical personnel'''
*Michael Halsband&nbsp;– back cover photography
*[Sheldon Gomberg](/source/Sheldon_Gomberg)&nbsp;– additional [engineering](/source/Audio_engineering), [mixing](/source/Audio_mixing_(recorded_music)) at The Carriage House, production
*Jason Gossman&nbsp;– additional engineering
*[Gavin Lurssen](/source/Gavin_Lurssen)&nbsp;– [mastering](/source/Audio_mastering)
*Jackie Phillips&nbsp;– art design
*Kevin Smith&nbsp;– engineering

==Chart performance==
''Bloodline Maintenance'' topped out at 56 on [Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique](/source/Syndicat_National_de_l'%C3%89dition_Phonographique)'s French charts on the week of August&nbsp;1,<ref name="chartfr" /> and 15 on [Swiss Hitparade](/source/Swiss_Hitparade).<ref name="chartch" />

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="amg">{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bloodline-maintenance-mw0003732298 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |access-date=2023-04-09 |language=en-US |publisher=[AllMusic Guide](/source/AllMusic_Guide) |title=Ben Harper&nbsp;– Bloodline Maintenance}}</ref>
<ref name="as">{{Cite magazine |magazine=[American Songwriter](/source/American_Songwriter) |title=Ben Harper Returns with a Musical Gauntlet on 'Bloodline Maintenance' |last=Horowitz |first=Hal |date=2022-07-21 |access-date=2023-04-09 |lang=en-US |url=https://americansongwriter.com/review-ben-harper-returns-with-a-musical-gauntlet-on-bloodline-maintenance/}}</ref>
<ref name="chartch">{{cite web |url=https://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ben+Harper |publisher=Charts.nz |access-date=2020-12-14 |language=en-NZ |title=Ben Harper Discography}}</ref>
<ref name="chartfr">{{cite web |url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=30?&annee=2022&categorie=Top%20Albums |title=Top Albums (Week 30, 2022) |publisher=[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique](/source/Syndicat_National_de_l'%C3%89dition_Phonographique) |language=fr-FR |access-date=2022-08-01}}</ref>
<ref name="mojo">{{Cite magazine |magazine=[Mojo](/source/Mojo_(magazine)) |lang=en-GB |issn=1351-0193 |date=September 2022 |title=Filter Albums |page=87 |last=Aizelwood |first=John}}</ref>
<ref name="tad">{{Cite web |website=[The Arts Desk](/source/The_Arts_Desk) |language=en-GB |url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-ben-harper-bloodline-maintenance |title=Album: Ben Harper&nbsp;– ''Bloodline Maintenance'' |date=2022-07-23 |access-date=2023-04-09 |last=Green |first=Thomas H.}}</ref>
}}

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Category:Albums produced by Sheldon Gomberg
Category:Ben Harper albums
Category:Chrysalis Records albums

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