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Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections

The solo debut: 21 tracks of southern soul, funk and jazz with Dungeon Family guests.
Cee Lo Green, 2002

Released
23 April 2002
Studio
Cock of the Walk Studio
Label
Arista
Producer
Cee Lo Green, with Gaelle Adisson and Eric Stamile (co-producers)

Released on 23 April 2002 by Arista, Green's first solo album was produced by himself with Gaelle Adisson and Eric Stamile as co-producers, and recorded at Cock of the Walk Studio. Guests were Jahalla, Kirkland Underground, John Popper of Blues Traveler, Joey Huffman and the Dungeon Family rappers Big Gipp and Backbone. Closet Freak and Gettin' Grown came out as singles in 2002. The album did not sell very well, though Closet Freak got some airplay.

A Pitchfork review of the follow-up called this record solid but ultimately forgettable, and the Los Angeles Times described it as an unexpected delight. An MSN review described it as critically acclaimed but poorly selling.

Track listing

  1. Bad Mutha4:03
  2. Close Encounter (Break)0:22
  3. Big Ole Words (Damn)4:56
  4. Closet Freak3:38
  5. Live (Right Now)4:05
  6. El Dorado Sunrise (Super Chicken)5:32
  7. A Thug's Concern (Break)0:08
  8. One For The Road5:36
  9. Let Him Sing If He Wants To (Break)0:20
  10. Spend the Night in Your Mind5:35
  11. Suga Baby4:21
  12. Gettin' Grown4:14
  13. Bass Head Jazz3:33
  14. Microhard5:23
  15. Under tha Influence (Follow Me)4:56
  16. Medieval Times (Great Pretender)3:42
  17. Country Love4:55
  18. Awful Thing3:42
  19. Maintenance Man (Break)0:14
  20. Young Man (Sierra's Song)4:03
  21. Well Damn, Lo (Break)0:10

Personnel

More from Cee Lo Green

Soul Food (1995), Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine (2004), St. Elsewhere (2006), The Lady Killer (2010)

Sources

  1. Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections, Wikipedia
  2. CeeLo Green, Wikipedia
  3. Cee-Lo's 'Soul Machine' deserves an audience, MSN/Today (2004-03-01)
  4. Cee-Lo Green: Cee-Lo Green Is the Soul Machine, Pitchfork (2004-03-04)
  5. Deep down into his soul, Los Angeles Times (2004-03-07)