Bloodline Maintenance

Bloodline Maintenance is a 2022 studio album from American singer-songwriter Ben Harper, released on Chrysalis Records.

Writing for 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, with the artist laying "down a verbal and musical gauntlet".

[2] In Mojo, 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".

[3] Writing for 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".

[4] All songs written by Ben Harper Additional musicians Technical personnel Bloodline Maintenance topped out at 56 on Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique's French charts on the week of August 1,[5] and 15 on Swiss Hitparade.