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Channel Orange is the debut studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Frank Ocean. It was released on July 10, 2012, by Def Jam Recordings . After releasing his mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra the previous year, Ocean began writing new songs with Malay , a producer and songwriter who then assisted him with recording Channel Orange at ...
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Jul 10, 2012 · channel ORANGE Tracklist. 1. Start Lyrics. 125K. 2. Thinkin Bout You Lyrics. 4M. 3. Fertilizer Lyrics. 229.4K. 4. Sierra Leone Lyrics. 613.3K. 5. Sweet Life Lyrics. 907.7K. 6. Not Just Money...
- Lyrical Vignettes
- Channelsurfing
- Pyramids
- “4 Summers ago, I Met Somebody”
- The Musical Recluse.
Perhaps the most notable throughline on Channel Orange is Ocean’s overarching narrative. Though it defies a singular concept — the tracklist traces moments of unrequited love, undeserved wealth and more — it’s nonetheless tethered to a particular time and place. Each song offers a distinct vignette populated by characters, from the suicidal, afflue...
If Channel Orange’s lyricism helps listeners see his elaborate story, then its throughline sound effects help them hear it. Equally as episodic as Ocean’s narratives is the ambient noises he uses to punctuate them, beginning — fittingly enough — with the white noise fuzz of a television booting up on album opener Start. That track also samples the ...
Nowhere is the combination of Ocean’s story-like lyrics and ambient sonics more masterful than on Pyramids, the nine-minute magnum opus so cinematic it should be reviewed by Roger Ebert. Both a smorgasbord board of experimental sounds and a brief history of Ancient Egypt, reincarnation and adultery, Pyramids serves as Channel Orange’s vital midpoin...
Any look back on Channel Orange would be remiss not to mention its creative impetus, which Ocean groundbreakingly laid bare in an open letter posted to Tumblr six days ahead of the album’s release. Across a few-hundred words, Ocean recounted one ofChannel Orange’s main inspirations, a 19-year-old man he’d met “4 summers ago.” The confession that Oc...
By and large, Ocean followed a traditional pop-leaning album rollout for Channel Orange, sharing a string of pre-release singles, undertaking press junkets and performing promotional sets at the Grammy Awards. This route, however, was almost completely abandoned following Channel Orange’s release, to the point where its successor, 2016’s Blonde arr...
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Frank Ocean. 2012. 9.5. Best New Music. By Ryan Dombal. Genre: Pop/R&B. Label: Def Jam. Reviewed: July 12, 2012. Frank Ocean has quickly proven himself to be among the most gifted...
Jul 10, 2022 · Rolling Stone celebrates the singer's groundbreaking debut album, released in 2012, as a testament to vulnerability and freedom. The article explores how Frank Ocean's lens, voice and wordplay create a kaleidoscopic worldview that defies time and genre.
Listen to channel ORANGE, the 2012 album that launched Frank Ocean's solo career and redefined R&B with its eclectic and literary songs. Explore the tracks, videos, and extras of this influential and acclaimed album.
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