Channel Orange

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It was named "Album of the Year" in HMV's Poll of Polls, an annual survey of British journalists from national print and online publications.

Brice Ezell from PopMatters wrote that it denotes "the vital midpoint of the overarching narrative", where "the wittier tone of the record's front half gives way to an emotionally dense second half. To prevent Channel Orange from leaking onto the Internet, Ocean planned to release it digitally one week earlier than its publicly announced date. Pink Matter" is a bluesy lament with themes of sex and betrayal, [38] as its narrator struggles between pleasure and universal meaning.They added live drums to "Crack Rock", "Monks", and " Sweet Life", which was originally produced as a digital track.

It is composed as a character sketch of a young parent, [57] who sings his infant daughter to sleep. Malay joined him as the tour's musical director and said that it would expand on the production of Ocean's previous concerts for Nostalgia, Ultra. much like last year's 'nostalgia, ultra', the lushly produced songs on 'channel orange' are connected by tape-damaged interludes of dialogue and sound effects and warped snippets of tracks, giving things an intimate, homemade scope and feel. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love.He discussed the phenomenon with Pharrell Williams, who had also experienced it and similarly referenced it for the title of his side project N. The New Orleans-born RnB singer had kept a relatively low profile as a member of the controversial Odd Future collective. The swooning song contains hazy electronic blips, [3] [4] impressionistic textures, experimental beat patterns, refracted sound effects, and vocal improvisation expressing the narrator's "high". The record begins with an upgraded version of 'Thinking About You' (now with gorgeous strings), and also features previously-heard tracks 'Forrest Gump', 'Pyramids', and 'Super Rich Kids'. At the end of 2012, Channel Orange was named the year's best album by numerous publications, including the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, The Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, Now, Paste, PopMatters, Slant Magazine, Spin, and The Washington Post.

when he's singing maybe from a female perspective or whatever, it's a story, it's a world that he created. I would definitely recommend this album, in fact I already have to the majority of my friends who know all love it too! The album artwork was designed by Thomas Mastorakos, Aaron Martinez, and Phil Toselli, with photography by Dave Eggar. Here, Ocean shares the spotlight with fellow Odd Future member Earl Sweatshirt: “Too many joyrides in daddy’s Jaguar / Too many white lies and white lines.

Ocean reached out to rappers André 3000 and Big Boi of hip hop duo Outkast to appear on "Pink Matter". The actual discs are completely different: my copy has opaque orange marble, and the center stickers are very minimal, almost matching the original Channel Orange cover, and each side has swapped sticker colors. His recent sexual revelation sent shockwaves through the internet, and his television debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon catapulted the young crooner into mainstream allure. To prevent Channel Orange from leaking onto the Internet, Ocean and Def Jam released the album digitally one week earlier than its publicly announced date.