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tell anyone at the label, obviously. Couldn’t Trayvon Martin would be 21 today, and Blonde is filled with feelings and ideas—deep love, heady philosophy, despondent loss—that he may have never had a chance to experience for himself. It’s the album’s centerpiece, by an artist who is following nobody but himself. They console. But the touch is oh so feathery. Head to the Pitch to “Meet the People Who Made Hundreds Selling Frank Ocean’s Midterms Merch.”, © 2021 Condé Nast. gotten back to the label for sure. Channel Orange received an A rating from AV Club, a 9.5/10 from Pitchfork, a 4/5 star rating from Rolling Stone, and a 9/10 from Spin Magazine. Harsh static constantly intrudes, though, hinting at the distortions of time. I carried my hard drives around with me when I travelled because I It was easy to worry. The album ends with a final look in the rearview, in the form of spliced-up old interviews with some of Frank’s young friends as well as his brother Ryan, who was around 11 at the time. The big questions are on his mind. and both projects were uploaded I felt the euphoria, yeah, but mostly As we watch Frank build a spiral staircase with his bare hands, the piece offers a sort of anti-promo message that comments on how an album’s release strategy can often diminish the art it’s built to uphold nowadays. Don't expect much in the way of metal from them, and if it is metal, it's going to be usual suspects for Pitchfork, like Deafheaven. It’s in the “Nikes” video, which both takes advantage of movie magic, like lighting a man (Frank?!) fucking bare hands some days before! Channel Orange (stylized as 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 in 2011, Ocean began writing new songs with Malay, a producer and songwriter who assisted him with recording his debut album at EastWest Studios in Hollywood. Can I live in it?” Frank replied: Eyy, Peggy! Top 5 Tracks 1) Thinkin Bout You 2) Sierra Leone 3) Super Rich Kids feat. Four years after the landmark Channel Orange, two new releases from Frank Ocean find him writing richly emotional songs for a quieter, more meditative space. “RIP Trayvon, that nigga look just like me,” he sings on “Nikes,” the opening track from Blonde, his wary exhale of a new album. Channel Orange (stylizowana pisownia: channel ORANGE) – debiutancki album studyjny amerykańskiego artysty nagrywającego pod pseudonimem Frank Ocean, wydany 10 lipca 2012 przez amerykańską wytwórnię płytową Def Jam Recordings. So I kept it to myself and a few in If the files had leaked, everything The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast. Arca asked Frank, “Are there any similarities or differences between Frank and Christopher?” (Frank’s real name is Christopher Breaux.) To And yes, they cry. Days prior to its release, Ocean posted a note on tumblr revealing that stories told through the songs on his album were about a boy, and took public ownership of his sexuality in a manner that also established him as a queer icon in the music world. How his voice was allergic to nonsense, how it could shatter a heart into dust. Four years after the landmark Channel Orange, two new releases from Frank Ocean find him writing richly emotional songs for a quieter, more meditative space. The song was written and produced by Ocean and Pharrell Williams, member of the production duo The Neptunes. my circle. Best … They’re about everyday lives, about the feat of just existing, which is a statement in its own right. Years clicked by. Later on, “Solo (Reprise)” marks the album’s only major vocal guest appearance, with a devastating, head-spinning verse from André 3000. Super Rich Kids, its beat evoking Elton John 's Bennie and the Jets, is a … Xo.”. UPDATE: According to Pitchfork, Channel Orange is the title of Frank Ocean’s Def Jam debut. JPEGMAFIA pressed Frank about releasing Blonde immediately after departing Def Jam. It’s also the most overtly political statement Frank makes across the entire record. I just needed to sleep. Frank is a pulse wave. To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. All rights reserved. (These chats can get a bit stoner-y, though amusingly so; in one, Frank asks Lil B, “is money sexy?”), And this transparency was also expressed in the current campaign’s prolonged rollout, which at one point had fans watching Frank watch paint dry as part of a live stream lead-up to a visual album called Endless. Many tracks feel emptied, with only the plain strumming of an electric guitar or foggy atmospherics left behind. “Skyline To” is essentially a tone poem about sex, summer, and California haze backed by mood and mystery. Either way, the Endless soundtrack is much more exciting—46 minutes of music that plays like a mixtape, sliding from song to song, demo to demo, like scrolling through Frank’s hard drive of unreleased material. And what did you build in the video for Endless? He breathed hope. used to not store anything online. The song is a woozy, faded, screwed-down odyssey, replete with helium warble and dewy third eye—and it’s actually one of the album’s most propulsive tracks. representation of the stakes. Crítica Channel Orange ha recibido numerosos elogios por parte de la crítica. Then he went away. Basically this. Pitchfork may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. It makes sense for an artist who titled his first major project Nostalgia, Ultra. when he was only 23. It still can. "Sweet Life" is a song by American singer Frank Ocean, released as the third single from his debut studio album Channel Orange (2012). 米Pitchforkの読者が選ぶ「2010年代のベスト・アルバム＆ソング TOP50」。数万人の読者が参加した投票結果が発表されています 「2010年代のベスト・アルバム TOP50」 1. Ad Choices, Frank Ocean Says Channel Orange Vinyl Coming “ASAP”, Plus Rosalía, John Waters, Arca, JPEGMAFIA, Big Freedia, and others grill Frank about leaving Def Jam, his routines, and more, A daily roundup of the most important stories in music, Frank Ocean photo by Willy Vanderperre, courtesy of Dazed, Meet the People Who Made Hundreds Selling Frank Ocean’s Midterms Merch. Faced with a hellish loop of police brutality, other musical leaders like Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé came forth with brilliant righteousness as well. 2019年の年間ベストアルバムと並行して海外の音楽メディアで2010年代のベストアルバムが発表されていたので、個人的に好きなお世話になっているメディアをピックアップして紹介します。 Pitchfork 01. Whereas Channel Orange showed off an expansive eclecticism, this album contracts at nearly every turn. Channel Orange is probably the most ambitious R&B album 2012 has to offer and should definitely be heard. It sounds like a friend. It’s about how he’s able to locate the crux of any situation, or expose undue artifice, or peel things back to their naked core. Pitchfork is the most trusted voice in music. Its spareness suggests a person in a small apartment with … It’s coming “ASAP,” Frank replied. ピッチフォークは、一般的な分析および取引技術の一部として使用されます。本質的に3つの重要な要素があります。2つの外側平行線は、サポートとレジスタンスを提供し、中間線はそれらの間にあります。ピッチフォークを正しく使用するには、連続した高低の3つのポイントを特定します。 On “Solo,” he contemplates various stages of singledom, from the jacket-throwing hedonism to the smoked-out emptiness, with nothing but a churchly organ backing him up. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated as of 1/1/21) and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement (updated as of 1/1/21) and Your California Privacy Rights. It’s in my storage, you want it?? Endless was remastered and had a limited reissue in physical audio and visual formats on April 10, 2018. But it isn’t just anyone emoting from the abyss, it’s Frank Ocean. Frank Ocean Says Channel Orange Vinyl Coming “ASAP” Plus Rosalía, John Waters, Arca, JPEGMAFIA, Big Freedia, and others grill Frank about leaving Def … As a piece of filmed entertainment, Endless is painfully dull, and perhaps that’s the point. Like how he skewed L.A. privilege without breaking a sweat on “Super Rich Kids” or broke down the Coachella generation’s bored numbness in five minutes on “Novacane.” Recently, he’s expanded this skill beyond music. Though he posted several elegant messages online, reacting to horrors in Ferguson and Orlando, his relative silence only grew louder as tensions outside continued to rise. But then Frank’s voice enters, and the overall quietness turns into a soft spotlight, capturing attention. But I also couldn’t talk with Even now, four years after the Florida teen was shot and killed with Skittles in his pocket, the line jolts. Ocean performed the track during his seven-show tour through North America and Europe in November 2011, at the April 2012 Coachella Musical Festival, and his supporting tour for Channel Orange. "Thinkin Bout You" has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and has sold more than one million units in the United States. It’s a technique pioneered by noted minimalists like Brian Eno and Rick Rubin, both of whom are included in Blonde’s who’s who list of contributors and inspirations. There was a yearning for his perspective—how he could soothe without losing sight of what’s important. Those drives became a physical As a debut studio album receiving that much acclaim from some of the toughest critics out there, the album has to be pretty damn good, and that it is. フランク・オーシャン (Frank Ocean、1987年 10月28日 - )は、アメリカ合衆国 ルイジアナ州出身のシンガーソングライター、音楽プロデューサー、写真家。 ソングライターとして音楽家のキャリアを始め、2010年からヒップホップ コレクティブのOdd Futureに加入。 If you can improve it further, please do so. The album is slated for release on July 17th. But not Frank. Longing looks good on him, though, especially when he’s able to harness it to aching effect on “Self Control” and “White Ferrari,” songs that fight off despondency with a sadness that feels three-dimensional. couldn’t really tell anybody anything for a couple of years. Channel Orange (estilizado como channel ORANGE) é o álbum de estreia do cantor norte-americano Frank Ocean, lançado em 17 de Julho de 2012. He could be the dynamic human of the future, exploding age-old binaries with an eloquent note, melting racial divisions with a devastating turn of phrase or quick flit to falsetto. You know, it’s funny talking about it these days because I Carefree laughs—the kind that adults can’t seem to utter—are looped. It’s in the oversized, seven pound, coffee table magazine Boys Don’t Cry, which came out along with the new album; in it, screenshots of internet histories—perhaps the most accurate mirror of our modern selves—are on full display, along with literally naked bodies on and around his beloved sports cars, and charmingly unfiltered interviews with fellow artists and friends. “I’ve stumbled and lived every word, was I working just way too hard?” There is disappointment in his voice, and some bitterness. The song was written by Ocean and produced by Malay and Om'Mas Keith. Frank responded: “Christopher is a triangle wave. This is not light fare. Channel Orange Frank Ocean / Pitchfork乐评翻译 9.5 BEST NEW MUSIC by Ryan Dombal Features Editor POP/R&B JULY 12 2012 Frank Ocean很快就证明了自己是他这一代最有才华的歌手和作曲家 … When August came around They offer views into unseen places and overlooked souls. There are precedents for this sort of thing, for disappearances, for the self-implosion of black genius. Blonde (alternatively titled blond) is the second studio album by American singer Frank Ocean.It was released on August 20, 2016, as a timed exclusive on the iTunes Store and Apple Music, and followed the August 19 release of Ocean's video album Endless.. André’s disillusionment could be a cautionary tale for Frank, who often uses the album as an opportunity to look back with a rosy tint: climbing trees, Michael Jackson, cannonballs off the porch, Stevie Wonder. The stoic empathy he beamed throughout Channel Orange was missed. He’s thinking about families, about what it means to live outside society, whether that’s a sustainable goal. anyone at Apple because the industry is too small and it would’ve The stories Frank tells here find solace in sorrow. La página Metacritic le ha dado al álbum una puntuación de 92 de 100, basada en 46 críticas. It pinpoints one of Blonde’s major themes: nostalgia. He has a rare gift … Frank Ocean has always found comfort in uncertainty, in the grey spaces where opposing forces blur and rob us of easy answers. Fans and critics alike fawned over Channel Orange. Even a song like “Nights,” which sounds straightforward at first with its shards of silvery chords and midtempo beat, eventually turns into a strange shredding solo before ending with what sounds like a Drake dream heard underwater. In his hands, such intimacy attracts the ear, bubbles the brain, raises the flesh. Dave Chappelle. Lauryn Hill. But they mesmerize. I literally only listened to 2 of the albums on that list: Daft Punk - Random would have worked out very differently for me. In the song’s video, Frank holds up a framed photo of the 17-year-old martyr, the boy’s sad eyes tucked inside a hoodie. “Black stardom is rough,” Chris Rock once said. André looks back on his 20 years in hip-hop and feels duped by rappers who don’t write their own rhymes. Ryan Dombal of Pitchfork wrote at the time, “The 24-year-old has quickly proven himself to be among the most gifted singer-songwriters of his generation; he’s got the type of It was Nile Rodgers who pressed him on the long-overdue vinyl release of Channel Orange. I probably slept something like 15 hours. He’s aware of his mortality now. Frank, who rarely gives interviews, answered questions from luminaries like Rosalía, John Waters, Arca, Billy Porter, Janet Mock, JPEGMAFIA, Big Freedia, Rex Orange County, and more. “I’m hummin’ and whistlin’ to those not deserving,” he says, amid a conclusion that will likely haunt Drake’s nightmares for years. Whereas Channel Orange showed off an expansive eclecticism, this album contracts at nearly every turn. [2 Antecedentes O álbum é precedido pela mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra. Then he became the story—an avatar for all of our fluid modern ideals. Its spareness suggests a person in a small apartment with only a keyboard and a guitar and thoughts for company. “Nights” is not an anomaly. These songs are not for marching, but they still serve a purpose. Instead, channel ORANGE is a meditative voyage through Ocean's innermost thoughts, no matter how intangible the topics. Producer and songwriter Malay, who was key in helping Frank Ocean craft Channel Orange, chronicles his most recent project, Zayn Malik's debut. answer your second question, I built a 12-foot staircase with my It’s an intriguing peek into his process, and it contains some of the rawest vocal takes he’s ever put out—like on the strung-out power ballad “Rushes”—but it lacks the clarity of Blonde. It was released on August 19, 2016, as a exclusive streaming-only video on Apple Music, and preceded the August 20 release of Ocean's second studio album Blonde. How dare you just be excellent?” The Rock quote is from a 2012 profile of the reclusive D’Angelo, who felt compelled to release his first album in 14 years following the shooting of Michael Brown; the moment spurred him on. “Godspeed” nods to gospel but stays grounded in its prayer to steadfast but broken love; a short story in the magazine, also called “Godspeed,” reads like uncanny science fiction but is actually based on Frank’s boyhood. Channel Orange has been listed as one of the Music good articles under the good article criteria. (In a neat inversion, it now looks like Frank used the relatively minor Endless to fulfill his major label contract and then self-released Blonde, the main event—though both were exclusives to Apple Music, putting into question what “self-released” even means at this point.). He contemplates settling down with “two kids and a swimming pool” on “Seigfried,” a song that works in words by Elliott Smith and ends with a spaced-out soliloquy about living life in the red before a random solar flare brings chaos unto earth. On its surface, Blonde seems tremendously insular. 米Pitchforkは「2010年代のベスト・アルバム TOP200」を発表。また「2010年代のベスト・ソング TOP200」も発表しています And “Nikes” is hardly a call to arms. With Blonde’s unobtrusive instrumentation—large swaths go by without any drums whatsoever—the album could be mistaken for background music. Channel Orange was Ocean’s debut album, and his firm establishment as one of the most prominent figures in the R&B genre. It’s a stunning piece of songwriting that ultimately finds some peace with being alone. "Pyramids" is a song by American singer Frank Ocean, released as the second single from his debut studio album Channel Orange (2012). "swеet Life" — Frank OceanVia Pitchfork Frank Ocean is airborne, looking around, taking it all in. Crack Rock, for instance, warns against the pitfalls of cocaine usage. Or maybe, you know, it’s just really dull. Frank is 28 now, and his voice has grown stronger and more dexterous, while some of his tales have become more abstract. Frank Ocean answered questions about his life, process, and his views on a number of topics in a new interview with Dazed. “How did it feel fucking over a label like that,” he asked, adding, “Old white n***as do that to us all the time, but how did it feel giving them a taste of their own elixir? At first, Frank Ocean was simply a great storyteller. The power of Frank’s work often comes via extreme transparency, but he’s not writing diaries. They’re fucked up and lonely, but not indulgent. Pitchfork.tv is dedicated to documenting independent music as it happens. "Up above the birds, I saw the sky like I never seen before," he whispers on his major-label debut, Channel Orange, as АVian chirps Certain things are clear, though. How he allowed us to escape within his carefully drawn characters while never letting us off the hook. He looks like he might pull it all off. “You represent the race, and you have responsibilities that go beyond your art. L'album è stato pubblicato prima in versione digitale in esclusiva su iTunes, mentre … The track features an uncredited guitar solo from singer John Mayer. I’m a little synthesizer. They bleed. Endless is the debut visual album by American singer Frank Ocean. A cozy keyboard rolls in the background as the boys talk about who they are and what they wish for. These brief talks are also transcribed in the magazine alongside photos, and when asked about his dream superpowers, Ryan says, “I want to be invisible, I want to fly, and I want to be invincible.” His bright eyes peer out from under a Supreme cap and pink bandana. Elsewhere, he told John Waters that he wishes he wrote Ryuichi Sakamoto’s title song from Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, answered a question from Rosalía about whether he feels that he “belong[s] to this world and time,” fielded a question from Evian Christ about his favorite dinosaur, shrugged off Matt Ox’s question about his pre-studio routines, told designer Ava Nirui about his penchant for Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and detailed to actress Amandla Stenberg why he takes a cold shower every morning. Channel Orange LP 91 critic score (39) 87 user score (3,059) Mixtapes 2011 nostalgia,ULTRA. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it Good article nominee Listed : . Channel Orange (reso graficamente come channel ORANGE) è l'album di debutto del cantautore statunitense Frank Ocean, pubblicato il 10 luglio 2012, dall'etichetta Def Jam. on fire, only to deflate the trickery by also showing the crew of extinguishers putting him out.
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