Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

Snubbing nearly every contemporary radio trend, it positions itself instead as the latest in a line of revelatory, late-period neo-soul albums

Channel Orange’s scale and scope are impressive to behold.

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 voice, wit, charm, smarts, and ineffable humanity that's always hoped for, but never promised.

Frank’s strengths are his versatile voice, the breadth of his songwriting capabilities, the way he mixes and matches old aesthetics and ends up with strange new combinations

Beyond genre lines, racial lines, sexuality lines, any lines you can think of, it's that all-too-rare gem: a universal story you'll come back to long after the hype's been and gone.

As Channel Ocean reaches its end, every emotion associated with it can be traced back to one: fulfilment. 

No expectation could have prepared listeners for how good this album is.

Restraint is key to the execution of Channel Orange, a neo-R&B album that, for all its layered beauty, never overwhelms.

channel ORANGE finds Frank Ocean rising to the challenge with a class unlike anyone in music these days.

With a few notable exceptions, Channel ORANGE is solid rather than spellbinding

" The best song wasn't the single, but you couldn't turn your radio down Satellite need a receiver, can't seem to turn the signal fully off " Frank Ocean

Overrated.

no matter what the genre - great music is great music, a mixture of excellent songs and brilliant songs, the singing is exquisite in places, each song is superbly produced, sumptuous grooves throughout

In this case, the critics got it (mostly) right.

I’ve never heard RnB/Soul song that lasts almost 10 minutes long (Pyramids 09:54). I’ve never heard words like “Allahu Akbar” sang by an RnB singer. The song is called Bad Religion. It’s not about religion at all. It’s unrequited love song. Gay love song. Forbidden one. This song also has multi-interpreted lyrics. It can be provocative, lost, fucked up yet dreary at the same time. This dude is a genius in combining words into lyrics in one song: “taxi driver”, “allahu akbar”, “shrink”, “bad rel