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Musically they are just not as good as the other songs on this album. Although the lyrics from songs like ‘Self Control’ and ‘Good Boy’ clearly show the significance of the experiences in his life, the inclusion of these songs make it sound more like a diary entry rather than an experience that translates well into a song. Unfortunately, after the wonderfully trippy track ‘Skyline To’, that would have fit relatively well in ‘channel ORANGE’ the record begins to become muddier.
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He then shows off his vocal ability in a length of gorgeously smooth sounding notes that carry a lot of emotion and force while still managing to stay part of the song. He croons to the sound of an organ with some of the most beautiful lyrics on the album: “It’s hell on Earth and the city’s on fire, in Hell there’s Heaven”. In ‘Solo’, we hear Frank lament of being emotionally and physically ‘solo’, which throughout the song can also be interpreted as being ‘so low’. Ocean introduces an ear pleasing piano riff with a beat which gives this track a bit more structure than ‘Nikes’ and ‘Ivy’, and Beyoncé’s backing vocal midway through the track takes it somewhere else and create such a peaceful, psychedelic music experience.Īfter an interlude of Ocean’s mother warning him to not take drugs on ‘Be Yourself’, Ocean breaks into the best song on the album. ‘Pink + White’ moves into a different, less experimental, direction than the previous two tracks and has a mellower R&B feel to it. While neither songs are anything to scream and shout about, they are overall satisfying and are great songs to sit and relax to.
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The vibe created by the song continues into ‘Ivy’ before momentum starts to build up slightly as guitars are introduced and the bass fills the gap between moments. It is carried by a soothing electric drum beat and features a distorted, pitched vocal from Ocean, something that appears throughout the record. Starting off with a smooth and dreamy sounding track, ‘Nikes’ also serves as the album’s first single. The hype surrounding this album was huge and Ocean is a very talented artist with a beautiful and highly revered first album, ‘channel ORANGE’. ‘Blonde’ (stylised as blond) currently sits at the top of the iTunes charts for obvious reasons. Nevertheless, the confusion didn’t last for long, and Ocean’s deal with Apple saw the release of the visual album ‘Endless’ on Apple Music, the day before his second album ‘Blonde’ was released into the world. Ever since Beyoncé pulled a Beyoncé, telling your fans when your album will be released just won’t do anymore. However, for the past few months, Ocean has been teasing confused fans with cryptic graphics which included rumoured release dates along with the words, which turned out to be the title of an accompanying magazine, ‘Boys Don’t Cry’. Since then, the internet has been ablaze with disgruntled music goers who had been given almost no details about the album, or even when it would be released. The phrase ‘highly anticipated’ is thrown around very often whenever artists such as Kanye West or Kendrick Lamar come back on the scene, but the use of the phrase has never been more apt then when applied to Frank Ocean’s new release, ‘Blonde’.įans of the ‘Thinkin Bout You’ singer have been impatiently waiting for Ocean to release his sophomore album since it was announced that he begun work on it in 2013.