Either way, it’s one of the best albums of the year, and Ocean, hopefully, will keep making more like it, without a hint of reservation.
“Channel Orange” may make Frank Ocean a household name, or it might not. Yet Ocean’s irrepressible spirit carries all 55 minutes of this opus, shining light on subjects that are not discussed often enough and spinning new webs of ideas around familiar R&B tropes. “Channel Orange” does not contain any bad songs, although there are times when Ocean’s themes could be a bit tighter. The production never smothers the singer’s sumptuous vocals, which spill over into pockets of air that the listener didn’t know could be filled.
But no matter what Ocean’s mood is on the album, the songs sound fantastic.
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