Channel Orange

I found myself grooving with this pretty frequently actually. It was weird that so many tracks were so short. Ex: I loved the little thing he did with John Mayer called White, but it was only 1 minute long! "leave them wanting more"? I guess I think this record rates a solid 3 - there's plenty of inventiveness and creativity and it's well produced and sounds great. It's not my thing for the most part, and still I found it pretty enjoyable.

I really liked the ambience and feel of this album. Lots to listen to besides just the singing, and Frank Ocean has a great voice too. Not my usual cup of tea, but I would listen to this again for sure.

So, not my kind of music which gives me bad judgement on the album. Not all songs were terrible, I really liked crack rock and pyramids haha.

Dare I say I felt underwhelmed?

This was pretty decent

Some of this was enjoyable, mostly it faded into the background.

It was creative, but a little too over-produced and "eclectic" for my tastes. There is a talented team behind this album, but it doesn't do much for me.

I generally get a lot of ‘life is hard being rich, hoes on my dick’ Drake vibes from ‘Channel Orange’. Having said that, there are some good songs on the album, and Earl Sweatshirt, John Mayer, Andre 3000 and Tyler The Creator all make nice cameos, but overall there’s not quite enough quality to elevate this from just good to great.

Pretty decent, although I thought it had a lot of skippable tracks

Está chill, tiene buenos termitas. Muy popero por partes y medio gaturro por otros.

I enjoyed different stretches here and there, but overall I found this album to be fairly tedious. It just kind of wanders -- which is how I feel about most R&B. That's OK. I'm not the intended audience; I am neither "urban" nor "contemporary". I can, however, recognize this album is better than most.

Use of natural sounds in and around the music was interesting, but did not particularly care for it.

Really just not my thing. Good, but not my thing.

Ennakkoluuloja hälventäviä hittejä yhdistettynä ennakkoluuloja hälventävään tuotantoon, joka kantaa hätkähdyttävästi laulelun ja fiilistelyn läpi. Hyvä.

It is without a doubt that Frank Ocean has an incredible voice and is an excellent producer. Channel Orange is an album that just sounds *nice.* I really enjoyed the concept of the album and the time I spent listening to it was a journey through the mind and feelings of Mr. Ocean. Tracks like Pink Matter and Bad Religion stood out to me. Putting to words the confusion of desire, comfort, and understanding sexuality. As well as songs like Super Rich Kids that weaved a story into the topics explored. I think that Channel Orange is a good album, however, despite the above statements being true, it's just not a good album for me. I would absolutely recommend others to check it out, but I don't see myself wanting to come back to anything here. I can't rate it highly with that being true.

Good but not great, catchy but not super long lasting in the memory, mostly decent but also plenty of filler, a cool concept that doesn't actually add anything to the album. Sounds like 3 to me!

meh.

Frank Ocean ei koskaan sillee iskeny, mut en kyllä enempää moitittavaakaan löydä. 3/5

A pleasant and chill album with amazing quality of production. My issue is that it's too chill for me with songs having similar rhythms, tempo, no highs and lows. Nothing is too memorable on it (will I remember any of the songs? no) but overall the listening experience was fine.

Yes I like it!!

Frank Ocean has a top tier voice. RnB and early Usher vibes from this album. If you are into this music I can easily see this being 4-5 stars.

Glad to get some modern day R&B, excited to listen to this one again. This album gets you hooked with some nostalgia bait right from the get go. Frank's voice is great. One gripe is the intermittent audio that's from movies or videos, kinda takes me out of the whole album. Super Rich Kids is a bop. The drop in Pyramids got my amped up. I like the overall variety and beats on this album, and I think it was a very good album; but I think I went into this one thinking I would like it more. I know it's critically acclaimed, but I think a lot of juice is in the lyrics, which I am not always paying attention to. I'm sure I'd give it higher marks if I was reading along with the songs.

Sure does like singing about crack rocks Pyramids gets hella fun P cool album nothing spectacular but I liked it

Really didn’t know what to expect going into this. Not my normal genre of music at all and never heard any of his stuff. But this was a very pleasant surprise. His voice is gorgeous, the sound by turns smooth, and funky, and lush Never quite knew what was next Think I’m going to listen to this a lot more to fully make up my mind

Didn't know a ton about Frank Ocean prior to this. Good chill jazzy funky style. 1996 me would really enjoy this. Modern spin on D'Angelo + Usher + minor Prince vibes. Thinking Bout You was good and think I had heard it before. I liked the jazzy rap songs more than the more R&B-ish ones, but that's just my personal taste shining through. Honestly not really sure why it is on the 1001 list besides being probably a shining star of originality in the year it was released.

Meh, not bad not great.

A big artist and record that passed me by at the time because I was busy being the parent of young children. I found it grew on me with a few listens

Pas sûr au debut mais pas mal chill album au final

Strong but ultimately not as interesting as it could be.

BL: Frank Ocean is a figure I almost detest. I think this is mainly due to his fan bases mentality that he can do nothing wrong despite repeatedly screwing them over. I respect his ability to create such a solid business acumen from releasing different colours of the same record that came out over half a decade ago. And people still eat it up. I like a couple of his tracks “crack rock” is good. I’ll see how I feel about this album, I will listen without prejudice AL: it’s a very mixed bag to be honest. I can see why some think Frank is a genius, on some tracks some very good ideas and instrumentals shine through, however to me so much of the album feels like filler to make the (very) high highs feel not quite as monumentous as they could be. While I definitely get the hype I think the Frank Ocean hype train has definitely always been too strong, and this has reinforced this. FT: “Pyramids”, “Lost”, “Pink Matter” 3/5

Beetje psychedelic soms. Relaxed maar trekt me niet heel erg.

It's cool. Not mind blowing for me. Pretty uneven.

Solid album. Great production. Frank Ocean is dope

Bargain bin D'Angelo

I’m a victim of the hype here - it’s understandable how Ocean’s debit earned massive critical acclaim, given its introduction the soft, R&B-inspired vocals on top of heavily electronic instrumentals that still dominates popular music to this day. With that being said, however, I’m not blown away by the performances here, especially given the almost life-changing status they’ve been raised to by most indie heads. The production is exciting and creative, but most tracks seem to meander and attempt to stuff several songs into one which leads to thematic burnout. Definitely see myself returning to several tracks here (especially the dark centerpiece that is ‘Pyramids’), just a bit disappointed this one didn’t live up to the atmospheric expectations that have been built up around it.

Everybody was so obsessed with this album when it came out and I just never really understood it. There’s nothing to dislike, it’s a very palatable record but I just think it’s so boring. I feel like it gets praised for its production, but I find it so underwhelming despite having every single engineer in LA and being recorded at EastWest. The credits list is absolutely stacked too, Andre 3000 and John Mayer on guitar, Charlie hunter, lalah Hathaway, Pharrell. But idk everything just sounds so flat and thin to me, and I don’t find his voice interesting at all. Guitars sound horrible on this record somehow. all the synths/keys all sound like midi even though I’m sure they’re not. I guess this is a three, but the disparity between how this sounds and how this should sound based on the credits is staggering

I figured this would get the rating it is getting, if not higher. Pretty close to a four, but not quite there. It wasn't bad, but many songs just didn't do much to stick with me. Still better than a lot of modern music I hear. Didn't expect to have a song called Forrest Gump on here, but it was an interesting framing device. My favourite songs were Pink Matter and Pyramids.

Great sound, good vocals. Not the biggest R&B fan but found it to be a good album

Slick and smooth sounding, but didn't really engage me enough to care about what the songs were about. It was nice to listen to, I liked most of it and I didn't have the urge to turn it off, which is a good thing.

A solid and forgettable album.

I have to say I'm a bit confused about Frank Ocean and perhaps controversially don't just think he's fucking amazing. I really like a good amount of his songs and enjoyed this album enough (bit long) but I'm not necessarily thinking it's ground breaking like everyone else seems to... Is that a bad opinion?! Some of these massively passed me by.. others I really enjoyed. Same with the other butterfly album. Expected to be blown away but wasn't all that bothered. Soz not soz

Not my style, but really good musically

this is a very long album

This was a weird one - I started out not really liking it at all, the beginning part of the album (after a pretty interesting opening sequence) felt like hip hop's answer to easy listening. Then you get to Pyramids, and from then onwards it's so much more interesting, there's more energy to it. That half an hour would be a 4 on its own, but the rest is a bit too beige, so drags it down to a 3 overall.

>>>>

New school rnb. Alot more chill than I was expecting. Not really my thing, but nice for low down vibes

Could very easily be a 4, some songs on here are very good. others bore me slowly

I know this is an iconic album, but I can't remember if I have ever heard it before. Heard Blond for sure, but not this. Didn't know there was a song with Andre 3000 on this album so I'm looking forward to that I guess. It's definitely a good album and I can enjoy listening to it passively, but so far nothing is really catching my ear. Right now it's not really my cup of tea so to speak. I've really liked Frank Ocean in other songs that he features in, and there are some songs on this album that I really enjoy, but I can't get into this album the way I want to. I really want to like it, but it's too slow for me.

sweet life was good. the rest were cut from gambino's Kauai but still fine.

Pretty good R&B. Loved the first song. Major nostalgia.

Not for me but acknowledge its the best of a genre that is not for me.

I was only vaguely familiar with the name Frank Ocean but couldn't really name much about him or his music. I can appreciate it but I wasn't that impressed. It was fine but like many things on here, it didn't exactly blow my mind or anything.

Het was oke, niet zo super goed (wat ik er van verwachtte door 2 personen in deze groep) Ze hadden de lat te hoog gelegd. Pyramids & lost sla ik wel op.

Really not bad

I like it, but small doses. Wouldn’t listen to the whole album again.

Håpte eg skulle lika da bedre egentlig

Better than expected the voice grew on my and there are some great songs (pyramids??)

Wasn't bad. Not my usual thing and sounded somewhat similar throughout. Not overly likely to add to a playlist.

Mellow pop/RnB/HipHop stuff. Quite nice!

Idk, I can definitely appreciate this album but Frank ocean definitely has a sound and he really beats a dying horse with it. This just isn’t my type of music but I’m also surprised this is on the list

This one is definitely out of my comfort zone, but I am enjoying it!

I can see why people like this but it's not at all original I'm afraid (it's just they weren't born when the originals were released in the 90s). But no matter, it's a pleasant listen: smooth (I like his voice) and his choice of samples. This is music for chilling.

I thought this album was good even though I never got super into franks albums as others have. It’s a good r&b album

While this isn't my usual listening, this is quite an impressive album. Super Rich Kids is an outstanding and memorable track and Pyramid and Bad Religion are also decent. Some of the other tracks less memorable, but overall not bad

I like the chill vibes but it might be a bit too chill and lacks some excitement.

I like this musically but lyrically and vocally it doesn't do as much for me. Good case for a 3.5 but rounded down cause I probably won't go back to listen again.

Not bad but not my thing.

nice enough listen but there's very few standouts. not for me I think.

Good song very good, some filler sounding songs. Great stuff but can't justify anything above 3 personally.

It was alright, I don't know if I'd listen to it again, but I wouldn't oppose to it, some recognisable songs

It was alright, felt it was a bit bloated at an hours length

My son likes it. 3/5

Nearly a 4 from me. He's a good singer

Didn’t know what to expect and got exactly what I was expecting.

ok mais pas mon genre du tout.

I liked most of this. NeoSoul/R&B/Jazz sounding. Not sure if I’m right but it sounded like some of the vocals used auto tune, which I hate

I liked the overall vibe of the record. Especially the instrumentals sound great at times. I wasn't such a big fan of the delivery of all the singing vocals. The songs I liked the most: Sweet Life, Super Rich Kids, Pyramids, Pink Matter

Listened to on 10/20/22 3.5/5 Favorite song: lost The potato song made me laugh out loud and was an instant throwback but in all honesty this album is pretty good

Wants to be The Beatles without actually being The Beatles.

Pyramid brings this thing up to at least 3, Thinking bout you pulls it even higher, but then Pink Matter, White, and basically the rest of the album pulls it back down.

A nice album, listened to this one in highschool after his next one came out. 3.5 stars

Some tracks hit, some miss and both in equal ways. Labyrinth was my favourite but it could've been a liiiittle bit shorter. Overall still a vibe though.

I can see why people like it but its not really my thing.

Eddig a legjobb Nem akarok minden egyes dalt külön kiértékelni 10/9

Shades of Stevie Wonder, some cool songs on here worth another listen.

I've tried to listen to Frank Ocean over the years and found him too smooth. The production is subtle and while each song on it's own is okay, there's not a lot of variation between them. I like Pink Matter with the surprise guitar solo and a rapper to give it a bit of edge.

Not really my style but enjoyed a lot. The hits were all worthy, interested to notice lots of live instruments and non traditional rnb production. Not the biggest fan of the skits.

Seems like good music and good musicianship, but it did not really catch me. R&B was never my type of music. I can appreciate the craft though.

Frank Flintstone

I like the overall vibe of this. It really sounds like orange music. Like music you would listen to while sipping on a Fanta in a pure orange room. It's a bit too long and bloated though. Songs like "Pyramids" are awesome, but there's also a lot of fairly boring, long songs that overstay their welcome.

Forgettable

Cool music. Shallow lyrics.

This is a big old curveball compared to many others on the list and I cheated a little looking at others' reviews. So many 5s and 1s, incredibly polarizing. I've heard a few songs from this - "Lost" is a very catchy tune, quite enjoyable. And there's more variety than I had expected going into this one. I think I can't think of it in the highest terms tho because of a few things; notably the tuned and outrageously-compressed production in his vocals. How would one describe his vocal style? It's not exactly mumble, but it approaches that at times and it's just not my preference, although I quite like it when he brings the vocal range up. How about "Bad Religion" as a positive example - this is a tremendous track and stellar vocal performance. Love it. More of this. Some positives and negatives: I don't enjoy the "sameness" of much of modern hit music - actually the production/mix: e.g. 808s, compression to the point where every aspect of the music is either confined to a small room or is quite obviously a loop. I love studio creations - hell, the Beatles were among the first to perfect the studio-as-instrument - and occasionally this album falls into that category - too many songs don't breathe. Yet the ones that don't sound like that - when the songs do have a little room, a little air, they *really* stand out. The aforementioned "Bad Religion" and my favourite track "Sweet Life" - I love the keyboards - a bit of a Stevie Wonder feel on this one - and having live drums is a *huge* attraction. More of this please! I'm going to give this a few more listens - I think this one might just be too dense for a one-day listen/evaluation. I suppose that alone is complimentary... I like a lot of the melodies here although too often they don't fully resolve which is frustrating - I wouldn't say I disliked any of the songs but only a few of them truly stuck out. Ehh I'm completely schizophrenic about this album. Let's give it a solid grade and give it another chance, shall we? 7/10 3 stars

Nothing grabbed me

Better than I thought it would be. For some reason I thought I'd hate it. It was pretty good. Not great, but no ill feelings really. Maybe I'm prematurely geriatric at 37 but I think "the kids" will appreciate this more. Not sure this album is an instant classic worthy of "you've got to hear it" status but I guess perhaps time will tell? Maybe this will be a classic for the zoomers

Ágætis mest megnis chill plata.

I mean, I think it was good. Def a bit corny here and there. 3.

Nice voice. Easy listening. Songs kinda all sounded the same. Too many skit tracks. Surprise Andre 3000 feature near the end.

While Frank has an undeniably great voice, he suffers from the same malady as most of his generation of R&B artists. Namely, he can't craft a melody to save his life. Rather, his vocals just wander around, leaving the heavy lifting of crating a hook to the beats instead. If you took an Ocean fan aside and hummed one of these vocal lines to them, even one of his most ardent fans would be hard pressed to name that tune. Do the same for Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, or James Brown and you'll have a very different experience. Crafting melodies that stick in your head and heart used to be part of R&B. Frank Ocean vocals deserve hooks that don't let go. Unfortunately, this album doesn't give me that.

It's nice 3/5

Not really my thing but perfectly pleasant listening

Not as good as blonde, but decent enough. Album in three acts, and only the middle act got my full attention.

I am not cool enough for this music but it is fun, some great lyricism too.

Get the hype

Rollo patatero zzzzzzzzz. 3

Not really my thing. This was a fine R&B record.

First time of listening and an interesting album, but a bit samey vocally switching between the falsetto and the tenor tones. can see the reason some may see this as innovative and of it's time. nothing revolutionary for me and find the white noise/soundtrack interludes a bit self indulgent. I liked "Crack Rock", "Lost" "Bad Religion" (Which I Think is reminiscent of Adelle!) and "Pink Matter" not sure of it top 1001 credentials.

Bekende naam, maar dit is mijn eerste keer met Frank en tot mijn verbazing viel me dit niet tegen. Stijl is wat moeizaam in te komen, maar goede nummers!

Ik had verwacht dat ik dit na 2 nummers al niet meer leuk zou vinden maar ik heb met best wat plezier het hele album zonder tegenzin geluisterd.

There were moments listening to this that I thought, "Wow, this is really good!" Unfortunately, there were more moments where I thought, "Hmm, this is kind of tedious."

I have heard of Frank Ocean but never have given a listen. I expected that this would not be the typical sound of pop R&B…it still took some effort to warm up to the album. After a couple of listens, I had a much greater appreciation for what was produced here. I didn’t love much of it, but I didn’t hate any of it.

This was ok. Every once in a while, an instrument or a lyric would catch my attention but there wasn't much that really grabbed me.

Great voice, reminded me of Usher. I can definitely recognize his uniqueness and what makes his sound special compared to his contemporaries, but it’s just not very exciting music for my taste, just a bit too slow. Pyramids stood out as it deviated from the slower tempos.

Smooth R&B album with lots of creative influences. Not bad but could have done with probably 20 minutes less runtime

i reckon it would be a grower and got better as it went on. 3

Black music and soul from last decade. Interesting.

Meio sem sal

Pleasant to listen to...

a pleasant, mellow listen! it was a soothing listen even though each song was distinct and the album covered a range of genres. this is an album to appreciate as a whole, and i'll enjoy it more as i continue to listen. ocean has a beautiful voice, which is rather evident in "bad religion"--a standout on this album.

Soul interessante

Solid 3 , Was a soothing listen, great production

Enjoyed it but not sure I’ll ever understand the hype around frank

Casi 4 pero no.

Angelic voice and rythym

Smooth

Zum Teil sehr schöne Melodien, Kompositionen und Beats. Jedoch viel zu glatter Gesang. Bin aber nicht der größte RnB/Soul Fan, muss man wissen.

super rich kids

nije nešto šta inače slušan, ali nije ni loše

The album was alright. Nothing was really remarkable and I do not believe I was familiar with any of the songs.

Dragged on a bit, but wasn't unlistenable.

Solid

Not bad, not amazing - won't listen again I don't think

Very well produced, a couple of great tracks but eh… yet again, this didn’t really grab me enough to make me want to repeat-listen.

Innoffensive but nondescript. Why is this on the list? It's just a (very) average album. I'm told that Blond is much better.

It was ok. Nothing that really stood out, but was easy to listen to. Favorite Song: Crack Rock

It's got a Start, and an End. Perfect album material. Musically it's pleasant, but a little bland r'n'b isn't going to get me too excited

It's young people music, usually I just can't get into albums like this. Guy has a good voice. Lofi R&B, throughout there are lots of very simple beats but sometimes it kicks up and there are more interesting tracks. Early in the album there seems to be a "tv channel" theme with some sound effects kicking in like the Playstation startup, and random ads or lines being heard but halfway through the album this disappears. Overall there are some really good songs in here, a run in the middle that I really enjoyed, and going against the grain I think I liked the 9 minute song the most which usually isn't the case for me. But then there are some tunes that are just very slow and boring and I couldn't get into them. That inconsistency lands this album at a 3 for me.

Fora skroz, onako se uživiš da si kuliji nego šta zapravo izgledaš dok hodaš. Dobra komba repa i laganice.

Pa kul je bilo, kao malo seksi zabavno ali nema mi bas nesto posebno

Not bad, I'm glad I listened to it. No recognized songs

Not quite for me, but Frank's influence on future R&B is impossible to ignore. Things really pick up halfway through the record, but the landing remains unstuck. It doesn't have the dynamism of certain similar music, and drags too much to be a mood project for me. A few excellent songs, however, and the blend of influences is pretty seamless. The production holds up in full, as well.

Helt ointresserad av stilen, men jag tror mig ändå kunna höra att det är bra i sin genre. Pyramids va en bra låt

File under ‘horny albums’

A little heavy on smoking crack references for my tastes...

2.5 | Siento un disco muy bien hecho, de alguien con bastante talento e inventiva, en un género que no me va. Ese r&b moderno que ya he hablado sobre mi no compatibilidad, aunque aquí tiene ciertos puntos como de medio progresivo en el fondo, ganas de hacer algo más allá de lo meramente comercial. Samples y elementos de nostalgia que hablan directo a mi tallo cerebral y me despiertan atención y nostalgia... pero ya entradas las canciones... quisiera que fuera simplemente de otro tipo. Muy bien hecho... no para mí.

Un disco de R&B agradable. A ratos parece que rappea, usa muchos falsettos. Me gustaron los arreglos y mezclas aunque no me pareció nada revolucionario. No me encantan las piezas de sonidos y diálogo entre canciones, me parece que no aportan nada. Un disco agradable. Songs: Pyramids, Lost

not for me, though the talent is clear

It's a good listen. Easy. Soft. Rhythmic. I'm almost tempted to give it a 4 because of Fertilizer. It's to the point. Three lines and out.

Some good tunes, but not a patch on Blonde

Alright background tunes

We used to know him as Frank Sea before he hit the big time. Yep, young Frank got a bit too big for his boots and forgot about us, the little guys, his roots. I don't begrudge him his success though. The kid has a real talent.

Pretty good RnB album. Probably didn't give it the deep listen it deserved.

Top Picks: Pyramids and Sweet Life. Not a huge fan of this one. Some cool drum and bass stuff going on but for the most part, not really my jam.

Whilst I'm not the biggest fan of Frank's music I do enjoy a few of his songs particularly on this album and can understand why this took his career to a new level. Haven't enjoyed much of what he's released since though.

Solid Album overall, very chill and spacey similar to Awaken, My Love! however I don't think it reaches the same standard 6/10

Talented.

Not very memorable

Easy listening, if this is your first foray into Frank Ocean he does bring a unique style that blends experimental sounds with his R&B/Soul talent. Some of Frank Ocean's style and sound can invoke reminders of Justin Timberlake's solo efforts, but this is a compliment, not a criticism, there are plenty of obvious differences between each to where Frank Ocean should confidently stand on his own here.

Another very nice sounding album with a lot of good moments, but nothing that ever stood out and stuck to me.

Crack rock! I just really wanted to write that. I liked several chunks of this album, and was lukewarm to others. There’s something about someone transitioning from rapping to singing R&B in the same song that is hard for my brain to process. If it’s a song where one person raps and another person sings? No problem. But if it’s all coming from the same mouth? I don’t know. It’s like a dude doing death metal growls and clean singing in the same tune. Just hard to get used to at first. But… Crack rock!

Nett ist Cousine von Egal. Aber das wird mit jedem Mal besser als nett. „Pyramids“ hält als Beispiel diese Spannung in einem Song zusammen, wenn er sich weg vom dancefloor zu einem melancholischen pre-hangover brummt. „Lost“ ist wie auch „Super Rich Kids“ einfach perfekter Pop und wieder ist der Grundton bei beiden traurig, leer, sehnsüchtig nach wahrhaftigen Gefühlen. Ungewöhnlich auch „Bad Religion“ & „Pink Matter“. Es lohnen mehrere Durchgänge allein wegen ihrer lyrics. Soulfull Songwriter 3.3

6/10

Esta lista a veces me hace sentir un inculto musical. Me sonaba el nombre de este músico pero nunca lo había escuchado conscientemente. Me ha gustado aunque no es mi estilo así que 3 estrellas para mí.

Pretty cool vibes on this one. I heard a little Prince, a little Stevie Wonder - but overall a pretty unique sounds. I'll be singing "Crack Rock Crack Rock" probably for the rest of my life (just that line).

Good start Much more enjoyable than when I listened to it on release

Faultless production. It’s packed with smooth synths and bass and crackling drums. His voice is gentle and yet right at the front of the mix which is some trick. A great example of this genre

Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Sweet Life, Lost, Pink Matter, Forrest Gump Cutting Edge: Pyramids Overall Notes: I get why this got really good reviews and why it resonates with people. I am not one of those people. Definitely deserves to be on this list as it is clearly artistically accomplished, but it's a fairly weak 3 for me.

zwoele muziek, beetje langdradig soms

2012 - Hip Hop - couple of good tracks

Some tracks I really hate, others I really like. So I guess it averages to a 3/5?

-"Sweet Life" had a nice bass groove and theme. Bass grooves also featured in: "Monks" and "Pink Matter" -"Super Rich Kids" had some interesting lyrics and I liked the backing beat, but I thought the beat would like develop on some significant way -The whole thing was pleasant, it just was SLOW and boring to me throughout lots of it, but I feel like it had potential -"Pyramids" was probably the best song out of the album

Buen álbum

Need to listen again

- this album fucks, groovy. - flairs of innovation but not too out there. - Subtle orchestration, buttery vocals - Interesting characters but anything but sympathetic to them. - Lyrics flip. Some keep it so real (looking at you bad religion), some are crass.

First tones smell like sampled hip-hop. Okay second song starts... nope still... After a couple of songs it gets more into soul and develops a nice sound... and juuuuuuuust when I was like: "Hmmm I might actually like this." NOPE have another bullshit sample. It slowly starts to grow on me. Might revisit at a later date.

Don't like his voice

Busy and ambitious.

decent

A chill album, almost to chill for me.

Some highs, some lows. Pyramids was my favourite, interludes were a bit naff... Apart from the PS1 start up tune!

Dope r&b album

A misnomer. There isn't one Channle Orange; there are dozens, and Frank flicks between them like it's way past midnight and he can't drag himself to bed. Leans into loungey suave a little too hard, but nowhere near enough to undermine his incredible vision or storytelling gifts.

Ok

Artista que no conocía de nada y que, paradójicamente, es de los más escuchados del mundo actualmente. Hace altern R&B en su mayoría.

Some really cool tracks

Gotta love frank ocean! Something doesn't click for me for his music though, maybe i just like the jazz covers

Mellow a little hip hop

Silky smooth tones but parts felt hollow. Liked enough to give it 3* but it's in no danger of tempting me into a 4*

Bit lengthy but I thought this was good overall

Incredible playstation console opening. Good melodies, musical writing. Good vocals. Kinda experimental rap / pop vibes which is not my favorite. Kendrick Lamar interlude vibes. Baby making music. Similar to Childish Gambino as well.

Need to come back to this

Buena voz. No entraría entre mis favoritos, pero funciona como música relajante

Rollo patatero zzzzzzzzz

I've heard a lot about Frank Ocean but I haven't listened to their music much. He does have a nice voice but I wasn't blown away.

Soul. Rhythm and blues, disco.

I enjoyed this more than I expected

Not my taste

Love this album solely because it was released on my birthday.

Pretty amateur and minimal musically, mostly driven by drums and high reverb synths. Some good songs throughout, but you can see how much Frank improved with Blonde

Better than I thought. Bordering on mumble rap. Still not convinced he gives a shit about what he's talking about but some of the lyrics are halfway decent.

Definitely some smooth jams, along with some genuine oddity

It was ok. not my favorite genre

It's aight

A bit annoying at first, not used to this music. Halfway through it's actually kind of good. Not mad

Good album, not my usual choice but I liked it.

Good album frank

Better than I thought it'd be.

not a fan of r&b but the album stands out

Decent.... this appears to be the gateway album to a lot of dirge that followed in the genre!

Rap meets Prince in places but not my genre

I don't exactly know what this was - Soul? RNB? Rap? All of the above? Anyway, high pitched singing and strange rhythmic phrasing. I miss rage and anger instead of the high pitched whining.

This seems fine. Reading about it, I'm not sure why this is required listening. There is some pretty good instrumentation. His voice doesn't do much for me. The production makes his voice sound separate and on top of the music, not a part of it. I probably just haven't found my way into this style of modern R and B, yet.

This type of contemporary R&B isn't my jam - or maybe it's just Him? Pitchfork: 9.5 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #148 (2023)

kind of boring

Nice flow but it didn't pull me enough. Good album to be intimate in.

Just quite dull? It doesn’t have the sharp edges of 90s or 00s hip hop but it feels muted compared to say the RnB of an Usher or similar. There’s some mumbling and vague falsetto, some reasonable musicality in the backing music but not enough to get excited about. Even the more interesting themes covered cannot save it for me.

Reminds of going to the bar or club in college. Soooo... I don't really care for this. Maybe there is something here I am missing. Overall just couldn't get into it.

This style of music has never been my thing. It has a chill vibe and he has a good voice, but I don’t see ever listening to it again. 3/10 Ho Hum

Interesting listen. It sounds great and there’s plenty of surprises. Not really my taste but I enjoyed listening to it.

Not my vibe

Overdue to check out Frank Ocean, interesting ideas musically, but vocally / lyrically not for me.

I listened a few times because I kept forgetting I listened. Didn’t make much of an impression on me. Not bad sounds, but kinda snooze worthy.

ANOTHER hour+ R&B debut with skits? *eyeroll* I gave it a generous two playthroughs, and sadly, the part that got me the most excited was the PlayStation boot up. I recognize the well-done production, and there are, indeed, a few good melodies here and there... but the lyrics are unrelatable and the length is unjustifiable for what's being offered. Several tracks feel like straight up filler, 'Pyramids', itself, is in desperate need of an edit and, yes, those pesky skits could and should be cut... though then I suppose we'd also lose the part that got me the most excited... *sigh*

This really does nothing for me. It’s well produced sure, but that’s about all i got from it.

2/5 Favorite Songs: Thinkin Bout You Pyramids White

I’ve never heard anything by him before so I was interested in listening to it, but this just wasn’t for me. I didn’t connect with the music at all, just not my style. It was like R&B meets electronica. He has a great voice though.

I tried before with Frank Ocean and just don’t get it. He clearly has an ear for melody but it sounds to me just whiny and over the top, not a single emotion sounds real or earned. Some of the instrumentation is lovely though.

498/1089 - Music for shopping at Sephora. The interludes were annoying.

Number: 146 Date: 05/29/2026 Artist: Frank Ocean Album: Channel Orange Year: 2012 Style: Contemporary R&B Familiarity: None (1) Rating: 2 Before: ======= Never heard of this artist or album. Looks like he has over a billion streams on Spotify for a couple of songs on this album? During: ======= I decided to be generous and give Super Rich Kids a 4. The rest were mostly 3's, 2's, and 1's. After : ======= This is not really my favorite style of music. Some of the tracks would be OK as background music but I think I would get bored with it pretty quick. 2 my personal rating 3 suitability for this list 1 impact ----------------------------------------------- 2 composite rating

Loved the opening song. Love to hear that PlayStation start up. LMFAOO, a potato flew into my room?? This guys keeps it silly. Not my personal vibe. It sounds very 2012.

Non è il mio genere preferito e c'è di meglio anche all'interno dello stesso genere.

This is just not at all my lane. I’m sure it’s fine if you like that kind of thing, but for me it’s just cold cat shit.

Not my thing.

I didn't like this any where near as much as I thought I might

Didn’t hate it, but none of the tracks really stood out and not something I would go back to

New to me and I quite enjoyed it, the good songs like “Fertilizer” were very good. Two stars. Tom.

Como que tienen algo las canciones que me dice que deberían gustarme pero a la vez me suenan raras la mayor parte del tiempo, como que el ritmo no me cuadra con lo que canta. Ademas hay algunas canciones que no son canciones, es alguien hablando como por 1 minuto.

I was honestly excited to get this one, it’s been mentioned so many times. How disappointing though. There is nothing memorable to me here. You can’t even tell if he has a good voice due to the auto tune effect which I find so grating. Touches of Stevie Wonder. Just a big old nothing burger. And too long

I've heard Frank Ocean before and like his music. I'm not certain this was an album for me, and this I didn't super love it. Very cohesive and pleasant in some ways.

I think I missed something with this album, someone will have to update me.....

I don't know what I was expecting as I hear Frank Ocean is highly rated and critically acclaimed. This just didn't cut it for me, felt like any other smoozy R&B album. There were some highlights, like the arrangement in Pyramids but even then it just felt full of those tired modern R&B tropes that is omnipresent in today's popular music. I think if I heard this album on a late night I might feel different about it. The second half of the album is much better than the first half so at least it started to get better.

Not really my thing. It was too much like pop.

Is every track a skit?

Some tracks are enjoyable but after a while they all seemed to blend together.

Crack rock must have rang loud whe. album was made…multiple refs

awful

Album #79: channel ORANGE - Frank Ocean Genre (W): Alternative R&B, progressive soul, neo soul Singles: Thinkin Bout You, Pyramids, Sweet Life, Lost, Super Rich Kids I have listened to this album before. Thoughts?: I love the sounds of this album, but only a select songs stand out to me as truly great ones. Thinkin’ Bout You and Pyramids are the best ones by far. Sometimes the lyrics stick, sometimes they don’t. I enjoyed the mood of this album. Favorite songs: Thinkin Bout You, Super Rich Kids*, Pyramids*, Lost*, White, Bad Religion

This is R and B. Monotonous over an album but I do like 'thinkin about you'.

I enjoyed some of the intros and outros, but this album did not resonate with me.

Thinkin Bout You

This isn’t the worst thing I’ve ever heard… but that’s about the highest praise I can give it. I spent most songs wishing they would end sooner and often felt that there was a lot of potential that was far from realized here. I’ve heard good things about Frank Ocean, and I know it’s the debut album, but I’m not hearing what’s so special. Favorite Song: Sweet Life Least Favorite Song: Thinkin Bout You

I had never listen to much frank ocean because I understood him to be sort of a slower, more navel gazey Kanye, and he’s not beating the allegations

Decent beats, but other than that pretty boring lyrically.

Onda moderna, muchas fusiones. Mi favorita, Pyramids.

Slow jam soul, not my thing. Silly falsetto, goofy lyrics, weak hooks. This is music for kids to have sex to, today's Barry White, nothing more. Same tempo more or less on every track, just a drag. Impressive listener counts with over a billion people listening to "Thinkin Bout You" (which I found hard to sit through) and "Lost". The rest of the album has huge numbers with songs hitting 173M, 240M, 576M, 120M, 236M, 274M, 587M, 301M, off the charts. Was this shit on the actual radio?? They all blended together, hard to tell one from the next or when one ended and the next one began. "Lost" was the only song with anything going for it. Is this guy a genius and I can't hear it? I hated this, not sure what convinced people to over-consume this drivel but they did. About as talented as Drake and just as boring. I'm obviously too old & culturally removed to dig this one. 2 stars. Is he dead? No album since 2016. That's a long hiatus, but I sure don't care.

non mi è dispiaciuto ma neanche nulla di che, per nulla un capolavoro. forse avanti per il suo anno (2012) con suoni piacevoli ma testi indecifrabili alle volte

Lyrics are great, love how he sets the scene, pretty nice album!

The songs were good js truly not my style. I would recommend to someone that likes this type of music but I would not listen again.

This was kind of a drag

Oceans of franks nutsack

Boring

Not my kind of R'n'B

nothing new here don't make my top 5001 to be honest.

Contemporary R&B bores me in ways I can't even begin to explain.

mid. Très répétitif , assez ennuyant.

No es de mi agrado el álbum, no me gusta el sonido ni el ritmo, para otra gente les puede encantar. Pero en lo personal, no lo considero agradable.

Some was interesting

Just bland and boring. Monotonous autotuned mumble-rap over reverb. The plus side was any time I looked down I'd progressed 3 tracks without noticing them change.

Meh, this is slightly more interesting than some of the artists of this genre that I've been forced to listen to on this site but I won't be returning to it. Only one or two tracks stood out. 'Lost' was one of them.

I see that it's good but doesn't do it for me.

Another album that was way too overhyped IMO. Some good beats in here, but I don't love his lyrical style or cadence.

Not my cuppa tea

The pressure to like Frank Ocean made me really listen to this album to see if I like Frank Ocean and I feel like a heathen for admitting that I don't particularly care for Frank Ocean.

Ich mag Frank Ocean nicht immer weil sein Gesang so getunt anklingt. Ich habe nur ein paar Songs in meiner Playlist und skippe sie immer weil ich sie zu oft gehört habe und mir nicht mehr so gefallen aber zu gut sind um sie rauszuschmeißen

I mostly don’t care for the “song” fragment mode that’s on full display. The fully developed songs are pretty good & Frank’s voice is nice, but it’s just not my thing.

Orange album, but zero juice. 🍊

Poco atractivo para mi

Not for me

I don't know what it is about 2010s popular music that doesn't really do it for me. It almost seems like all the excitement and pizzazz left most popular music sometime in the later half of the 2000s and it was replaced by slow jams, lo-fi beats and overly hushed vocals that sound bored and uninspired. That's exactly how I feel about Frank Ocean and his 'Channel Orange' record. He's not a bad singer or anything, he's got a pretty decent understanding of rhythm and production, but for someone putting out their debut record (you know, the artistic statement you've toiled long and hard to get out into the world from obscurity), he sounds so bored and disinterested. Mixed among glitchy interludes, which is another complaint I have as I don't really understand how they're meant to build atmosphere, is nothing more than a series of relatively unexciting R&B jams that don't really do much for me. I don't really have much to say. It's produced well, but 'Channel Orange' is a great example of the bland and forgettable popular music landscape that made me retreat into 90s alternative rock. Best songs: Nil

I remember this being a big deal when it first came out, but I still don't get it. It doesn't resonate with me. The beats and music are too far off for my liking. I don't know. I guess I just don't get it.

Mwa. Dacht dat ik het leuk zou vinden na het eerste nummer. Maar viel vies tegen

Look just think this album is very dull

no es mi estilo de música para nada sin embargo hay un par de temas que guardé. tbh me pareció muy largo para lo q tendría que haber sido a mi gusto.

Incredibly boring for me, everyone in year 8 loved this album but i feel like it might not have aged great, it feels very 2010s. I think there is a nice overall vibe to the album but generally every song is pretty dull to me and there aren't many standouts

Very boring to me and nothing special. A 2.5 for me but nothing makes me bring it up to a 3.

A little bit disappointed. Everyone speaks sooo highly of his music. It wasn't groundbreaking for me...

por qué no acaba ninguna canción?

O esquema Ponzi é unha operación fraudulenta de investimento na que se prometen anormalmente altos réditos a custa do capital procedente de novos investidores máis que dos beneficios reais da operación. Constitúe unha forma sofisticada do venda piramidal que forma unha burbulla económica destinada ao colapso. O esquema débelle o nome a Charles Ponzi, un inmigrante italiano nos Estados Unidos, quen utilizou esta técnica na década de 1920, aínda que non foi el quen a inventou, pois xa Charles Dickens a describiu nunha das súas novelas. O esquema orixinal baseábase no cambio de Cupóns de Resposta Internacional enviados desde Italia por selo de correos estadounidenses, o que en teoría permitía obter beneficios pola diferente taxa postal entre os dous países, pero axiña derivou en que os novos investores paragaban os réditos dos investidores anteriores, facendo millonario ó propio Ponzi ata que foi detido acusado de fraude postal. (#18 dos 1.001 discos que escoitar antes de morrer: 2,5/5)

He escuchado este disco sin prejuicios preconcebidos porque no sé ni quién es este fulano (mi ignorancia en torno al r&b "contemporáneo" y similares es mayúscula). Me ha entrado guay para intentar dormir en el trayecto entre Soria y Calatayud mientras mi compañera de viaje no paraba de intentar rajar con el conductor. Sus disertaciones sobre el estado de las infraestructuras entraban en las canciones pese a la supresión de ruido y, bueno, igual hasta pegaba con eso de trabajar en las pirámides. Volveré a escucharlo alguna vez? Pues ya veremos.

Leuk stemgeluid, verder heel bizar, maar het heeft wel iets. Het trekt me op één of andere manier aan

Not really for me. Some cool sounds and beats, and Ocean has a good voice when he wants to use it but I didn't get anything out of this album. I thought a lot of the vocal delivery and lyrics seemed kinda phoned in and uninteresting. Not terrible but nothing really great. 2/5 for me.

4 - BAD

Not my thing. I feel I am not the target audience for this - I know it's revered by many but it doesn't speak to me. The melodies don't grab me and the minimalist production feels unfinished to me, like a mixtape of sketches to be fleshed out later. Some parts were interesting but overall I was a little bored. Didn't love it.

Wasn't a fan at the start, but it grew on me

Another Stevie Wonder wannabe. Yawn.

Ehhh... it was not super interesting. I could've fallen asleep to this. Favorite Track: Super Rich Kids

Meh.

Long and just not for me.

This album starts like so many albums of the early 2010s did — with a soundbite of them in their “real life”. The sound of a phone, a laughter. There were a few songs I enjoyed. But, there was a lot of bits of this album where I just wanted to press skip. Favorite Songs: Thinking About You - I remember this one. I know this one. I like it, it has fond memories for me. Super Rich Kids - I also like this one. I find the lyrics interesting. Lost - fun backbeat/sound, I like singing along.

Pooey boring boooo