Channel Orange

Sounds like Kanye's ramble singing

I can’t tell if he hates women or just thinks he’s better than the women he sings about, but every woman mentioned in this album is objectified, even Cleopatra’s worth is reduced to the men she sleeps with. I kept listening because I had heard such great things about this album, but good production doesn’t rescue this one for me

2/10

Not my taste.

This kind of bland r'n'b generates real visceral rage in me. I just hate it so much, and I know it's an over reaction I can't quite explain. Maybe it has something to do with the lazy, swagger of the music that it hasn't earned. Maybe it's just the vocals. I dunno, I just hate it.

Not really my type of style of music.

Again not my cup of tea

Run of the mill R &B album. Boring as a beige wall.

I enjoyed 2 songs out of the 17. Not a fan.

Tried the album and I have never bounced off something so hard

I was afraid of it. Man, this is horrible music. Having said that, I can understand and acknowledge that this is probably a very fine album in its genre. The instrumentations are fine, carefully and well done. There's even one song that I, no, not like, but can listen to: 'Pyramids'. The absolute horror is 'Thinkin bout you'. And of course, the latter is far more popular that the former...

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean is widely regarded as one of the greatest albums ever made by people who enjoy music that feels like a memory of a swimming pool. It’s an exploration of heartbreak, wealth, and lying very still on a leather sofa while thinking about metaphors. The first track is called “Start,” which is helpful if you’re new to albums and didn’t know where to begin. The title Channel Orange is supposed to represent a colour Frank saw when he was in love, which is strange because most people just see hearts or feel a bit sick. Also, why orange? Oranges are famously the least romantic fruit. They squirt you in the eye and smell faintly of bathroom cleaner. If love feels like that, you might be dating incorrectly. There’s also the television meaning of “channel,” so possibly Frank is suggesting that emotions are like telly, which makes sense, because sometimes you want to change them but the batteries are dead. In summary, Channel Orange is a moving, complicated work of art that reminds us that emotions are confusing, love is sticky, and oranges are difficult to peel unless you’ve got very long nails or a special tool, which nobody ever has because they think they’ll just “use their fingers” and then regret it immediately.

Bores me to tears.

Boring

Not for me.

Didnt listen to it all,just not my vibe,but it was that the opening track and end track had this rescpective names and were the ps1 sounds

NOPE

Someone I love recently told me I need to remove the word "pussy" from my vocabulary so I can't give an honest review of this album.

Dull

This is really not my thing.

Good beats. Not a big fan of the lyrics or the singer.

Really not for me unfortunately. 1/5

Is it bad that I don’t really care for this all that much? There’s a couple tracks here I like, and some choruses from songs I wouldn’t listen to again that I like. Or parts of Pyramids for example. But nothing out of the tracks I like really does anything for me. Liked 3 out of the 17. Also, the interludes get on my nerves. Idk if I just don’t get this album but god they’re so pointless. Fav tracks: Thinkin Bout You Lost Forrest Gump Choruses I like from other songs: Super Rich Kids Pyramids Note: rating this a 1 feels weird but 3/17 is uh yeah.

Meh...

I'm sorry, but if someone really said to Mr. Ocean, "Wow, what awesome shit," then they really played him down. What's splashing out of the "ocean" is really pathetic. Hey, and it certainly isn't orange. Unless the album sleeve comes with orange as a warning color. A warning about the content, which is horrific. I tried to listen to the first three songs, but it was difficult; I just skipped through the rest. It might be okay for someone, but I feel sorry for them. In conclusion, the album isn't for me, and I can't give it any stars. I guess I have to.

I listened to more than half of every song (except pyramids, only ⅓ of that monster), waiting to hear anything that would make it clear to me why this guy is so acclaimed, and why people so fervently wait for his mercurial ass to just release a fourth album already. BUT- no. All I hear is competent pop r&b. Nothing I would normally listen to, or am I interested in starting. Kinda crap actually; it’s ok with me if he can’t get himself to produce any more music. if someone perused my reviews thus far they'd think I hate almost everything... it ain't true. I have a music library 6000+ albums and growing- all of which I like quite a lot. but I haven't liked much pop music since the early 60s. the music seems tainted by market expectations. Not Frank Ocean so much- he's an earnest singer influenced by other capitalist pap. so he does a better job of making it, but it can't help but be what it is.... i'm sure i'm missing something- but i gave it a real good chance....

What was that? No emotion in the words whatsoever, just mumbling to the same beat over and over

tiring in the same way dr. octagon was

NO.

Some people may like this record. And that's fine with me, but I am not one of them. Its not antipathy. Its apathy

Nope

To each his own, but this is not for me.

Skräpmatmusik, utan snabbheten då.

Too much auto tune for my liking

I guess I can see why certain people would like this...but I am not one of those people. It just sounds very generic and boring.

didnt like it. definitely not my type of music.

Kinda bad

I have listened to this album before and its mostly ok. Its a lot of the same for me. The songs don't really drag me in and the tempo never changes.

Not my bag at all, in fact slightly annoying to have on in the background

Rnb, way too chill and lame

Talkin'

It's so hard to not just shut this album off. Fuck Autotune Pyramids is the only thing even remotely enjoyable about this album. Different genre, but this album is about as bas as Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water.

Now this is the kind of album that I don't understand it's inclusion here. For what it is, its OK. But it's not outstanding in its field (whatever that is). I don't see how it can have been influential, seeing as its only 12 years old. Unless he is related to Billy, and trading entirely on that...... Nah, it's not worth the effort. It's not distasteful but I'm really struggling to not give it a 1.

I’m way too old for this album. My granddaughter knew some of the songs. My candy coated feelings are what a nice young man who should stock up on more Trojans. At least he’s smart enough to use them.

I figured I’d listen to this when I was in the mood to hear Get Out of My Dreams and Into my Car. Then, I realized it was a different and forgot until the text chain yesterday. I am now listening to Billy Ocean then Gwar cover Billy Ocean to rid of this trash. One positive was Crack Pipe.

Pretty sure I am not this album’s target audience. Felt more like a poetry reading put to music and kinda weird music at that. Wish he would stick to singing like a normal person and not fluctuate between kind of nasally and high pitched like his balls were getting squeezed. You got a couple really short songs that end just when they were getting good, then BOOM….9 minutes of Pyramids. The whole thing was confusing. It was like failing College English Tests all over again.

This is worse than AC Milan’s banter era.

It's quite experimental and ambient, with lots of sound effects and slow repetitive beats. There were a few songs I thought were ok but this really isn't my thing

Ooo, look at me! I’m an R&B “artist” and I can sing because of autotune! Utter crap.

sucks

This is so boring. It's elevator music. If lofi took lyrical form. It's peaceful but bleh, and it has such interesting opening samples or ideas but the actual songs are slogs.

Nope, not for me

Not for me.

Not to be all "You kids get off my lawn," but what the actual fuck is up with this genre of music? It's not a modern vs classic thing. There are some great current artists (e.g., Willow Smith is innovative and delightful). This is boring. Overuse of autotune homogenizes voices to the point of unrecognizability.

Gênant

No interest.

My 300th album! Don’t let the existence of this album distract you from the fact that there are 49million kangaroos in Australia and 3.5 million people in Uruguay which means if the kangaroos were to invade Uruguay, each person would have to fight 14 kangaroos. 1/5 28/10/24

This sounded intriguing from the description - a debut album based on the artist’s synesthesia where he experienced first love as the colour orange. In actually, this is fairly anodyne R&B (albeit with some NSFW lyrics about running out of condoms) interspersed with random and surreal sound collages. The highlight (or very middling light) is where he pays a confused Muslim taxi driver to act as his personal therapist by keeping the meter running. Weird.

All this orange made me think of the first Boris Heavy Rocks. It has nothing in common. When he's willing to make an effort, the guy has a voice, but most of the time he sings in a pretty boring way. The music behind has some interesting bits, but I'm a bit lost with this kind of post-modern mashups where everything blends and nothing stands out.

Couldn't make it through the whole thing.

did not enjoy. Like Usher, but bad (imo)

Blind album, know the artist by name. I have no clue why anyone would like this. Some parts were cool but the moment vocals came out I immediately wanted to skip. This was a 2 until bout halfway through the song Super Rich kids. Now its a 1.

I very much dislike this whole genre is music. 1.5

Crazily overrated.. 1/5

Frank Orange arse

Hated it.

Nope, I didn't need to listen to this before I die.

Utter shite.

yes

not my style. stopped after 1st track

Ma nema boga da ću ovo preslušati sve, uz najbolju namjeru. Prva definitivna 1/5 i 1/10.

Mrš.

sorry Frank, this is toss

This sucks

The only good thing about this album is that by the time it ended I had already forgotten that I ever listened to it. 1 star or F-.

Yeah, no. This music does nothing for me. The only emotion I felt was annoyance that I had to sit through it.

not my cup of tea again

Very boring album. Singing is terrible. But lost is a good song

Didn't care for this at all. Sorry

I remember there was a lot of hype around this album when it came out. I also remember thinking that what I heard from it was not worth the hype. About like I remember it. Not great - for me anyway. Kinda funky in places though. "Sweet Life" was a highlight.

With autotune, the robot take over of "music" is complete. It produces in me the same emotional response as linoleum.

Nothing remarkable about it. I don’t know why it is on this list.

A perfect blend of every wimpy sound I hate. The parental advisory should be that your child might become infected by shit music.

How was that an important album?

Half raw Alternative R&B instead of yummy half-baked.

120/1001 🌕🌗🌑🌑🌑

medio banana

Did not like it

I find it boring and lazy vocals, couldn't go past Super Rich Kids. Tried listening to Pyramid separately, as it is a single.

Not my music

Bland, boring stuff. The vocals sound horrible. One of the worst albums in this list so far. I usually give these albums three plays but this one grated so much...

What a great album for this list! It perfectly shows how terrible modern pop music is. Give me Billy Ocean any day over this horrible sounding crap. Is it auto-tune or does he really just sound this bad? There was one half decent track, Sweet Life.

Ugh Like barbed wire in my ears. R n B . I just dont get it. This album is so self indulgent.

this is a wholehearted 1

This is not for me. I hated it. Uninteresting and unpleasant.

Frank Ocean received significant critical acclaim for his first album, Channel Orange. This is a collection of almost-rap, almost R&B, and maybe soul songs. Generally, the tracks are not particularly melodic, not danceable, and not that interesting. Ocean's storytelling seems bitter and frustrated with the world. This album is hard to listen to. He has a good voice, but doesn't seem interesting in creating melodic work.

the future may be bright but it isn't orange. Mumbling rap to irregular beats with an occasional falsetto is not an album I need to listen to before i die.

One hour of auto tone

No thanks

nah

Thumbs down

It's a vibe that I don't think I'm ever on the wavelength of

No thank you.

Big ideas poorly put together. A struggle to listen to!

Initially, this album kinda sucks. If I get half way through an album and it grates my nerves every step of the way, I just can't finish it. I tried, but dang it sucks.

Song 6 - I've heard just about enough, I can't stomach much more I'm out

No

Not my cup of tea

Could not get into this one. The sometimes very sexual lyrics did not jive with my day to day errands.

I like one track, White, which was an instrumental. That being said I didn't care for his voice or style R&B meets Rap with a depressed feeling.

Nicht meins.

nicht meine musik

My God this sucked so bad. It took me a week to get through this out of key garbage. Never again. I am now so behind because I could not stomach it.

got a couple of songs in and noped out. Bland r and B smooth crap using 400 notes when 1 would do. Pants

Boring, overproduced songs with a whiny voice. I don't understand the popularity of this style of R&B at all. I don't hate Stupid Rich Kids. It was the only song that I could tolerate listening to in its entirety.

forgettable

With how bad the album was I’m not sure I listen to the whole thing. I saw it in Spotify then the next thing I knew it jumped back like 3 albums so either I heard it all or it was that bad. Either way I did not care for it. .5/5

Definitely not a fan of this style of music; just boring to me and way too much autotune. 1/5

Not for me. Auto tune really turns me off.

I don't like the vocals, there is no harmony with the music. Song are too similar. Interludes are boring.

Crap

Not my type at all

Nah, didn't like that

The best parts of these songs were any times that frank ocean was not singing. Sorry the instrumentals were sabotaged by the sound of his voice. If I could give less than a 1, I would.

Just straight rubbish.

Awful. Couldn’t even get through it.

Lots of explicit songs. Not really my style.

This was a painful listen.

You can’t be serious to include this here

Nope

This album is depressing. Enjoyed Super Rich Kids and Crack Rock. Everything else was meh.

Sucks. Bis auf paar lieder

I get why it is loved and respected but it sure ain't for me

I got through 7 tracks, and that was a struggle. This couldn't be further from my wheelhouse. I understand it is accomplished musicianship and production but, to me, it sounds like a parody, like a sketch show, particularly when tough / statement lyrics float over Barry White backing tracks. It's not just Frank Ocean though, I really just don't like this style but it's not aimed at me so, if it yanks your chain, enjoy.

I was expecting bigger and better things from this album. I’d heard the name but had not knowingly heard any of the music. Some of the lyrics seemed to fetishise motherhood which is an absolute turn off - so I did.

I like when Frank guest appears on other people's albums. I don't much care for his individual stuff. To be honest I couldn't even listen to the whole album

I don't like rnb it seems

What the actual living hell is this album?

Less annoying than pure hip hop, but utterly irrelevant

I couldn't even finish this. I found most of it horribly annoying. Lyrics were lazy and cringy, and I'm really not into the vocal styles on most of the album. Some of the music was ok, but not enough to redeem the rest of the album.

Not for me

This was fine. Not really my style. I can see why people like it. Would be fine background music to work to.

It's okay, just doesn't grab me.

This just faded into the background and not in a good way.

No.

era álbum do Felipe mas escutei algumas músicas no carro e algumas das músicas achei o groove legal, mas ele canta gemendo e de forma arrastada e não dá pra entender o que está falando não pretendo escutar por conta própria

Acredito que me falte conhecimento musical para conseguir entender a razão deste álbum estar nessa lista de 1001 para se ouvir antes de morrer. Não gostei e não achei muitas qualidades redeemables, tirando algumas batidas de poucas músicas. Certamente iria apreciar mais o álbum se fosse apenas instrumental, visto que achei a voz muito gemida e arrastada, o que definitivamente não é do meu estilo. Não só não irei adicionar o artista nas minhas playlist como irei fazer um esforço para evitar ouvi-lo.

Didn't enjoy. Not a fan of the language.

This sucks. Nothing happens. He just randomly says dumb shit over non songs and then plays old tv in between the "songs". This sucks.

Really not my thing… probably less so than even some of the hip hop albums on this list

Just. Don’t. Like it.

Trash

The intro with the PlayStation start up sound got me excited for the album! When the first song started the excitement disappeared. Typical radio friendly pop R&B. Some songs later on were actually kinda good but overall I don't see why this is on the list of 1001 albums.

Um, no.

Reading about this album I was quite intrigued. Sadly the songs themselves don’t deliver: overproduced modern R&B with nothing that really stands out. Another one that felt too long by about halfway through.

Not into R&B

I'll apologise again, but I can't connect with contemporary pop music, especially of the type that's so closely related to hip-hop.

This I did not like

Everything that is bad about music today.

frank ocean is a boring poopy-pants and i don't like him

if mr ocean really is the finest songwriter of his generation, we should be investing more heavily in interpretive dance

It’s a bit generic, vanilla. Nothing grabbed me. I don’t doubt that I’ll forget I’ve listened to it.

hated it. couldnt get through it

Yeuch! Eew! R&B & that’s all I need to say.

Ajme ja baš ne volin ovu muziku

Clearly I don't get it. I can hear it's good production, but the vocal run stretching over the entire album was a tad too long. dnf

Pederast

Boring

Zupabooooring

Rubbish

Nah.

Gay

Not really me.

2012, американский r&b. Дебютный студийный альбом.

Not what I would listen to

If you're into R&B I can see this being enjoyable... As a newcomer I certainly didn't get the appeal. Bland tracking and free form flow left a bad taste. As much as there are many albums to listen to before you die, I would not have minded not hearing this one.

Not my bag, man.

not impressed

Not good

Just nothing for me.

He's got a good voice, but not my style of music. Quite liked 'Pyramids' and am pleased to see a song about Forrest Gump, but overall I didn't really enjoy this album.

It's totally OK if you die not having listened this album.

Not my kind of thing. Doing nothing for me at all. Super Rich Kids best song so far

Just shit. Not for me at all. Felt not thought or talent.

He's definitely talented, but this is not my speed. One of the brands of rap I just can't enjoy.

No

Tätä on kolmetoista tusinassa tänä päivänä. Ei pystyny kuuntelee kokonaan.

Pederast

the artist that left me like my dad

boomer music but travelin band slaps, crack rock is good