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I liked it
Rate: 10/10. SUPER RICH KIDS!!!
I get why people probably like this so much. It is just just so different and unique to what was coming out at the time. For me, not enough of it hits for me. A few of the tracks I absolutely love, Lost in particular is a top tier track for me. But overall the album just doesn't flow track to track in away that brings me back for a full listen often.
Like it
Creo que es un álbum bastante completo, las transiciones entre las canciones son muy fluidas y sonoramente es muy variado.
Nothing like some chit chat before the music starts. This feels like an album that's going to be full of these Odd Future guys being....odd in brief interludes and some found sound. Frank Ocean is the D'Angelo of Alternative R&B. I bet Frank Ocean must idolize Stevie Wonder. More talking. And I bet Steve Lacy idolizes Frank Ocean. The difference between the style and the content of Crack Rock is about as disparate as two things can get. His voice and Musiq Soulchild's are virtually indistinguishable. Pink Matter is amazing. I love Andre 3000.
Absolutely seamless genre transcendence and experimentation. A massive artistic statement commanding attention and firmly giving a voice to the feelings, both good and bad, surrounding the early 2010s. "Thinkin' 'Bout You" begins things with a gorgeous pop synth/r&b fusion opening, "Super Rich Kids" is a wonderfully smooth rap soul track with a fantastic feature from a young Earl Sweatshirt. "Pyramids" is INSANE. How have I never heard this before? Great lyrical concept, fantastic synthesizers, and John Mayer's greatest guitar performance ever! "Lost" has a super catchy Daft Punk-esque chorus. Not every song works, but it's aged extremely well. Great album.
Don't like this wanna be.
The second song summed it up, fertiliser! Whiney drivel, it's not even music.
Never understood the hype around Frank Ocean, can't stand his voice
There’s some good songs on here but I’ve never quite got the frank ocean hype
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)
nice
kind of boring
Excited to see this on the list. This is my favorite album of his.
I've made a new discovery here. I didn't realize until now that pop music could be so boring and annoying at the same time. Until now, I'd only known it to be either boring or annoying. 1/5
Nice flow but it didn't pull me enough. Good album to be intimate in.
Probably one of my top 10 albums of all time. From my first listen when it originally came out I fell in love with this. The amount of musicality across this and the depth of content is so impressive. Pyramids is by far the crowning jewel of this album.
This is #day680 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… I don't quite understand the level of acclaim and the record's place on the list. Hearing pretentiously experimental contemporary R&B with this kind of vocal style before you die doesn't seem like a good idea. Too much fuss about nothing in particular. I'd rather revisit Stevie Wonder or Marvin Gaye. This is a 1 out of 5. Looking forward to #day681.
Wikipedia says this is a rhythm and blues album. It has rhythm, in that same way that a washing machine has rhythm when it’s off-balance. It’s a beat that you never want to hear because at best it’s annoying, and it worse it’s going to cost you money. As for blues, it certainly gave me the blues listening to this hot garbage, but I didn’t hear any resemblance at all to any blues music I’ve ever heard. A dog howling at the moon is more in tune with blues music than this. Honestly, this album sounds like rap music, but whiner. Truly awful.
I'm gonna come across ignorant here I think, which is okay. I have never listened to a Frank Ocean album despite really loving Earl and Tyler. I've gotten about 3 songs into Blonde before tapping out before. And this is the stupid part, this just sounds like Kevin Abstract to me. I understand now, of course, that Kevin was just biting this entirely, but that's my frame of reference so I'm really thrown off, mainly because I really like what Kevin has done and I don't know Frank's catalogue. Anyways, this album is really great. It has a lot of variety and fun sound collages and all the performances are tight. I just can't quit the nagging of like I could be listening to Arizona Baby instead right now which is weird. Very strong 4. Also wow, reading the second top review, that's insane. This is nowhere near the degradation of music. Let music evolve yadda yah, I hate the dumbass boomers on this site.
It was definatly influential, but not my vibe.
Thinking Bout You Super Rich Kids Pyramids Lost
I can get ‘Lost’ in this album.
na minha lembrança o album era melhor. umas letras sao meio bestas e sem profundidade, mas nao deixa de ser um album divertido com algumas musicas sendo muito boas. não é uma experiencia de album muito boa, é como se fosse uma playlist, talvez isso também tire um pouco da minha nota. nota 7,0
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.
I always think there are 2 sides to music like this. The base they lay down to skat over and of course the actual skatting. Now I usually have a problem with both and as much as R&B showcases some pretty impressive tallent I just have a personal distaste of the over indulgence on the personal. Deepest pain, love, life, whatever. They also love to sing a single word in as many pitches as possible which to me sounds sloppy and I know its not just R&B artists that do this but when the main aim is to make the groove of a strip club it just doesnt resonante with me. Cinematic background is OK at times but again its only purpose as I can tell is to make you want to entirely focus on the over indulgence of the orgasmic vocals resonnance and falsetto which I dont like so that doesnt help. Has as much appeal to me as standing in a pile of warm sick.
Listening to this was like buying supermarket honey. It's dressed up like honey but when you get it home you find it doesn't have the flavour of authentic honey. It's just sugary synthesised crap. Annoying, whiney, overproduced, lyrics that might sound deep to a young teenager.
Wasn't what I was expecting, still not really my thing but was alright to listen to whilst working
I don't understand the hate, this is great.
Started off a bit Sandy but gradually got better and better - lots of sexy metaphors
this like a 3.7 but frank gets the roundup
Quite interesting but it seems quite long. Sometimes when an album seems longer than it is it is because it drags a bit. A little to much autotune type vocals for me
This album is very relaxing to me. I quite like it. Great singing, smooth instrumentals, good production. The lyrics are thoughtful, though I don’t understand what Majin Buu from DBZ has to do with the rest of “Pink Matter”, but the repeated passionate delivery of the word “pleasure” on that track is my favorite moment on the album, so I can forgive that. 4/5
I had never heard of Frank Ocean before.Not familiar with his music He has a good voice especially his high fasotto. Rap Style songs: rapping, synths, drum machines. No song stands out. Not bad. An average album. Three stars.
Love this with all of my heart.
dare i say... this might have a bit of a sequencing problem. but the songwriting is some of the best of the century so it's kinda moot. somehow "Crack Rock" was my entry point into this great artist and it's still my favorite song on this album
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.
Crack Roooook, how ya feelin? Definitely an interesting album, and I don't hate it. Don't think i'd revisit it. but if I had to, I could listen to it again. I like his voice and the chill vibe.
I feel like I to listen to listen album multiple times back in the day before I liked it… and then I loved it. Solid 4.3 for that Frank ocean magic.
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
10/10 - 100% personal preference but this is one of my favourite albums of all time. No skips on the album, even the start, interlude and end songs. Frank's voice, lyrics and story telling is amazing. Couldn't want to improve this album if I tried, it's just fantastic from start to finish.
I used to be obsessed with 'pyramids' and 'lost' and that they were back to back and so unique always blew my mind. Production is brilliant on this, and his voice is incredible. Tackling topics that a lot of hip hop and R&b artists wouldn't. A crime that he's only got 2 LPs. We need more!
Interesting listen. It sounds great and there’s plenty of surprises. Not really my taste but I enjoyed listening to it.
Almost didn’t like it at all
A high school classic. Never mad to give this one a relisten
Not my vibe
A modernized soul, funk, pop, rap with tunesmith-iness. Quite good, shades of Stevie Wonder. I like the synths. 4.
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.
I liked this recording a lot. Combines elements of Soul and Rap.
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.
Pretty soulful
I already listened to this one, holds special place in my heart. Listening to the songs off this album after getting rejected by my now girlfriend was a true feeling. I associate this album with the Sonoma County house that I lived in. It's an amazing album, influenced by Elliot Smith, and I've always enjoyed it.
Not for me, too Samey and bland.monotonous drivel
Mad album this. The tunes are good, wasn't completely keen on the story telling style of vocal. Interesting though and would listen again
2/5 Favorite Songs: Thinkin Bout You Pyramids White
Forrest Gump is GOATed
Already listened to this album before so this is My 2nd listen, I liked moments of it the first time round Pyramids is one of my fav songs of all time and still is from this album, Both parts are so good. Thinking bout you such a good opener and I like that some of these songs go into more personal things about Franks life, the vocals are top tier aswel. But This album is a tough one for me though because I think it’s overall really solid but It still just doesn't connect to me all that much and I only really go back and listen to pyramids, thinking bout you and maybe lost. I feel like it has everything I should love as RnB album but at the same time I just doesn’t grab me enough to love it as its full package which is ashame because I can see the depth that this album has, On one hand I think the album is amazingly produced and Franks Vocals are top tier but on the other hand I think the songs can be quite bland and stale. Maybe it will grow on me as time goes on.
great vocal work in both registers. the instrumental choices are all pretty good but the arranging is sometimes lacking, and the lyrics are inconsistent. mixing is quite good though
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.
Not gonna lie. I saw today’s artist quickly and although my eyes read Frank Ocean, I immediately thought of Billy Ocean. I was excited that I was in store for a day of R&B hits like Caribbean Queen. You can imagine my disappointment when FRANK Ocean began singing shortly after and songs like “Crack Rock” and “Forrest Gump” filled my afternoon. I may have enjoyed the album slightly more had I not slipped up so badly, but there was no coming back from that. And with lyrics like those found in “Lost”, “Monks”, and “Pink Matter” my disappointment only grew deeper. This is bad music and it doesn’t belong on this list of 1001.
Overhyped and overrated album. Interesting things happening instrumentally but the lyrics are terrible, full of juvenile wannabe playboy pimp wordplay via trite rhythmic delivery. Highlights like Thinking About You and Pyramids hold their own, but the rest is lukewarm at best.
So this is what has become of soul music. Franks voice is great, warm and smooth as silk. The beats have a touch of funk and music has all the groove you can handle. What looses me is the auto tune, needless rap verses, and electric element. I feel like an old man shaking my fist at the clouds on this one. It's a good album, but not so good that I don't miss old school R&B.
Don't tell me storytelling is dead. At least not as of 2012.
I was looking forward to re-listening to this album. When I think 2012, I don't think of this album. Yet it somehow sounds exactly like that time. Frank Ocean's lyrics and flow combined with some deep bass or jazzy instrumentals work really well throughout. I'd call this album a "vibe" for sure. I have extremely fond memories of driving around my 2006 Chevy Cobalt with the massive subwoofer in the trunk smoking blunts and listening to "Pyramids" with a myriad of people. Ahh 2012....
Notable Textzeile: Whatever feels good, whatever takes your mountain high Keepin' it surreal, not sugar-free My TV ain't HD, that's too real Grape vine, mango, peaches, and lime Kids these days don’t even know that there was a decision about something not being HD. Die Lyrics haben immer mal sehr originelle Zeilen bei nicht so originellen Themen. Ähnlich geht es mir mit der Musik. Das ist harmloser R&B, der nur manchmal etwas aufregender wird. Nach hinten hinaus wird das echt lang und ähnlich. Die Entscheidung in die Mitte einen 9-Minüter zu packen, der irgendwann genau so vor sich hin wabert wie die Interläden verstehe ich nicht. Insgesamt gut gemacht, aber eben nicht spannend. 2,5 wird zu 3
Ein gutes RnB Album. Ein sehr guter Songwriter. Ganz ganz viele Ideen. Aber, vielleicht weil es so schnell so einflussreich war, am Ende auch einfach ein 2010er Album dass sich überall bedient und so ne halb kritische Politik fährt und am Ende irgendwie zu viel ist. Auch wenn da schon vieles fantastisch ist .. sehr gute
Stevie Wonder meets Kendrick meets Marvin meets D`Angelo meets Sly meets meet a a very difficult time of my life. Eines der von mir meist gehörten Alben in den letzten 15 Jahren, wenn ich meinem last.fm Profil glaube. Biographische Aufwertung auf 5/5.
It’s a near perfect album. As fresh today as when it landed.
Escuché la mitad, me gustó.
always loved that one, that voice is just honey
Obviously 5 stars
Decadent like a boutique box of chocolates, filled with different flavors and textures, but all rich and lush. Hip-hop, r&b, with dollops of psychedelia and a sense of vocal melody that's very much from jazz. About as good as pop music gets. Even the interlude tracks feel like they belong, instead of feeling like annoying tracks to skip, and I'm an interlude hater. Definitely a milestone album that belongs on all the lists. 5/5
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.
Mom music type who
I have this cd bro
I just love this guy’s voice, man. Feels as summertime fresh as the first time I heard it my sophomore year of college. Stevie Wonder through a fishbowl. In love with the earl sweatshirt feature — the king of assonance. Felt like it overstayed its welcome in the back half after Pyramids, but still a great record I’ll always come back to. And ends strong with Forrest Gump, such a sweet sweet song.
Felt like this was crazy popular when it came out so maybe I’m a hater, but I thought it was just ok. Overall average but the highs were super high the lows were just boring
Modern sound and a quality of production consistent through the whole project. I liked the vibe, even if i wish it had a bit more of a personality. The style felt too bland and generic to me.
Wish it were a little more consistent in the first half but Pyramids and Thinkin Bout You have been among my favorites since they came out
love this
498/1089 - Music for shopping at Sephora. The interludes were annoying.
This was some pretty interesting more modern rap. Not exactly my cup of tea but not bad.
Mycket bra! Älskar hans röst. Thinkin bout you är underbar och Pyramids fantastisk. Monks gillar jag också. Ett bra album!
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
Wasn't really my cup of tea when it came out, but I kinda like it now?
I enjoyed it, kinda weird but gave me like MF DOOM/Kendrick vibes.
I like lost, good change from the other songs we have been getting.
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.
Started listening to Blonde about a year ago on a friend's rave, but this hits me way harder, tsunami of longing. Love the sense of sounding like fictionalized memory, universalized love stories completely grounded in specifics, and even the sound bites.
I've heard so many good things about Frank Ocean but haven't gotten around to listening until now. The hype makes sense! This is such a creative and interestingly varied album. I feel like I will grow to like it more as I continue to listen, so I'm rounding up to 5 stars.
Frank Ocean is an artist I’ve wanted to dive deeper into. Since my favourite podcast Dissect did a season on his earlier discography. I tried listening to the season a while back. Not really knowing what his music sounded like and couldn’t get into it at the time. I’m mostly just not into the pop genre. But after listening to the Channel Orange intentionally, I’ll have to go back and revisit that season. Maybe listening to the albums before diving into the podcast season. I found Channel Orange
I really liked this album. I feel like I'll need a couple listens through to truly appreciate it. But, I can tell it's a really well put together album
A potato flew around my room before you cameeee Beautiful voice Frank, surprised to see so many hateful reviews here.... Like get a grip. Loved the PS2 intro SFX at the start. 8/10
A modern classic!
Not my type of music but a decent album nonetheless
Meh was ok.
Honestly, tough listen. I don’t think this is a good album, and it’s badly overrated. I can’t see the praise for it. Going in, I thought the first half had aged reasonably well, but by the end I couldn’t believe how poorly the rest of it had held up. Production seems so egotistical and songwriting seems so pompous Here’s my take. This feels like an album made for rich people in LA — mostly celebrities — which is ironic, because Frank Ocean wasn’t really a celebrity yet when he dropped it. It comes across as performative. Even if, at his core, Frank genuinely felt these things and meant the lyrics, I still think they’re cringe. What frustrates me is how overrated it is. To actually relate to this album, I think you have to be a pretty shallow person — and the people who do relate to it are the loudest about it: the celebrities, the magazine-cover crowd. That feels like the only reason it has the traction it does. It’s not actually good. I feel like I should give it 2 stars for some redeeming quality, but I actually just can't stand any part of this record
Its an art work
Nostalgic but still sounds amazing
Een album waar echt mooie en goeie nummers inzitten, maar ook liedjes die voor mij de plank net misslaan. Dat maakt voor mij dat het een 4 sterren album is.
I really liked this album when it came out. It was a breath of fresh air. You need to scratch the surface a bit. But it pays you back for repeat listens. I personally love the mix of casual rap and arpeggio vocals. You can hear the Prince and Andre 3000 influences through the music. Cool, confident and a new voice for a changing generation. Pyramids of one of the great songs...of all time, in my humble opinion.
Literal art Lyrics speak to the soul Really good chill kinda music Got its lows and highs
Non è il mio genere preferito e c'è di meglio anche all'interno dello stesso genere.
It's been a while I've listened to this, still great! Stand-outs - Thinkin Bout You - Lost - Pink Matter
I really liked how chill this album was
Really struggling with this one. Kinda sleezy. Well received but not for me
I need to own this album ASAP
Oh- Frank gets a 5! This album gets a 5. This album is quite a work of art - even if aspects of its production haven’t aged perfectly, perhaps. I… I wish Blond was on the main list. I wish Frank hadn’t disappeared. It makes it hard not to speculate about what might have been, but I believe the man’s a genius and that will never be shaken. Every song on here is amazing. Just an example of Frank’s incredible ability: Pyramids. This has to be one of the greatest songs I know. Perhaps only outdone by his own Nights on Blond. The way he changes the meaning and context of “pyramids” both inside the song and then in the song’s position in the greater progression of the album is so masterful- I could write pages, not just lines about it. 5 Boolean: yes, so very glad to hear Frank Ocean before I die. I love you Frank, wherever you are
Churn out a shorter, better album every 2 years instead of a longer, worse one every year
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.
franky ocean 🤤🤤🤤
This is not a style of music I listen to much, but I thought it was good. Not really for me, but good. I should give it another listen and pay closer attention to the lyrics.
I don’t know much of Frank’s discography, but Thinkin Bout You will always be a classic. This album was solid.
Not my thing.
4 stars😛 beliebt af aber ist auch einfach gut
I remember liking this more in high school. It's still a good album and Pyramids remains fantastic but this time around it didn't hit as hard. 3.5/5
3.5 really. Some really good songs that are well known for a reason but others that just get a bit lost
yeah I’m not finishing this
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
Enjoyed this a lot. Varied and well crafted
New to me and I quite enjoyed it, the good songs like “Fertilizer” were very good. Two stars. Tom.
Always was a banger
Love him love this
Classic! And classy! Lovely Melodies 😍
Este ha sido uno de mis albums favoritos, porque tiene unas de mis canciones favoritas de toda la vida, siempre me ha gustado Frank Ocean, me gusta la atomosfera sentimentalista que crea en cada canciones, hay canciones que te hacen sentir mucho, y habla desde su experiencia desde una manera muy existencialista y me gusta como experimenta con diversos géneros, principalmente el fondo de los instrumentos y como juega con su voz, a veces es muy incomoda y muy forzada, pero la da mucha personalidad, creo que es un album muy bueno, que lleva su tiempo escucharlo, con bastantes detalles, me gustaría disfrutarlo mas pero lo he escuchado demasiado
Iconic album with iconic songs
Smooth vocals, fun beats, easygoing
Would give it a 4.5 if I could. The first album that I considered giving a 5
Lowkey better than Blond
vai ser bom ouvir de o album inteiro de novo passado tantos anos. É tão bom, sem surpresa
Didn’t like it as much as I thought I would, probably warrants a revisit at some point 3/5
his other album is better because of elliott smith
One of those artists I’ve hear about nonstop but don’t have a clue what he sounds like. Perfect excuse to listen given this list and I’m glad I did; such a cool vibe! Will defo check out Blonde at some point as well
When this album first came out I was going to a fancy university that a lot of wealthy students attended (although I was neither fancy nor wealthy), and at the end of the school year the neighborhood was littered with all the stuff those students threw out: perfectly good furniture, food, clothes. Just stuff they didn't want anymore, that many people would have been happy to have. I wandered around looking at all of this waste with "Super Rich Kids" in my head and thanked Frank Ocean for the perfect soundtrack.
this album reminds me of a time when the world was still optimistic and i was still looking forward to summer the songs flow very well together, im not usually a fan of interludes or skits, but here they feel like the images you get when you remember happy but fleeting times the production is so warm but actually daring; in contrast to the pop of the early 2010s, it breaks many of the formulaic structures that made its contemporaries sound outdated and overproduced frank dips his toes in a wide variety of genres but from a careful and minimalist perspective, managing to sound sophisticated without being overwhelming; the intimate lyrics, about small details and memories, give it that vulnerable and human character that makes it stand out
It’s been a while since I’ve played this in full. This album was a huge part of my life when it came out. First year of college, plenty of free time, smoking, drinking, playing PlayStation and cards. Great times. We must have played this album nearly 100 times. Like most classics, it holds up very well. I had forgotten what an incredible song Bad Religion is. Powerful and heart breaking.
Frank Ocean is pretty good. The interludes are useless and some of the more experimental songs are so so but the more straightforward songs are good. Sounds like Stevie Wonder. Sweet Life, Super Rich Kids, Lost.
Very nostalgic for me, know almost every word. Reminds me of summer. Favs: super rich kids, lost, pyramids, thinkin bout you
Whilst I genuinely could not have expected otherwise about this album being in the list considering it is such a lush, interesting, intimate R&B record which of itself does great to represent a generation that is yet underrepresented in this list, it is one of the records that have made me happiest seing it assigned. 9/10 [KEEP]
Reminds me of being a young teenager. I like Crack Rock and Pyramids. “Skin like bronze and hair like cashmere”
One of my first albums ever, pink matter is perfect.
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.
This is okay. The vocals are mostly boring, with a few fun narratives in there (Super Rich Kids, Pyramids), and there's no reason to continue Forrest Gump's cultural influence. Bad Religion is the most interesting song, and after the necessary deciphering, seem to imply an okay progressive message (in 2012 everyone still felt the need to equivocate on LGBTQ stuff, shrug emoji). But the background soundscape has some nice weird touches. It's an inviting musical world, though not a real exciting one.
Fantastic album throughout. Perfect for a rusty hangover.
A defining album in 2010s RnB - almost perfect from top to bottom. I think because of the sheer brilliance of Blonde (which also belongs on this list) I forgot about how consistently brilliant this album is from top to bottom
I get the hype. Will revisit more if the discography.
Very gay and not good.
Love, have listened before
Al final una gran verga. Nada que me haya llamado la atención.
7/10 Buen album, divertido. Algunos temas no me coparon mucho pero ninguno malo
A member of Odd Future I remember hearing and downloading the mixtape and was excited to hear what the album would be like. As I listened his phrasing is like a slam poet or rapper on many songs. The album is really good. His stories fit for the time and area he grew up in. As kid growing in LA I’m sure he felt like many of the lyrics in Super Rich Kids. Also understanding the story being told in Pyramid. He was so good. Even the opening song Thinkin’ About You with the flow just worked. Frank Ocean had his moment. Hopefully one day he will find that desire to write and sing again.
Pretty much a perfect album. Amazing vocals, beats are great, samples and features are all good. Only real critique is maybe a couple songs felt a bit too long, and Andre 3000's verses weren't the best.
Great R&B album. For a debut, this is fantastic. I still prefer blonde, but this has some incredible tracks and is an easy album to come back to. Favorite track(s) Crack Rock Pyramids Monks Pink Matter
Pink matter banger resten meh
С Оушеном я знаком достаточно опосредованно. Во время когда вся "банда" вместе с Тайлером была ещё в составе OFWGKTA те часто тусили друг с другом, и в частности, одна из самых моих любимых песен Тайлера на Goblin, а именно "She" обязана своим вокалом Оушену, который весьма неплох. Другое дело, когда речь идёт о сольном дебюте самого Оушена, а именно Channel Orange. Продюссирование и все штучки-дрючки на альбоме очень симпатичные и причёсанные, вот эти вот атмосферные вставочки с разговорвами, под шум бьющегося дождя о стекло машины, начало с кусочком заставки от PS1. Все это весьма атмосферно и симпатично, но если мы обратим внимание на саму музыку, это будет максимально слащявое R&B с проблемами белых людей (иронично) и не самыми интересными музыкальными идеями. Хз, материальчик совсем не по мне. Одно дело, когда грубость голоса Тайлера смягчает мягкий вокал Оушена, играя на атмосферу трека, другое дело, когда кроме мягкости вокала Оушена, но уже на его сольной работе - больше в альбоме ничего нет. Это уже становится чем-то более раздражающим.
plz come home frnk
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
Frank Ocean trying to bait me with that PS1 boot sound and the Street Fighter 2 theme, but this album was pretty good regardless
No está mal, aunque tampoco es para tanto.
can i be FRANK with you for a sec? 4.5/5
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.
There are undoubtedly some excellent tracks on this album, interesting textures, smooth production, lovely vocals but ultimately it's all just a little...boring...
I think I missed something with this album, someone will have to update me.....
Not quite sure how to rate this. Some of it I liked. Feel it's a 2 and half but I'll be generous and give it 3 as he's got a good voice
Abit long but love the production
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.
It was ok but lacked the energy I expect from R&B.
beautiful i love you frank
this album is great. used to listen to it very frequently. this and his mixtape "nostalgia, ultra". not a bad track on either album. highlights include: "pyramids", "lost", "forrest gump", and andre 3000's lines on "pink matter".
A bit of a toughie: there are some great tracks here and there that do not add up to much.
i already know that this is gonna be a 5 star album for me And it totally is!! My first time listening to the full album and it's AMAZING! Found some new songs which I rly enjoy This album still holds up to today, like, if you told me that it was released yesterday I'd believe you. Crazy how every. single. track. hits. (Except all of the interludes which might've been too many)
Beautiful
Not really my thing. It was too much like pop.
It is tragic that this album has a negative perception around it, because of some of the people that tend to listen to it. Those people are fake-deep, performative, and a little annoying. If Frank hadn't gotten so popular, I think the reviews might be slightly better to be honest. The primary drawback of this album is the length, it feels too long and I really think that takes away from how strong it could be. Songs like Crack Rock and White felt inessential; I'm sure there are other tracks that could have been shelved. However, this album is pretty damn good. The vibe is immaculately curated (Sierra Leone shoutout), the songs go from playful to deeply emotional and a little sensual. This album created many Frank-replicas, and I think that encapsulates how impactful it was/is. Favorite Tracks: Thinking Bout You Sweet Life Pyramids Forrest Gump Lost Pink Matter
A Potato Flew Around My Room 1001 Albums Generator 283 (5/4/2026) Really great neo-soul/RnB. I have so much nostalgia for some of the songs here, especially thinkin Bout You and Super Rich Kids, but I've never given the whole album a listen. It's not as consistent as Blonde, but it's still really good. Around Super Rich Kids, the album catches its stride and doesn't let go. That trip hop on Crack Rock was a nice surprise. The production is consistently sparse, but still spacey and interesting. The interludes don't do much for the album, and it would be better without them. But come on. It's Channel Orange. Listen to Pyramids man. 4.5/5, rounded down to 4 because it's not as generational as Blonde. Favs: Super Rich Kids Pyramids Lost Least Fav (not including interludes): Bad Religion
Is every track a skit?
good album fun. pyramids. peak. but some songs alright 🤷♂️
03/05/2026 I've never listened to this guy before and I really don't want to again. This was shite. So boring, the guy just mumbles. I couldn't wait for it to be over. I hope there is no more music on this list quite like this. Spotify listeners: 40.3 million
No clue what to make of this album. Was he was Islamaphobic for a song? The music was interesting.
I was curious about this one, I've been meaning to check Frank Ocean out, as I like a lot of the guys from Odd Future he's associated with, even if he is more R&B/Soul than them. This still isn't my go to style of music, but I definitely enjoyed his "alt R&B" more than a lot of the other examples of the R&B genre I've gotten on this list so far "Thinkin Bout You" "Super RIch Kids" "Lost" and "Monks" were standouts for me here
Hørte halvdelen. Kedelig kombi af skits-bidder, r&b og slow rap.
amazgingggg
Þetta var nú bara alveg ágætt, mun betra en ég bjóst við út frá því sem ég þekkti af þessum listamanni en svona eru fordómar. Samt ekkert sem ég myndi velja að hlusta á í framtíðinni.
not me. Thanks
I loved this album when it came out and it holds up!
It's a shame he hasn't released a new album in 10 years. He's a very talented vocalist and lyricist. I think I prefer Blonde, but still a great album. 4/5.
Some tracks are enjoyable but after a while they all seemed to blend together.
Thinking Bout You - 4.5/5 Sierra Leone - 4/5 Sweet Life - 5/5 Super Rich Kids - 4.5/5 Pilot Jones - 3.5/5 Crack Rock - 4/5 Pyramids - 5/5 Lost - 4.5/5 White - 3.5/5 Monks - 4/5 Bad Religion - 4/5 Pink Matter - 4.5/5 Forrest Gump - 4/5 To the guy who said that this album spawned on SoundCloud rap? I think he got lost in the genres. I had heard of Frank Ocean before, but I, like the narrow-minded reviewer, thought he was more rap. This album is definitely more on the R&B side, and there are so many good songs on here. I think I'm more upset about the number of narrow-minded people who think sparked the downfall of civilization. Go defenestrate yourself if you think that. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Thinkin Bout You, Sweet Life, Super Rich Kids, Pyramids, Lost, Pink Matter
high school throwback
De lo mejor que tenemos en la contemporaneidad
missing this guy
Enjoyed this too…some tracks better than others, but overall good.
i love this album, but i just know frank hates it
Crack rock must have rang loud whe. album was made…multiple refs
awful
I was expecting better tbh. 3.5
Why is there a five-star limit for rating this masterpiece? The limit does not exist. ✮⋆˙✮⋆˙✮⋆˙✮⋆˙✮⋆˙✮⋆˙✮⋆˙✮⋆˙
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
It's such a fun album to listen to all the way through. Pyramids, Lost, Super Rich Kids, all such iconic songs that stick with you and flow together well.
beauty in simplicity
I wonder what happened to Frank Ocean? When this album came out, there was so much buzz about it. Now having listened to it I do understand why. If Wilco ever wrote Yankee Hotel Foxtrot as an R&B album, it would be Orange. I don’t believe that I have heard anything like this album in R&B world. It feels like a flow of emotions being broadcast across the radio. Key songs for me were Pyramids, which was the most traditional of the R&B sounds, and Pilot Jones, which was bare-bones raw emotion and vocal talent. I do have to give out a shout out to Super Rich Kids because it’s kind of a cool song too with a pretty pointed opinion I think anyone outside the World of Afluent-enza has witnessed. Overall, after all these years, I get the hype.
Random thoughts: * I know the kids like this one. I've seen Frank Ocean on Ellesse's playlists. * I think I finally got it on listening this time. I liked "Super Rich Kids" and "Pyramids" specifically. * This is a Venn diagram of hip hop, rap, and indie. Pretty cool crossroads. * I'd definitely put this one on again.
Destaca la voz, y la combinación de sonidos polifónicos (artificiales y ambientales). No me encantó, pero está para escucharlo en un viajecito corto.
bizarrely racist top reviews for this one
wasn't expecting to like this as much as I did
some pretty good songs that i would love to listen, but overall not the type of alum that i would play anytime
3.5/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/frank-ocean/channel-orange/ Okaaaaayyy I admit, it’s good. Really don’t think it’s the masterpiece some make it out to be, but I’ve been too harsh about it. The beat drop in Pyramids is still one of the stupidest things in music history tho.
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.
This album was big when I was in high school. I do really enjoy the neo soul sound. Medium rating is just a reflection of the fact that I don’t really connect with it.
Smoove R&B. Sounds like music I could comfortably fall asleep to, and it's well-executed, but not really my jam.
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.
Man. I love this album. This is my favorite over Blonde, pyramids I think is one of the best songs of the 2000s easy, love the way it brought r&b back into the pop music conversation. So much to enjoy.
5/5 10/10 100% no notes perfect. This has been and always will be one of those albums I can always come back to and listen to from start to finish and love every song. Cliche, I know, but it has the hype that it has for a reason. Best Songs: ALL OF THEM Fav songs this listen: Sierra Leon // Pilot Jones (ALWAYS) // Pink Matter // Pyramids
I don't know about most of this, but when it hits it hits hard. I'll admit everything from Thinkin Bout You to Pilot Jones I wasn't vibing with this at all, but Crack Rock was solid and I really liked Pyramid. After that, Monks, Bad Religion, and Forrest Gump were all songs I really enjoyed. Don't know if this is one I'd listen to again, but it was at least worth listening to once.
i've been curious about frank ocean for so long but never bothered to try and listen to him, i'm so glad i did today. So many different genres and sounds in one work that still gives you the same vibe and feeling throughout the whole album. I still have to search the lyrics and anylize this better but i'm currently mindblown
I LOVEEE THIS ALBUMMM love love loveee
4/5. I’ve always been a bit of an outsider to Frank Ocean. I knew he was one of the most respected/acclaimed modern soul/R&B artists and I knew that it’s been forever since his last album (Blonde will be 10 years old later this year), but I’ve never actually fully dove into an album of his until now. And I get the hype, this album was really good. Some fantastic production here which goes well with Franks vocals which are also great. The highlight for me has to be the nearly 10 minute centerpiece of the album “Pyramids.” This is definitely one I see myself returning to.
this is such a jam that i total slept on. still sounds real fresh
A lot too unpack on this album. Some sweet sounds, very souly, but not everything sticks for me, some things do get a bit annoying on me at times. 1. Pink Matter 2. Bad Religion 3. White
Production is great and Frank has a fantastic voice. I couldn’t connect with some of the material. Some of it’s simple and some of it has depth, but it’s like a light switch how it changes. Not sure if that makes sense. 3.0/6.0
10’s Hip Hop ⭐️Pyramids
Good
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.
Stupid.
Good album, not as good as I remember when I first heard it
Shite
la verdad gran album. me soreprendio, nunca habia escuchado frank ocean (nose porque) pero me GUSTO.
coolllll
potato flew around my room
El álbum más horny que escuché en mí vida, Frank Ocean estaba demasiado caliente cuándo lo hizo, y que tenga estas temáticas sumado a el amor y la búsqueda de pertenencia el autodescubrimiento lo hacen muy bueno, con letras bastante buenas en algunos momentos y otras medio goofy, un punto muy sólido es la producción y las bases que son muy chill y pegadizas.
one of my all time faves, fucking hell the nostalgia, and fitting for the day before Francesca’s birthday, who introduced me to him all those years ago 🧡 I often think of 2012 as one of my favorite years - the year after graduating college, constantly in the city for John Jay (that alone is a pretty wild revelation, that my so much of my favorite year was spent in the city when the thought of moving there terrifies me)… it’s nice to know that Frank was part of it Flashback to singing Bad Religion at a taxi driver (“be my shrink for an hour”) What if the sky and the stars are for show and the aliens are watching live! (rage bait) They mosh for enlightenment! Frank is just incredible. I remember watching his Grammy’s performance of Forest Gump live and mom not getting it and me trying to explain his magic. I remember reading what was ultimately his coming out essay and I wonder how much his queerness being celebrated informed me slowly over time celebrating my own. A gift to essentially listen to this album all day.
Yeah!
Onda moderna, muchas fusiones. Mi favorita, Pyramids.
Chill, cool
sounds like hanging around the wrong crowd and loving every second of the steep decline that comes with it. miss being 16. good album
Not quite my bag but impeccably produced and full of very catchy songs. I can now see why this was such a big deal back when it was released.
Es un buen album pero lo encontré um poco aburrido. Me gusta mucho la de Pink Matter y Lost pero como album no siento que esté tan bueno.
Primera escuchada: Medio aburridon. Ni siquiera diría que me disgusta. Es medio música de ascensor. Se vuelve monótona muy rápido la voz y el tono de franquito así como sus efectos que insiste en reutilizar en el álbum. Marge creo que odio el falseto. Segunda escuchada: Subio de un 2 a un 3. Me sigue sin agradar demasiado pero entiendo el valor que le encuentre alguien. No es para mi simplemente, tampoco me molesta. Un poco meh los mensajes de las canciones, si será profunda la laguna que la cruza al trote el chancho. La tapa un poco meh también
6/10 - A good debut album that shows Frank’s skills and gives a great hint of what’s to come!
There's a decent amount of fluff on this but when it hits, it really hits. I still think it's one of the better Alt R&B albums of the 2010's. Light 8/10
Not my type… mais un petit qqch de Prince parfois.
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.
Like he just is the goat. It is just true. Like two truly perfect albums is crazy. Please come back Frank we need you.
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
First time listening to Frank. A few throw away songs and I hated the skits but every thing else was a fun ride. Soul, R&B, a little hip-hop all blended together.
One of the biggest surprise albums I have heard. It was like a modern day Stevie wonder with a little edge and not a single track missed on this album. Blown away
i will never get tired of this album
Very chill album to listen to for tonight. I was a bit confused by the short 'interludes' between songs. I guess they are supposed to make the album sound like a radio station/tv channel, hence i am not ranking them. Still, I found it enjoyable and easy to listen to the album. But, it hasn't stood out for me, much of the music i feel like i have already forgotten and it hasn't stuck in my head. 3/5 Start - Thinkin Bout You 7 Fertilizer - Sierra Leone 5 Sweet Life 6 Not Just Money - Super Rich Kids 5 Pilot Jones 4 Crack Rock 4 Pyramids 3 Lost 5 White - Monks 6 Bad Religion 5 Pink Matter 5 Forrest Gump 5 End -
Lyrics are great, love how he sets the scene, pretty nice album!
Such a GREAT album, from beginning to end. Highly recommend if you are not familiar with Frank Ocean.
An evocative blend of Stevie, Marvin, Prince and 2010s R&B
So many terrible takes in the reviews about any album that's newer or by African Americans.
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.
Gay but okay
Turra infinita. Empieza en un 3 y a cada tema que pasa va a peor. Digno de ser prohibido.
Man… this album is straight-up shit. Horse shit, dog shit, elephant shit — whatever kind of shit you want to call it, it’s all of them. While listening I felt bored, annoyed, and honestly disappointed the whole time. The songs are slow, meandering, and half-finished in that fake “artsy” way. The production tries to sound deep and atmospheric but mostly just comes off as empty and pretentious. Frank’s voice is fine, but the melodies are weak and the whole thing drags like crazy. It feels like everyone told him he’s a genius so he stopped trying to actually write good songs. There’s no energy, no real hooks, and barely any moments that make you want to replay anything. People act like this is some masterpiece of modern R&B, but to me it’s just boring, overlong, and massively overrated. Zero replay value. I suffered through it once and that was more than enough. Hard avoid.
Still remember when this album dropped. Just as amazing to this day. Alt R&B at its finest.
Boring and mid
Love this album. It's in The Pantheon. Going to be playing it as I dance on the grave of "music and society as a whole".
Apparently this one seems polarising here looking at reviews and for some reason most of positive ones are just scoffing at some perceived racism from more negative reviews? WTF indeed. Now onto main review: I was expecting not to like too much or even hate modern soul artist. But honestly so far I am quite enjoying this, some really memorable highs, production not surprisingly is great as is usually the case with this kind of super popular music. Maybe my only gripe is the rhytmic ideas are just not that interesting to me in most modern music, they sound too simplistic. However, still, I am quite enjoying this and will be looking forward to hear his biggest album. This is for sure one to REVISIT like with Ms. Badu which I enjoyed even more, but I will still at least give it 3, shit, maybe even 4 stars?
fucking Frank Ocean, the real G
A good album, not quite my style, s product of it's time
This was kind of a drag
Played the hell out of this one in the mid 2010s, but it's been a long time since I put it on. Still amazing. Layers and layers of stuff going on, but thoroughly enjoyable on its surface too.
C'était cool ! Alors, je ne connais vraiment pas le genre, donc je ne saurais pas comment en parler, mais j'ai trouvé que Frank Ocean a un vrai charisme quand il chante (le côté très poli en studio très typique de l'époque me dérange un peu, mais c'est loin d'être le pire). Musicalement, c'est relativement simple, mais souvent très entraînant. Les samples utilisés dans les interludes viennent rythmer un peu plus l'album. C'est pas mon truc et je ne reviendrai sûrement jamais dessus, mais je dois admettre que c'était quand même très bien et je pense que mettre moins de 4 serait injuste.
Great album
I quite enjoyed listening to this. Nice music with thoughtful lyrics.
Musically quite varied and interesting. I don't like the talking/singing style of vocals though which spoiled the music for me. I think I'd have enjoyed this as an instrumental album.
I have previously heard much about Frank Ocean, and for whatever reason, just never made it to his music. Thus, I was quite looking forward to this album today. Immediate disappointment. I don't like autotuned mumble rapping, and certainly not in an A/A/A rhyme scheme. Fortunately, that didn't last too long. Though somewhere about track 3, I began to wonder what I was missing based on the hype surrounding the artist and this album. Disjointed samples that didn't fit with the song, weird soundscapes, and pretty middling music/lyrics left me sort angry about what I was listening to. By the middle-ish of the album I was ready to rate this 2 stars, skip through the tracks to confirm, and move on with my day. Starting with Pyramids, I think, the music began to coalesce and seemed to be much easier to listen to. Had the whole album been like the back half, it would have been a 3, but not for its excellence, necessarily. More because I just would have felt bad giving it less 2.75
Did this album aged well? That’s the question
Catchy songs, immaculate vibes, really nice flow between tracks
Oceans of franks nutsack
Never really understood the hype, but now when i have listened to the whole album i get it.
Boring
Very disappointing.
Love itttt
uuuuuuuuh starting off strong. super nostalgic album. love it w all my bones. 5/5. sierra leone, super rich kids, pink matter, pyramids n sweet life r top 5 for sure. listened at work, gave a good vibe for the day.
I liked it.
His debut album. Pop / R n B. This was a rough fifty five mins.
Thinking bout you is one of the most gorgeous songs ever.
It's alright... R&B isn't my style, but I liked some of this, it was enjoyable, and I wasn't just waiting for it to end. I was familiar with quite a few of the songs, and now that I've listened to the album in its entirety, it's just what I expected.
Just a classic
this was almost a 4, but it's not fully my vibe enough to hit a 4, a 4 needs more for me to go off of
Had high expectations for this, but it didn't do as much for me as I wanted
Quite enjoyed this with its Prince and Stevie Wonder influences. A bit too long though and probably won’t listen again.
Not my kind of R'n'B
I love it!!!
nothing new here don't make my top 5001 to be honest.
This is a tough one. Obviously a master lyricist, but I think I am coming at this way too late to understand most of the appeal. Never dull, occasionally powerful, but ultimately held back by not understanding the context that provides a lot of its reputation.
Frank Ocean is an artist I assumed I'd like, but have never listened to before. I was glad for this to come up today so it gave me a chance to find out if I was correct. I was hooked from the very beginning of the album. I wasn't sure exactly what musical style this would be, and it turned out to be a variety of them and all exceptionally produced and performed. I loved his vocals, and the lyrics were provocative throughout. Standout songs were Thinkin Bout You, Sweet Life, Super Rich Kids, Lost, Pyramids, and Pink Matter. There was not a song I'd skip on this album. After taking a week long break due to being out of town, I've listened to three very strong and very different records the past few days (MC Solaar and Moby Grape came before today). I hope this streak continues.
Boring... boring... unbearably boring
sgood
I listened to Blonde once several years ago and was left moderately underwhelmed. That album is one of the biggest let-downs I've ever encountered in album listening; for an album that was so acclaimed, and to know so many people (I'm talking a dozen, at least) who had such an epiphany with it, where it became a deep comfort in their lives...and I thought it was mildly "okay". Naturally, getting this from the generator made me audibly groan, but the whole point of this challenge is to give everything a fair shake and understand why these records were chosen. I think it's worth mentioning that I think Frank Ocean possesses deep talent and knows exactly how to make impressive music. I won't deny that, and I won't deny that he has an ear for theatricality and production without being overindulgent. Does that make for music that resonates with me, however? Not really. There are songs on here that I really, deeply enjoyed (as with Blonde: I can't deny the power of "Nights" and THAT moment), but as a full album experience it still grated on me a bit. I will say I currently prefer it to Blonde though.