Channel Orange

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For "Bad Religion", engineer Jeff Ellis tried to compensate for the few string players they had by arranging seating for a large string section in EastWest's Studio 1 and using a pair of old stereo ribbon microphones to capture the sound.

Monks", a funk rock song, [61] is about finding nirvana and deals with topics such as casual sex and devout religion in a narrative that shifts from an exciting concert to a metaphorical jungle. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. The album also explores decadence, [8] the trappings of class disparity, [26] drug dependency, [12] and the tension between spirituality and secularity, a prevalent theme in soul music. a distorted version of the tumblr-leaked track 'voodoo' could be heard underneath the album's outro.

Music is a healthy addiction and hence is his voice, his lyrics, his compositions, the depth and personal way in which he expresses the emotions I feel everyday or ever felt in my entire life, or the ones I have yet to feel of which I feel I can get a glimpse thanks to his wonderful art. According to music journalists, Channel Orange has an unconventional musical style, [26] with influences from psychedelic, [27] pop-soul, [28] jazz-funk, [29] and electro-funk genres. Frustrated with Def Jam Recordings' inactivity in his recording career, Frank Ocean released his debut mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra online for free in February 2011. Super Rich Kids" references the thumping piano line of Elton John's 1973 song " Bennie and the Jets" and addresses young, wealthy characters' ennui and fears of the financial crisis with dry humor.

A quiet outlier, he scored notable collaborations with Jay-Z and Kanye West, yet managed to breach popular culture without making much noise. Since transitioning from writing for other artists, he had been influenced by his "gloriously painful love life" when writing songs. At the end of 2012, Channel Orange was named the year's best album by numerous publications, including the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, The Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, Now, Paste, PopMatters, Slant Magazine, Spin, and The Washington Post.

the true storyteller" and said of the lyrics, "I don't think anyone during any given point during the creative process knew what was happening . His songwriting explores themes of unrequited love, decadence, social class, and drugs through the use of surrealistic imagery, conversational devices, and descriptive narratives depicting dark characters.

Title and packaging [ edit ] The album is titled after Ocean's visualization of orange colors during summer months due to synesthesia.Ocean’s inflection is more Musiq Soulchild than Purple One, although his voice is more textured and his sound a bit broader.