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Žanr: Fank i Soul, R&B
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Studio album by Frank Ocean
Released July 10, 2012
Recorded 2011–2012
Studios
EastWest (Hollywood)
Henson (Hollywood)
Record Plant (Hollywood)
Manhattan Sound Recording (New York)
San Ysidro (Beverly Hills)
Studio for the Talented and Gifted (Los Angeles)
Westlake (Los Angeles)
Genres
Alternative R&Bprogressive soulneo soul
Length 55:49
Label Def Jam
Producers
Frank OceanJonathan IkpeazuMalayOm`Mas KeithPharrell WilliamsShea TaylorTyler, the Creator
Frank Ocean chronology
Nostalgia, Ultra
(2011) Channel Orange
(2012) Endless
(2016)

Channel Orange (stylized as channel ORANGE) is the debut studio album by the American R&B singer-songwriter Frank Ocean. It was released on July 10, 2012, by Def Jam Recordings. After releasing his mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra the previous year, Ocean began writing new songs with Malay, a producer and songwriter who then assisted him with recording Channel Orange at EastWest Studios in Hollywood. Rather than rely on samples as he had with his mixtape, Ocean wanted to approach sound and song structure differently on the album. Other producers who worked on the album included Om`Mas Keith and Pharrell Williams. Its recording also featured guest appearances from Odd Future rappers Earl Sweatshirt and Tyler, the Creator, vocalist/songwriter André 3000, and guitarist John Mayer.

Noted by writers as musically unconventional, Channel Orange draws on electro-funk, pop-soul, jazz-funk, and psychedelic styles, as well as nonmusical sounds such as film dialogue and ambient noise that function as interludes. Vocally, Ocean uses a free-form flow as well as alternating falsetto and tenor registers throughout the album. 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. He titled the album as a reference to the neurological phenomenon grapheme–color synesthesia, through which he had perceived the color orange during the summer he first fell in love.

To prevent Channel Orange from leaking onto the Internet, Ocean and Def Jam released the album digitally one week earlier than its publicly announced date. It was promoted with five singles, including Ocean`s highest-charting single `Thinkin Bout You` (number 32 on the US Billboard Hot 100) and a supporting concert tour in July 2012. Channel Orange debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 and sold 131,000 copies in its first week, eventually selling 621,000 copies in the US by September 2014. Critically, it was the best-reviewed album of 2012 and the year`s top-ranked album in numerous critics` lists, including the American Pazz & Jop and the British HMV Poll of Polls. At the 2013 Grammy Awards, Channel Orange was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Urban Contemporary Album. Since then, it has featured in several professional lists ranking the best albums from the 2010s as well as all time.

Background
Frustrated with Def Jam Recordings` inactivity in his recording career, Frank Ocean released his debut mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra online for free in February 2011.[1] It showcased the singer`s original tracks, repurposed songs by other recording acts,[2] and featured musical and lyrical elements unconventional in R&B.[3] Although it lacked conventional promotion, the mixtape attained a following among listeners and received critical acclaim.[1] Ocean and Def Jam eventually mended their relationship,[1] and while a planned contracted edition of Nostalgia, Ultra never materialized, the label released two of its songs as singles, including the Billboard charting `Novacane`.[4] An agreement was then reached to release a tentative follow-up album for 2012.[1]

Credits are adapted from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)[136] and Tidal.[137]

Channel Orange standard edition
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. `Start`
Christopher BreauxJames Ho
Frank OceanMalay
0:45
2. `Thinkin Bout You`
BreauxShea Taylor
OceanTaylor
3:20
3. `Fertilizer`
James Fauntleroy[a]Reginald Perry[a]
OceanMalay
0:39
4. `Sierra Leone`
BreauxHo
OceanMalayOm`Mas Keith
2:28
5. `Sweet Life`
BreauxPharrell Williams
OceanWilliams
4:22
6. `Not Just Money` Rosie Watson
Jonathan Ikpeazu
0:59
7. `Super Rich Kids` (featuring Earl Sweatshirt)
BreauxHoThebe KgositsileMark Morales[b]Nathaniel Robinson Jr.[b]Mark Rooney[b]Kirk Robinson[b]Roy Hammond[b]
OceanMalayKeith
5:04
8. `Pilot Jones`
BreauxTaylor
OceanMalayKeith
3:04
9. `Crack Rock`
BreauxHo
OceanMalayKeith
3:44
10. `Pyramids`
BreauxHo
OceanMalayKeith
9:52
11. `Lost`
BreauxHoMicah OtanoEdwin Paul Shelton II
OceanMalayKeith
3:54
12. `White` (featuring John Mayer)
BreauxTyler Okonma
OceanTyler, the Creator
1:16
13. `Monks`
BreauxHo
OceanMalayKeith
3:20
14. `Bad Religion`
BreauxMonte NeubleCharlie GambettaKevin RistoWaynne Nugent
OceanMalayKeith
2:55
15. `Pink Matter` (featuring André 3000)
BreauxHoAndré Benjamin
OceanMalayKeith
4:28
16. `Forrest Gump`
BreauxHo
OceanMalayKeith
3:14
17. `End`
BreauxHo
OceanMalay
2:14
Total length: 55:49
CD edition
No. Title Writer(s) Length
17. `End` / `Golden Girl` (featuring Tyler, the Creator)
BreauxHoWilliamsOkonma
8:43
Notes

`Start` features additional vocals by Raymond Buck
`Not Just Money` features uncredited vocals by Rosie Watson[138]
`Pilot Jones` features additional vocals by Om`Mas Keith and Juliet Buck
`Crack Rock` features additional vocals by Om`Mas Keith
`Lost` features additional vocals by Stacy Barthe and Danielle Miranda-Simms
`Monks` features background vocals by Lalah Hathaway
`Forrest Gump` features additional vocals by the Crimson Tide Cheerleaders
`Golden Girl` begins at 3:44 of track 17 in CD releases[139][140]
Sample credits

^[a] `Fertilizer` is a cover of `Fertilizer`, as written and performed by James Fauntleroy.[141]
^[b] `Super Rich Kids` contains an interpolation of `Real Love`, as written by Mark Morales, Kirk Robinson, Nat Robinson Jr. and Mark C. Rooney.[16]
`Lost` contains dialogue from the 1998 film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.[16]
`Pink Matter` contains an audio clip from the 1985 film The Last Dragon.[16]
`End` features a sample of `Voodoo`, as written and performed by Frank Ocean; and contains dialogue from the 2006 film ATL.[142][143]
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album`s liner notes.[16]

Musicians
André 3000 – guitars
Auntie Rosie – additional vocals
Jeff Babko – keyboards
Stacy Barthe – additional vocals
Juliet Buck – additional vocals
Raymond Buck – additional vocals
Matt Chamberlain – additional programming, drums
Crimson Tide Cheerleaders – additional vocals
Dave Eggar – strings
`Football game crowd` – additional vocals
Lalah Hathaway – additional vocals
Charlie Hunter – bass, guitars
Taylor Johnson – guitars
Om`Mas Keith – additional vocals, keyboards
Malay – additional vocals, additional programming, bass, brass keyboards, guitars
John Mayer – guitars
Irvin Mayfield – brass
Danielle Miranda-Simms – additional vocals
Frank Ocean – keyboards
Elizabeth Paige – additional vocals
Chuck Palmer – strings
Sara Parkins – strings
Shea Taylor – keyboards
Francisco Torres – brass
Pharrell Williams – additional programming, keyboards
Production
Wil Anspach – assistant engineering
Calvin Bailif – engineering
Matt Brownlie – assistant engineering
Chad Carlisle – assistant engineering
Andrew Coleman – engineering
Brendan Dekora – assistant engineering
Nabil Elderkin – photography
Jeff Ellis – additional mixing, engineering
Doug Fenske – engineering
Matty Green – assistant mixing
Adam Harr – assistant engineering
Ghazi Hourani – assistant engineering
Om`Mas Keith – engineering, production
Ryan Kennedy – assistant engineering
Miguel Lara – assistant engineering
Peter Mack – assistant engineering
Malay – mixing, production
Aaron Martinez – album art
Thomas Mastorakos – album art
Vlado Meller – mastering
Paul Meyer – assistant engineering
Frank Ocean – mixing, production
Pharrell – production
Mark Santangelo – assistant mastering
Phillip Scott III – engineering
Mark `Spike` Stent – mixing
Pat Thrall – engineering
Phil Toselli – album art
Marcos Tovar – engineering
Vic Wainstein – engineering