Channel Orange

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Hogan, Marc (August 10, 2012). "Frank Ocean's 'channel ORANGE' Now Has No Vinyl Release Date". Spin. New York. Archived from the original on September 13, 2012 . Retrieved August 10, 2012.The 25 Most Important Albums of the Decade So Far". HipHopDX. May 13, 2015. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020 . Retrieved July 24, 2016. 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. [121] It was named "Album of the Year" in HMV's Poll of Polls, an annual survey of British journalists from national print and online publications. [122] It was also voted the best album of 2012 in the Pazz & Jop, an annual poll of American critics published by The Village Voice. In an essay for the poll, the newspaper's Eric Sundermann deemed the victory unsurprising as Ocean "dominated most music discussions this past year" and had an equalizing effect on listeners of all music genres. [123] Overall, it was the "top-ranked" album in year-end lists, according to Metacritic. [117] Green, Laurence. "Frank Ocean – Channel Orange". musicOMH. Archived from the original on September 3, 2012 . Retrieved July 16, 2012.

The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 22, 2020. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020 . Retrieved September 22, 2020. a b c d Frith, Holly (July 13, 2012). "Frank Ocean: I Wanted To Mirror Jay-Z And Kanye West On 'Channel Orange' ". EntertainmentWise. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012 . Retrieved July 13, 2012. Five singles were released from the album—"Thinkin Bout You" on April 17, 2012, [89] "Pyramids" on June 8, [90] "Sweet Life" on July 6, [2] "Lost" on December 17, [91] and "Super Rich Kids" on March 17, 2013. [92] "Thinkin Bout You" became Ocean's highest charting single in the US, peaking at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100. [93] Ocean performed the song on the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards on September 6, 2012. [94] and the following week, Channel Orange sold almost 14,000 more copies. [95] Ocean also performed "Thinkin Bout You" and "Pyramids" on Saturday Night Live on September 15, the latter of which featured John Mayer on guitar. [96] By September 2016, the album had sold 686,000 copies in United States. [97] Touring [ edit ]

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Zach Dionne (May 28, 2015). "Every New Gorgeous James Fauntleroy Song Wins Our Hearts a Little More". Fuse. Archived from the original on September 21, 2017 . Retrieved September 20, 2017. a b Markman, Rob (July 24, 2012). "Frank Ocean Still Connects with the Ladies On Channel Orange Tour". MTV News. Archived from the original on July 27, 2012 . Retrieved July 25, 2012. Lost" contains dialogue from "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". Courtesy of Universal Studios Licensing LLC. 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]

Channel orange: Frank Ocean" (in French). Fnac. Archived from the original on August 30, 2012 . Retrieved July 19, 2012. End" features a sample of "Voodoo", as written and performed by Frank Ocean; and contains dialogue from the 2006 film ATL. [143] [144] Murray, Robin (July 13, 2012). "Frank Ocean – Channel Orange". Clash. Archived from the original on February 4, 2020 . Retrieved February 4, 2020.

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