Channel Orange (studio album) by Frank Ocean

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-07-17
Overall rank: 157th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 1,243 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 2012 (3rd)
Award Top 20 albums of the 2010s (14th)
Award Top 200 albums of all time (157th)
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Frank Ocean bestography

Channel Orange is ranked 2nd best out of 4 albums by Frank Ocean on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Frank Ocean is Blond which is ranked number 91 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 14,490.

Frank Ocean album bestography « Higher ranked (91st) This album (157th) Lower ranked (2,421st) »
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Channel Orange track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rating: 73 (211 votes)Comments: 2
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Rating: 78 (227 votes)Comments: 1
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Rating: 86 (276 votes)Comments: 2
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Rating: 92 (423 votes)Comments: 10
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Rating: 88 (286 votes)Comments: 1
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Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 1,243 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.9/100, a mean average of 80.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.

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70/100
From 06/13/2023 20:16
I find this album to be a little inconsistent but the highs are to the skies and any songs that don't connect with me are at worst still super interesting.
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75/100
From 03/27/2023 11:31
This is an inconsistent record for the majority of the run time with there being a quite a bit of filler that could be trimmed down. There is some obviously outstanding moments on here which drags up everything around it as these songs are just that good. These tracks include Thinkin Bout You, Lost, Pink Matter and the amazing Pyramids as well as a few others. All of these songs flow brilliantly and are just so incredibly infectious that you can't help but replay them countless times. However, you then get these mediocre songs that just don't go anywhere and feel empty. They don't have those irresistible qualities that the better songs have and I find them to be dull and make me lose interest in the music. Overall, if the consistency of the better songs was maintained this would be a phenomenal record but this isn't achieved which leads to quite a disappointing album.
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75/100
From 01/18/2023 19:59
While there are fantastic moments on the album like “Pyramids” and “Lost” which rank among some of the decades best songs I can’t help but feel like the album can be a little inconsistent.
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From 06/20/2022 16:27
Every song is worth many listens. Pyramids, Lost, Sweet Life, Super Rich Kids, Thinkin bout you and Pink Matter are my favs, but still then i could include 3-4 more songs.
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From 05/03/2022 13:52
The music involves serious jazz and r&b chops. The singing style is dynamic. The lyrics are (at times) sensual.

These elements will remind a listener of Prince and Stevie. They will also call into focus the fact that Ocean is nowhere near as good as either.
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75/100
From 02/03/2022 23:36
75.88

Déjenme explicarme. Este disco está muy bueno. Me ha sorprendido lo accesible que es. Melodías memorables. La voz de Frank Ocean es hermosa. Lo que le juega en contra son la multiplicidad de interludios que le han terminado disminuyendo considerablemente el puntaje final. Pero este disco tiene sus joyas. Las mejores me han parecido Thinkin Bout You y Pyramids. Seguidas de Lost, Super Rich Kids y Bad Religion. Me pareció más accesible que Blonde y me he llevado una buena experiencia.
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From 12/13/2021 21:26
Buena voz y buen disco para crear ambiente
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85/100
From 10/31/2021 11:36
Acerta em todas as melodias e batidas criando um dos grandes álbuns de sua década!
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95/100
From 07/17/2021 13:46
Highlights:

- Pyramids
- Lost
- Monks
- End / Golden Girl (ft. Tyler, The Creator)
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90/100
From 04/30/2021 04:05
A totally diverse in style for a psychedelic rnb record. Frank Ocean probably the artist of the decade for his great production and nice range of vocals. His retrowave of Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Brian Wilson and even Radiohead mix with neo-soul of D'Angelo made him an original artist.
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