Comfortably the best album of last year. Probably best of the decade so far, just edging out the Suburbs.

Frank Ocean is overly ambitious on this album, concidering how much filler there is on the album. Pyramids is one of the greatest songs released in a long time, Thinkin' Bout You is a soothing R'n'B tune and Lost's groovy beat gets me everytime, but over all the album seems overlong and uneven. It's good to see an ambitious young man here, but to the praise it has received has been a bit over the top. But he has definitely laid the foundation for a new wave of electronic hip-hop-R'n'B. But actually it bowels me that the album bacame so mainstream, because the structure of the songs and his lyrics aren't what you normally call approachable.

I think my first comment here is not representative of how I feel about the album now, so let me try again...

I've been trying to understand what caused me to change my opinion on this, and I think it connects to what I noticed about my music listening in general - initially I give far more attention to music, and even when I like the lyrics, I won't like the song as a whole if I have a problem with the sound. But then after a while, my attention switches from one to another (I get used to the sound I guess), and I start doing the opposite - I often start loving songs with what I feel are good lyrics, even if the music isn't "all that".

So this here is a very mellow, laid back album, that plenty of people will find quite simply - boring. I did too for a while (esp. with the first half). Now, I don't wanna say that the lyrics here are so amazing, that made me have a complete "180", and that I now love the album because of that... However, once my attention switched more to the lyrical subject matter, I guess I not only "forgave" the album for those "too" mellow, uninteresting moments (that I thought it had), but I even started to cherish them in those cases where I felt they fit each other. In particular Super Rich Kids, whose mellow nature is very appropriate in relation to its subject matter and lyrics. I mean, the way Earl delivers his verse is pretty much the point of the song.

Sorry if this ^^ is confusing. It made sense in my head :S...

Anyway... To sum up my feelings about this: I still think the first half is not as good as the second, but there's good stuff there too. Lyrics are good throughout, laid back production fits them nicely, and Frank's voice is great.
My favourite moments on the album:
-The ending of Pyramids
-Earl's verse on Super Rich Kids
-Andre's verse on Pink Matter
-"If it brings me to my knees, it's a bad religion"

How can anyone stand this bland, energyless garbage? Pyramids is the only decent thing on here.

some enjoyable songs like pyramid but far too many fillers that kill the joy.

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My favorite album of 2012. Simply incredible.

Has some really great moments, but it's definitely not FO's masterpiece. That has yet to be seen!

The best soul/R&B album of the 21st century. It took me a while for it to grow on me, but once it did, it opened my eyes. I'm going to listen to this album for the rest of my life.

Ehh. I'm indifferent on this album and I'm going to abstain from rating it because it's just not the kind of music that I'm used to and it really does nothing for me one way or another.