Accompanying the online album release was a physical Boys Don’t Cry zine, which was made available. Breaux) Production: Frank Ocean, Malay Ho and Ommas Keith Arrangement: Frank Ocean, Malay Ho and Ommas Keith Mellotron: Malay Drum Programming: Malay Ho and Ommas Keith. The most important thing I paid attention to was how powerful the emotion in each song is, which is often the effect of the combination of lyrics and production. Frank Ocean released his highly-anticipated album Blonde back in August in an online-only drop.
The album is also full of excellent, unexpected production, with many switches and distinctive portions of each song. You can peep the full credits below via Reddit. Lyrics are an incredibly important part of Ocean's music, so I had to keep the Genius tab open. The full liner notes for Frank Ocean's Blond album have been revealed, confirming Kanye West helped pen a song on the highly anticipated LP. Frank Ocean writes and delivers in a way that makes peculiar sense to those of us inheriting a world. After a few listens to the album, it's clear that it's a beautiful and challenging work of art, filled with altered otherworldly vocals, introspective reveals, and gorgeous production, along with a few slightly bizarre spoken word portions.Īs I was attempting the difficult feat of ranking the tracks on Blonde, a lot of factors came into consideration. For an album that is at times intentionally difficult to follow - for all its vague and indistinct meanderings between subjects, between minds and bodies, between place and time, Blonde remains a highly accessible album - and not just sonically. As Endless is experimental and more of a preview of the full album, it's easier to listen to and rank the tracks on Frank Ocean's Blonde, a more traditional record – although "easy" might not be the best way to describe ranking one of Ocean's new songs over another. After four years of speculation and false starts, Frank Ocean released two albums in two days: the visual album Endless and, a day later, Blonde.