Her eyes seemed clear and calm but not blank, the road behind her seemed the same. "Two years ago I found an image of a kid with her hands covering her face," the artist wrote in an essay posted on his Tumblr the day this weekend the album, four years in the making, finally became available." A seatbelt reached across her torso, riding up her neck and a mop of blonde hair stayed swept, for the moment, behind her ears. cover art spelling situation, we're calling it Blonde throughout.)Īnn Powers: When he began to put himself into the mind-frame that would inspire his new album Blonde, Frank Ocean imagined himself in a moving car. And without clarity regarding the whole listing vs. (Ann Powers and Jason King write about both the physical and digital versions of the album interchangeably. We find it impossible and personally limiting to consider this album outside of its context, so the below is as much a state of affairs as it is a straight-ahead review. They did so across many time zones and man hours what emerged is a conversation that stays fair-minded and grounded and ends in questioning both the artist and his audience. Over the weekend we asked Ann Powers and Jason King to wrestle with Frank Ocean's long-awaited follow-up to 2012's Channel Orange. Gill, J.Frank Ocean's raw, bleeding, diaristic storytelling guides Blonde. Keyboards: Malay Ho, James Blake, Mars 1500įeatured Vocals: Kim Burrell and Yung Lean Production: Frank Ocean, Om'mas Keith, Malay Ho and James BlakeĪrrangement: Frank Ocean, James Blake and Sebastian Akchote *Contains a quote from 'A Fond Farewell' by Elliott Smith and a sample from 'Untitled' by Rostam Batmanglij Keyboards: Rostam Batmanglij and Malay Ho *Contains an interpolation of 'Here, There and Everywhere' by The Beatles Sample Programming: Sebastian Akchote and Frank Ocean Keyboards: Buddy Ross, Malay Ho and Jon Brion Production: Frank Ocean, Jon Brion and Om'mas KeithĪrrangement: Frank Ocean, Buddy Ross, Jon Brion and Alex Giannascoli *Contains a sample of 'They Long To Be Close To You' (Cacharach/David) performed by Stevie Wonder live on The David Frost Show, courtesy of Rellin' in the Years Productions, LLC Production: Frank Ocean, Buddy Ross and Francis StarliteĪrrangement: Frank Ocean, Buddy Ross and Francis Starlite *Andre 3000 appears courtesy of Epic RecordsĪrrangement: Malay Ho, Om'mas Keith and Jon Brion Production: Frank Ocean, James Blake and Jon Brion Keyboards: Buddy Ross, Joe Thornalley and Jon Brion Production: Frank Ocean, Joe Thornalley, Michael Uzowuru and Buddy RossĪrrangement: Frank Ocean, Buddy Ross, Jon Brion and Joe Thornalleyĭrum Programming: Michael Uzowuru and Joe Thornalley Guitars: Alex Giannascoli, Austin Feinstein and Malay Ho Production: Frank Ocean, Malay Ho and Jon BrionĪrrangement: Alex Giannascoli, Austin Feinstein and Jon Brion Keyboards: Christophe Chassol and James Blake Production: Frank Ocean, Malay Ho and Om'mas KeithĪrrangement: Frank Ocean, Malay Ho and Christophe Chassol
*Contains a sample of 'Running Around' by Buddy Ross *Beyonce appears courtesy of Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records Strings recorded by Greg Keller and Eric Caudieux at Henson Recording Viola: Leah Katz, Rodney Wirtz, Stefan Smith and Adriana ZoppoĬello: John Krovoza, Simon Huber, Ginger Murphy, Alisha Bauer and Stefanie Fife Violin: Eric Gorfain (Concertmaster), Daphne Chen, Marisa Kuney, Charlie Bisharat, Katie Sloan, Songa Lee, Gina Kronstadt, Lisa Dondlinger, Terry Glenny, Chris Woods, Neel Hammond, Marcy Vaj and Crystal Alforque String Arrangement: Jon Brion and Benjamin WrightĪdditional Vocals: Beyonce Knowles-Carter Production: Frank Ocean and Pharrell Williams
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