Channel Orange

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Kornhaber, Spencer (November 2012). "Frank Ocean". The Atlantic. Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012 . Retrieved November 16, 2012. Super Rich Kids" contains an interpolation of "Real Love" written by M. Morales, M. Rooney, K. Robinson, N. Robinson Jr. & R. Hammond, published by Hot Butter Milk Music, Inc. administered by BMG Gold Songs (ASCAP)/First Priority Music administered by BMG Platinum Songs (BMI)/Dreamworld Pudding administered by Bughouse [all rights administered by BMG Rights Management (US)]/ Songs of Universal Inc. (BMI)/ Second Generation Rooney Tunes, Inc. (BMI)/Swing Beat Songs (BMI)Ladwa, Asha (July 12, 2012). "Frank Ocean Drops 'Golden Girl' With Tyler, The Creator". TaleTela. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012 . Retrieved July 22, 2012. 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] Super Rich Kids" contains an interpolation of "Real Love" written by M. Morales, M. Rooney, K. Robinson, N. Robinson Jr. & R. Hammond, published by Hot Butter Milk Music, Inc. administered by BMG Gold Songs (ASCAP)/First Priority Music administered by BMG Platinum Songs (BMI)/Dreamworld Pudding administered by Bughouse (all rights administered by BMG Rights Management (US)]/ Songs Of Universal Inc. (BMI)/ Second Generation Rooney Tunes, Inc. (BMI)/Swing Beat Songs (BMI) Pelly, Jenn (March 5, 2012). "Frank Ocean to Open for Coldplay". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on August 25, 2012 . Retrieved July 21, 2012.

Complex (July 10, 2012). "The 10 Best Lyrics From Frank Ocean's "Channel Orange" ". Complex. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017 . Retrieved October 23, 2017. "End" finishes with a recording of Ocean's "Voodoo" on top of sex in a car. Channel Orange also earned Ocean several industry awards. It won him the Album of the Year award at the 2012 Soul Train Music Awards [124] and Outstanding Music Artist at the 2013 GLAAD Media Awards. [125] At the 2013 Grammy Awards, it garnered the singer nominations for Album of the Year, Best New Artist, and Record of the Year (for "Thinkin Bout You"), [126] winning for Best Urban Contemporary Album. [127] Ocean agreed to perform at the awards show only if they let him play the song he wanted, [19] "Forrest Gump". [128] a b "Channel Orange". Acclaimed Music. Archived from the original on September 11, 2019 . Retrieved February 3, 2020. Management [Label] – Akinah Rahmaan, Barry Weiss (3), Gabe Tesoriero, Gabrielle Peluso, Karen Kwak, Kristen Yiengst, Michael Seltzer (2), Scott Marcus (3), Steve Bartels a b c d Caulfield, Keith (July 11, 2012). "Zac Brown Band's 'Uncaged' Heading for No. 1, Frank Ocean Selling Big". Billboard. Los Angeles. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012 . Retrieved July 18, 2012.Simran Hans (December 1, 2015). "Cataloging Frank Ocean's Obsession with Film". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017 . Retrieved October 23, 2017. In Channel Orange's outro, Ocean lifts dialogue from hip-hop drama ATL. Billings, Lane (July 18, 2012). "Frank Ocean: Channel Orange". Paste. Decatur. Archived from the original on September 18, 2012 . Retrieved July 18, 2012. Ocean titled the album in reference to his experience with grapheme–color synesthesia, a neurological phenomenon in which an individual's perception of numbers and letters is associated with the experience of colors. [70] He discussed the phenomenon with Pharrell Williams, who had also experienced it and similarly referenced it for the title of his side project N.E.R.D.'s 2008 album Seeing Sounds. [70] The title also alludes to the first time that Ocean fell in love, as it was summer and he perceived everything to be orange. Ocean's mother called it "a perfect summertime album" after attending a listening session. [70] Wilson, Elliott (July 16, 2012). "Success Is Certain". Respect. New York. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012 . Retrieved July 23, 2012.