• ' Released: April 17, 2012 • ' Released: June 8, 2012 • ' Released: July 6, 2012 • ' Released: December 17, 2012 • ' Released: March 17, 2013 Channel Orange (stylized as channel ORANGE) is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter. It was released on July 10, 2012,. After releasing his mixtape in 2011, Ocean began writing new songs with, a producer and songwriter who assisted him with recording the album at in Hollywood. Rather than rely on as he had with his mixtape, Ocean wanted to approach sound and differently on Channel Orange. He titled the album as a reference to the neurological phenomenon and the color he claimed to have perceived during the summer he first fell in love. Channel Orange has an unconventional musical style, film-inspired segue tracks, and songs that draw on,,,.

Ocean's songwriting touches on themes such as unrequited love, decadence, class, and drugs through the use of surrealistic imagery, conversational devices, and descriptive narratives depicting dark characters. His singing on the album exhibits free-form flow and alternating falsetto and tenor registers. The album features guest appearances from artists and, along with appearances from. Production is handled by Ocean himself,, Malay,. To prevent Channel Orange from onto the Internet, Ocean and Def Jam released the album digitally one week earlier than its publicly announced date. It was promoted with five, including Ocean's highest charting single '—number 32 on the US —and a supporting concert tour in July 2012. Channel Orange debuted at number two on the US and sold 131,000 copies in its first week.

It received widespread critical acclaim and was named the best album of 2012 by numerous publications. By September 2014, the album had sold 621,000 copies, according to. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] Frustrated with ' inactivity in his recording career, Ocean released his debut mixtape online for free in February 2011. It showcased the singer's original tracks, repurposed songs by other recording acts, and featured musical and lyrical elements unconventional in. Although it lacked conventional promotion, the mixtape attained a following among listeners and received critical acclaim. Ocean and Def Jam eventually mended their relationship, and while a planned contracted edition of Nostalgia, Ultra never materialized, the label released two of its songs as singles, including the '.

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An agreement was then reached to release a tentative follow-up album for 2012. Writing [ ] Ocean started writing songs for Channel Orange in February 2011 with songwriter and producer, his friend and creative partner since their start in the music industry as songwriters. They originally met in Atlanta and worked for the same publishing company, through which they reconnected after Malay moved to Los Angeles. Ocean more spent time with Malay, introducing him to his Odd Future collective, while connecting creatively through their respective songwriting, which led to their partnership for Channel Orange.

For the album, Ocean wrote his lyrics to complement Malay's ideas for the music. Occasionally, they wrote songs together by improvising musical ideas from Malay's keyboard and guitar playing. Channel Orange was written in two weeks, according to the singer.

'The songs are confessional yet guarded, alive to all sorts of musical and lyrical possibilities, working in a number of genres within the space of a single composition, alert to both dream imagery and realistic observations of the world around him. As a Hollywood transplant, Frank Ocean is into make-believe – and the question of how you create and deconstruct make-believe.' —, Channel Orange has themes of, sex, and longing. Allusions to Ocean's own experience with unrequited love are featured in several songs, including ', 'Bad Religion', and 'Forrest Gump'. Jon Caramanica of found the album to be 'rife with the sting of unrequited love, both on the receiving and inflicting ends', with 'lovers who tantalize but remain at arm's length.' Ryan Dombal from said Ocean exhibits 'a timeless philosophy.