Channel Orange

2012 debut studio album by Frank Ocean

Channel Orange (written as channel, ORANGE) is the first studio album by Frank Ocean. It was released in July 2012 through Def Jam. The cover shows an orange box that is almost full, which is a reference to the summer that Ocean had first fallen in love. It featured the song "Thinkin Bout You" as well as the other successful songs "Lost", "Pyramids", "Sweet Life" and "Super Rich Kids". The lyrics are dealing with Oceans experience with unrequited love, sex, drugs and nostalgia. It won a Grammy Award.

Channel Orange
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 10, 2012 (2012-07-10)
Recorded2011–12
EastWest Studio, Henson Recording Studios, Record Plant
(Hollywood, California)
Westlake Recording Studios, Studio for the Talented & Gifted
(Los Angeles, California)
San Ysidro
(Beverly Hills, California)
Manhattan Sound Recording
(New York, New York)
GenrePBR&B, neo soul
Length62:23
LabelDef Jam
ProducerFrank Ocean, Malay, Om'mas Keith, Pharrell
Frank Ocean chronology
Nostalgia, Ultra
(2011)
Channel Orange
(2012)
Singles from Channel Orange
  1. "Thinkin Bout You"
    Released: April 17, 2012 (2012-04-17)
  2. "Pyramids"
    Released: June 8, 2012 (2012-06-08)
  3. "Sweet Life"
    Released: July 6, 2012 (2012-07-06)
  4. "Lost"
    Released: December 17, 2012 (2012-12-17)
  5. "Super Rich Kids"
    Released: March 17, 2013 (2013-03-17)

Track listing

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1."Start-0:46 2."Thinkin Bout You"-3:18 3."Fertilizer-0:40 4. "Sierra Leone"-2:28 5. "Sweet Life"-4:22 6. "Not Just Money"-0:59 7. "Super Rich Kids"-5:04