Genre: Soul
Places I remember: HMV Oxford St.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Lost
Gear costume: Pyramids
Active compensatory factors: While visiting London from the Middle East, I bought this to see what all the fuss around Frank Ocean was about. Youth culture is hard to ignore while travelling around London.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Lost
Gear costume: Pyramids
Active compensatory factors: While visiting London from the Middle East, I bought this to see what all the fuss around Frank Ocean was about. Youth culture is hard to ignore while travelling around London.
I can see the attraction - offbeat songs, elliptical lyrics, and a smooth soul voice, Frank presents as a slightly eccentric one off. I didn't feel inspired to buy any other albums by him, so it's a one off for me too.
I can also truthfully say I don't listen to this album much. This is probably the third or fourth time I've listened all the way through.
This is mainly because I have a big collection and there are always other albums I'd rather listen to instead. Somehow the whole album lacks something for me to focus on: maybe it's the snippets of cinema verité he includes along the way; maybe it's all the various contributors; maybe it's the wide stylistic canvas - soul, pop, jazz, funk, psychedelic; maybe it's the length - it feels long and unfocussed to me!
Where do they all belong? Lou Rawls is next up in the soul section.
Where do they all belong? Lou Rawls is next up in the soul section.
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