Gil & Vince 276K 7 Lance - Day Away prod. Clyde & Harry 260K 6 Lance - Can't Be The Last Time prod. Underdogs 395K 5 Lance - Broken Pieces prod. ‘Earth Bound Hearts’ – John Mclaughlin feat. N - Frank Ocean - Blasted (Prod Midi Mafia) 293K 4 Lance - Bricks And Steel prod. its speaks to my soul and i have listened to it back to front well over 1000 times.' (Swissies) Goldfrapp - Felt. Frank Ocean releases long-awaited album, Blond Singer releases follow-up to Channel Orange album in pop-up shops and on Apple Music contributors include. ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ – Roberta Flack Frank Ocean - Channel Orange: 'That album is a deep and important part of my life. ‘Shadows’ – Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes Though in this case it's 48,000 samples per second which is a bit of an upgrade. It meets the standards of CD quality which is 16 bits per channel and 44,100 samples per second. ‘No More Shall We Part’ – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds While it's hard to call this version CD quality, it's basically it. Ocean sheds some light on the new album in two emotional Tumblr posts, which you can read here. It’s been quite a week already for Frank Ocean who released two albums in the space of three days – visual album Endless, which dropped on Friday, and surprise full-length Blond, which landed in the early hours of Sunday morning.īlond is an Apple Music exclusive for two weeks and features Beyoncé, Kanye West, Andre 3000, Pharell Williams, Tyler, The Creator, Jamie xx, James Blake and Rick Rubin. The cover artwork was shot by Wolfgang Tillmans, whose track ‘Device Control’ closed Endless. The album features guest vocals from Andr 3000, Beyonc, and Kim Burrell, among others. It was released on August 20, 2016, as a timed exclusive on the iTunes Store and Apple Music, and followed the August 19 release of Ocean's video album Endless. There’s also a nod to the late, great Japanese synth pioneer Isao Tomita, as well as legendary jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, who died on August 15. Blonde (alternatively titled blond) is the second a studio album by American singer Frank Ocean. Cue: Aphex Twin, Kraftwerk, Steve Reich, Mazzy Star, Donna Summer, Gang of Four and James Blake. Frank Ocean’sBoys Don’t Cry zine landed on Sunday and along with a Kanye West poem about McDonald’s, it includes a hefty list of Ocean’s favourite songs.Īs is to be expected from an artist whose own album features such a motley crew of guest contributors, it’s a pretty eclectic mix.