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오늘은 2012년 7월 10일 발매된
Frank Ocean의 'channel ORANGE'에 대해서 리뷰해보려고 합니다.
ARTIST
- 이름 : Frank Ocean(프랭크 오션)
- 출생 : 1987년 10월 28일
- 국적 : 미국
- 소속사 : blonded
- 데뷔일 : 2012년
TRACK LIST
총 17곡으로 구성되어 있습니다.
INFORMATION
[앨범 소개]
24살의 청년 프랭크 오션은 외설적인, 혹은 화려한 단어보다는 일상적이고 섬세한 대화를 추구하는 매우 소박한 작사가이다.
그의 따뜻하면서도 우수에 찬 영혼은 마치 스티비 원더, 프린스, 그리고
패럴 윌리암스를 연상시킨다. - 뉴욕 타임즈(the NY Times)
[channel ORANGE]는 정말이지 끝내준다! - 페이더(The Fader)
소울, R&B, 재즈 그리고 약간의 펑크를 섞은 작곡 솜씨와 다양한 사운드는 대단히 돋보인다!잊지 마라. 이건 데뷔 앨범이다! - 빌보드(Billboard)
많은 사람들이 곧 이 남자와 사랑에 빠지게 될 것이다. - 스핀(Spin)
‘Play’ 버튼을 누르는 순간부터 놀라게 될 것이다.전세계 10개국 아이튠즈 앨범 차트 1위 데뷔!이 시대가 원하는 R&B 싱어 송라이터, 프랭크 오션의 첫 스튜디오 앨범 [channel ORANGE]
REVIEW
01. Start
02. Thinkin Bout You (Spring Sampler / 2012)
https://youtu.be/6JHu3b-pbh8?si=megvLi-TPwnq0MW4
A tornado flew around
my room before
you came
Excuse the mess it
made it usually
doesnt rain
In Southern California
much like Arizona
My eyes don't shed
tears but boy they bawl
When I'm thinkin
bout you
Ooh no no no
I've been thinkin
bout you
You know know know
I've been thinkin
bout you
Do you think about me
still Do ya do ya
Or do you not think
so far ahead
Cause I been thinkin
bout forever Oooh oooh
Or do you not think
so far ahead
Cause I been thinkin
bout forever Oooh oooh
No I don't like you
I just thought you
were cool enough to
kick it
Got a beach house
I could sell you in Idaho
Since you think
I don't love you I just
thought you were cute
Thats why I kiss you
Got a fighter jet I don't
get to fly it though
I'm lyin down thinkin
bout you Ooh no
no no
I've been thinkin
bout you You know
know know
I've been thinkin
bout you
Do you think about me
still Do ya do ya
Or do you not think
so far ahead Ahead
Cause I been thinkin
bout forever Oooh oooh
Or do you not think
so far ahead
Cause I been thinkin
bout forever Oooh oooh
Yes of course
I remember how could
I forget
How you feel
And though you were
my first time
A new feel
It wont ever get old not
in my soul
Not in my spirit keep
it alive
Well go down this road
Til it turns from color
to black and white
Or do you not think so
far ahead Ahead
Cause I been thinkin
bout forever Oooh oooh
Or do you not think
so far ahead
Cause I been thinkin
bout forever Oooh oooh
03. Fertilizer
04. Sierra Leone
https://youtu.be/kgplNxRbbaM?si=esBfwhjgC6OnFOXA
"Sierra Leone"
(I was spendin' too much time alone)
Spendin' too much time alone...
(And I just ran outta Trojans)
Horses gallop to her throne
(We were behaving like teenagers)
We're behaving like teenagers
(Makin' less than minimum wage)
Still inside our parents' homes
(No I don't live in Denver)
No, I don't live in Denver
(I grew up in Sierra Leone)
And her pink skies will keep me warm
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Tid bits of intuition that I been gettin' abandon admission (Sierra Leone)
Abandon mission, you must be kiddin', this shit feelin' different
Shit feelin' too good to me, glistening,
Shimmerin' underneath the sunlight, the sunlight (Sierra Leone)
And a new day will bring about the dawn
And a new day will bring another cryin' babe into the world (girl now)
Our daughter's reachin' for the nipple cause it's time for her to eat
Tonight I'll lay her in the cradle if it's time for go to sleep
I sing a Lennon lullaby, she can have a pretty dream
Baby girl if you knew what I know, knew what I know
Na, na na, na na, na...
Na, na na, na na, na...
05. Sweet Life
https://youtu.be/y14F2RQW7h4?si=MFpB9yNaU-uk83D4
The best song wasn't the single
but you weren't either
Livin' in Ladera Heights
the black Beverly Hills
Domesticated paradise
palm trees and pools
The water's blue swallow the pill
Keepin' it surreal
whatever you like
Whatever feels good whatever
takes you mountain high
Keepin' it surreal, not sugar-free
My TV ain't HD that's too real
Grapevine mango peaches
and limes the sweet life
The sweet life sweet life
Sweet life sweet life
The sweet sweet
sweet sweet life
Sweet life the sweet life
Sweetie pie
You've had a landscaper and a
house keeper since you were born
The starshine always kept you warm
So why see the world
when you got the beach
Don't know why see the world
when you got the beach
The sweet life
The best song wasn't the single
but you couldn't turn
your radio down
Satellite need a receiver
can't seem to turn the signal
fully off
Transmitting the waves
You're catching that breeze 'til
you're dead in the grave
But you're keepin' it surreal
whatever you like
Whatever feels good
whatever takes you mountain high
Keepin' it surreal not
sugar-free my tv ain't HD
that's too real
Grapevines mango peaches and
lime a sweet life
A sweet life
A sweet life yeah
A sweet life a sweet life
A sweet life
Live and die in the life
You've had a landscaper and a
house keeper since you were born
The starshine always kept you warm
So why see the world
when you got the beach
Don't know why see the world
when you got the beach
And the water
is exactly what I wanted
It's everything I thought it
would be Thought it would be
But this neighborhood is gettin'
trippier every day
The neighborhood is
goin' ape shit crazy
You've had a landscaper and a
house keeper since you were born
The starshine always kept you warm
So why see the world
when you got the beach
Don't know why see the world
when you got the beach
The sweet life
06. Not Just Money
https://youtu.be/ix-ownkEPE8?si=lHukVLt-FrHRuu6T
Stop thinking of this as being money
"It's just money, I'ma make more"
No, no, no-no-no-no
Please decondition yourself
It's not just money
It's happiness
It's the difference between happy, being happy and sad
It's the difference between having a home and living on the streets
That's what it is, it's not just money
It's so much more than that
Right now, it's the difference between you being able to go to a prom
And disappointing a girl
As I told you from the beginning, I don't have money
I have bills to pay
But that meant nothing to you
Absolutely nothing
Hmm, let's see, I have
Ooh, yeah, I'ma make myself a hot link when I get home
Meant nothing to you
Saving my seven dollars
07. Super Rich Kids (Feat. Earl Sweatshirt)
https://youtu.be/0XCQNpjWmRE?si=K2RoiTnnoFAB1HVT
Too many bottles of
this wine we can't
pronounce
Too many bowls of
that green no lucky
charms
The maids come
around too much
Parents aint around
enough
Too many joy rides in
daddys jaguar
Too many white lies
and white lines
Super rich kids with
nothing but loose ends
Super rich kids with
nothing but fake friends
Start my day up on
the roof
Theres nothing like
this type of view
Point the clicker at
the tube
I prefer expensive news
New car new girl
New ice new glass
New watch good
times babe
It's good times yeah
She wash my back three
times a day
This shower head
feels so amazing
Well both be high
the help don't stare
They just walk by
they must don't care
A million one a million
two
A hundred more will
never do
Too many bottles of
this wine we can't
pronounce
Too many bowls of
that green no lucky
charms
The maids come
around too much
Parents aint around
enough
Too many joy rides in
daddys jaguar
Too many white lies
and white lines
Super rich kids with
nothing but loose ends
Super rich kids with
nothing but fake friends
Real love I'm searching
for a real love
Oh real love I'm searching
for a real love
Oh real love
Close your eyes for
what you can't imagine
we are the xany gnashing
Caddy smashing bratty
ass he mad he snatched
his daddys Jag
And used the shut for
batting practice adamant
and he thrashing
Purchasing crappy grams
with half the hand of cash
you handed
Panicking patch me up
Pappy done latch
keyed us
Toying with Raggy Anns
and mammy done had
enough
Brash as fuck breaching
all these aqueducts
don't believe us
Treat us like we can't
erupt yup
We end our day up
on the roof
I say I'll jump I never do
But when I'm drunk I
act a fool
Talking bout do they
sew wings on
tailored suits
I'm on that ledge she
grabs my arm
She slaps my head
It's good times yeah
Sleeve rips off I slip I fall
The markets down like
60 stories
And some don't end
the way they should
My silver spoon has
fed me good
A million one a million
cash
Close my eyes and
feel the crash
Too many bottles of this
wine we can't pronounce
Too many bowls of that
green no lucky charms
The maids come around
too much
Parents ain't around
enough
Too many joy rides in
daddys jaguar
Too many white lies
and white lines
Super rich kids with
nothing but loose ends
Super rich kids with
nothing but fake friends
Real love ain't that
something rare
I'm searching for a real
love real love
Real love yea
Real love real love
I'm searching for a
real love
Talking bout a real love
08. Pilot Jones
https://youtu.be/azgDZ-TBCzk?si=U4I55Ab2UfrUnhrM
"Pilot Jones"
[Intro]
We once had things in common
Now the only thing we share is the refrigerator
Ice cold, baby, I told you, I'm ice cold (ice cold!)
You out here flyin' high (high!)
Go ahead, fly that thing!
High! High!
But fly alone
[Verse 1]
You always smokin' in the house
What if my mother comes over?
You can't get up and get a job
Cause this little hustle's getting you by
You're the dealer and the stoner with the sweetest kiss around
[Hook]
I know what I was on, I had a Pilot Jones
She took me high, then she took me home
Pilot Jones, Pilot Jones
[Verse 2]
Tonight she came stumblin' across my lawn again
I just don't know why I keep on tryin' to keep a grown woman sober
See there you go reachin' up your blouse and no I don't want a child
But I ain't been touched in a while by the dealer
And the stoner with the sweetest kiss I've ever known
[Hook]
I know what I was on, I had a Pilot Jones
She took me high, then she took me home
Pilot Jones, Pilot Jones
[Verse 3]
In the sky up above, the birds
I saw the sky like I never seen before
You thought I was above you
Above this in so many ways
But if I got a condo on a cloud
Then I guess you can stay at my place
I'ma get one
I need ya
Admit it
You're my Pilot Jones
09. Crack Rock
https://youtu.be/IVzzw7Vkiyg?si=Ad3zOjt7fUMWApJw
You don't know how little you matter
Until you're all alone
In the middle of Arkansas
With a little rock left in that plastic
Used to date a blonde
You used to hit it raw
Cause she was and you are madly involved
Madly involved
Hittin' stones in glass homes
You're smokin' stones in abandoned homes
You hit them stones and broke your home
Crack rock crack rock
Crack rock crack rock
Hittin' stones in glass homes
You're smokin' stones in abandoned homes
You're hittin' stones and broke your home
Crack rock crack rock
Crack rock crack rock
You're shuckin' and jivin', stealin' and robbin'
To get the fixing that you're itching for
Your family stopped inviting you to things
Won't let you hold their infant
You used to get a little cut-up from time to time
But the freaks ain't trying to sleep with cracky
Hittin' stones in glass homes
You're smokin' stones in abandoned homes
You hit them stones and you broke your home
Crack rock crack rock crack rock
Crooked cop dead cop
How much dope can you push to me
Crooked cop dead cop
No good for community
Fuckin' pig get shot
300 men will search for me
My brother get popped
And don't no one hear the sound
Don't no one hear the rounds, ooh, sound
Don't no one hear the shells, ooh, shells
Don't no one hear a sound
Don't no one disturb the peace for riot
Don't no one disrupt nirvana
Don't no one wanna blow the high
Crack rock, ooh
Crack rock, ooh
Crack rock
How you feeling girl
How's the gutter doing
Crack rock
10. Pyramids
https://youtu.be/dMV31MWIjLE?si=r45yIUg1NwVr2R_V
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Set the cheetahs on the loose
Oh, oh, oh, oh
There's a thief out on the move
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Underneath our legion's view
Oh, oh, oh, oh
They have taken Cleopatra
Run run run, come back for my glory (Cleopatra)
Bring her back to me (Cleopatra)
Run run run, the crown of our pharaoh (Cleopatra)
The throne of our queen is empty (Cleopatra)
We'll run to the future, shining like diamonds
In a rocky world, rocky-rocky world
Our skin like bronze and our hair like cashmere
As we march to the rhythm on the palace floor
Chandeliers inside the pyramids tremble from the force
Cymbals crash inside the pyramids, voices fill up the halls
Set the cheetahs on the loose
There's a thief out on the move
Underneath our legion's view
They have taken Cleopatra, Cleopatra
The jewel of Africa, jewel
What good is a jewel that ain't still precious?
How could you run off on me? How could you run off on us?
You feel like God inside that gold
I found you laying down with Samson and his full head of hair
I found my black queen Cleopatra, bad dreams, Cleopatra
Remove her, send the cheetahs to the tomb
Our war is over, our queen has met her doom
No more, she lives no more, serpent in her room
No more, he has killed Cleopatra, Cleopatra
Big sun coming strong through the motel blinds
Wake up to your girl
For now, let's call her Cleopatra, Cleopatra
I watch you fix your hair
Then put your panties on in the mirror, Cleopatra
Then your lipstick, Cleopatra
Then your six-inch heels, catch her
She's headed to the pyramid
She's working at the pyramid tonight
Working at the pyramid
Working at the pyramid tonight
Working at the pyramid
Working at the pyramid tonight
Working at the pyramid
Working at the pyramid tonight
Working at the pyramid
Working at the pyramid tonight
Pimping in my convos
Bubbles in my champagne, let it be some jazz playing
Top floor motel suite twisting my cigars
Floor model TV with the VCR
Got rubies in my damn chain
Whip ain't got no gas tank but it still got woodgrain
Got your girl working for me
Hit the strip and my bills paid
That keep my bills paid
Hit the strip and my bills paid
Keep a nigga bills paid
She's working at the pyramid tonight
Working at the pyramid
Working at the pyramid tonight
Working at the pyramid
Working at the pyramid tonight
Working at the pyramid
Working at the pyramid tonight
Working at the pyramid
You showed up after work, I'm bathing your body
Touch you in places only I know
You're wet and you're warm just like our bathwater
Can we make love before you go?
The way you say my name makes me feel like
I'm that nigga but I'm still unemployed
You say it's big but you take it, ride cowgirl
But your love ain't free no more, baby
But your love ain't free no more
She's working at the pyramid tonight
Working at the pyramid
Working at the pyramid tonight
Working at the pyramid, that's right
Working at the pyramid tonight, yeah
Working at the pyramid
Working at the pyramid tonight
Working at the pyramid
Working at the pyramid tonight
11. Lost
https://youtu.be/J3DWAJGaf7o?si=xH-o1IPLv2St7Ypw
"Lost"
[Verse 1]
Double D
Big full breasts on my baby (Yo we goin' to Florida)
Triple weight
Couldn't weight the love I've got for the girl
And I just wanna know
Why you ain't been goin' to work
Boss ain't workin' you like this
He can't take care of you like this
[Hook:]
Now you're lost
Lost in the heat of it all
Girl you know you're lost
Lost in the thrill of it all
Miami, Amsterdam
Tokyo, Spain, lost
Los Angeles, India
Lost on a train, lost
[Verse 2]
Got on my buttercream silk shirt and it's Versace
Hand me my triple weight
So I can weight the work I got on your girl (Too weird to live, too weird to die)
No I don't really wish
I don't wish the titties would show
No, have I ever
Have I ever let you get caught?
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
She's at a stove (Who?)
Can't believe I got her out here cookin' dope (Cookin' dope)
I promise she'll be
Whippin' meals up for a family of her own some day
Nothin' wrong (Nothin' wrong, ain't nothin' wrong)
No nothin' wrong with a lie
Nothin' wrong with another short plane ride
(Nothin' wrong, ain't nothin' wrong)
Through the sky (Up in the sky)
You and I (Just you and I)
[Hook]
[Outro]
Love lost ?
Love love
Love lost ?
Love love
Love lost
Love love
Love lost
Life is the substance
Then the other channel on the...
12. White
https://youtu.be/ifF6560hkn8?si=MPapsQusS0Er84Wc
Could this be earth, could this be light
Does this mean everythings going to be alright
One look out my window there's trees talking like people
I dreamt of storms, I dreamt of sound
I dreamt of gravity keeping us around
I slept in the darkness it was lonely and it was silent
What is this love, I don't feel the same
Don't believe what this is, could be given a name
I awoke you there chasing planets on my forehead
But I forget 23 like I forget 17
And I forget my first love, like you forget a day dream
And what of all my wild friends, and the times I've had with them
But I'll fade to grey soon on the tv station
13. Monks
ㄹㅇㄹㅇ
"Monks"
Mosh pits and bare chest
Stage diving sky diver
Spray the crowd with cold water
Now it's mosh pits and wet tits
I think I need a cold shower
Cool waters
African girl speaks in English accent
Likes to fuck boys in bands
Likes to watch westerns
And ride me without the hands
Show me her passport
She's on her own tour
But you're beautiful to me
Wave 'em high girl to the sky
But you're beautiful to me
(We're in the clouds)
Wave 'em high girl to the sky
But you're beautiful to me
(Life in the clouds)
Keep em high y'all
(Beautiful stars)
In the sky
Monks in the mosh pit
Stage diving Dalai Lama
Feet covered in cut flowers
They mosh for enlightenment
Clean chakra, good karma
One with the water
Indian girl sleeps above the temple
Planning a run away young at heart
You found a boyfriend
And now you wanna get away, get away
Just a virgin lover on a getaway, getaway
And at sunset they're gonna try and get away, get away
Abhaya Mudra
I never ask for much
But please keep up lover
We've got no choices left
The running's fast
Run run run run
You're beautiful to me
Run run run run, you'd better run
You mean so much to me
In my world
We made it safely
Even with your father's army trailing us
We escaped him
Even with his archer's bows at our backs
What a great escape
But there's a long way still in fact
We're lost in a jungle underneath these clouds
There's a monsoon that never ends
A coke white tiger woke us from our slumber
To guide and protect us til the end
We're in the clouds
Wave 'em high now to the sky
But you're beautiful to me
Keep 'em high y'all, show you right
But you're beautiful to me
Beautiful
14. Bad Religion
https://youtu.be/JMpypbtrcCg?si=ZPFT67v9FjhDMBD7
Taxi driver
You're my shrink for the hour
Leave the meter running
It's rush hour
So take the streets
if you wanna
Just outrun
the demons could you
He said allahu akbar
I told him don't curse me
But boy you need prayer
I guess it couldn't hurt me
If it brings me to my knees
It's a bad religion
This unrequited love
To me it's nothing but
A one man cult
And cyanide
in my styrofoam cup
I could never make him love me
Never make him love me
Love love
Taxi driver
I swear I've got three lives
Balanced on my head
like steak knives
I can't tell you the truth
about my disguise
I can't trust no one
And you say allahu akbar
I told him don't curse me
But boy you need prayer
I guess it couldn't hurt me
If it brings me to my knees
It's a bad religion
This unrequited love
To me it's nothing but
A one man cult
And cyanide
in my styrofoam cup
I could never make him love me
Never make him love me
No no
It's a bad religion
To be in love with someone
Who could never love you
Only bad
Only bad religion
Could have me
feeling the way I do
15. Pink Matter (Feat. André 3000)
https://youtu.be/uaLV003llhY?si=kqAlsirAMAP-zwLR
And the peaches and the mangos
that you could sell for me
What do you think
my brain is made for
Is it just a container for the mind
This great great matter
Sensei replied
what is your woman
Is she just a container for the child
That soft pink matter
Cotton candy Majin Buu
Close my eyes and fall into you
My god she's giving me pleasure
What if the sky
and the stars are for show
And the aliens are watching live
From the purple matter
Sensei went quiet then violent
And we sparred until
we both grew tired
Nothing mattered
Cotton candy Majin Buu
Dim the lights
and fall into you you you
My god giving me pleasure
Pleasure pleasure pleasure
Pleasure over matter
Since you been gone
I been having withdrawals
You were such a habit to call
I ain't myself at all had
to tell myself naw
She's better with some fella
with a regular job
I didn't wanna get her involved
By dinner Mr Benjamin
was sittin in awe
Hops into my car drove far
Far's too close and I remember
My memories no sharp
Butter knife what a life anyway
I'm building y'all a clock stop
What am I Hemingway
She had the kind of body
That would probably intimidate
Any of 'em that were un southern
Not me cousin
If models are made for modeling
Thick girls are made for cuddlin'
Switch worlds and
we can huddle then
Who needs another friend
I need to hold your hand
You'd need no other man
We'd flee to other lands
Grey matter
Blue used to be my favorite color
Now I ain't got no choice
Blue matter
You're good at being bad
You're bad at being good
For heaven sakes go to hell
Knock knock on wood hey
You're good at being bad
You're bad at being good
For heaven sakes go to hell
Knock on wood
For heaven sakes go to hell
Knock knock knock knock on wood
Well frankly when
that Ocean so muphuckin good
Make her swab the muthafuckin wood
Make her walk the muthafuckin plank
Make her rob a muthafuckin bank
With no mask on and a rusty revolver
16. Forrest Gump
https://youtu.be/BqSro-8_gpU?si=5wheLYijtpc9nq09
"Forrest Gump"
I wanna see your pom poms from the stands
Come on, come on
My fingertips, and my lips, they burn
From the cigarettes
Forrest Gump, you run my mind boy
Running on my mind boy
Forrest Gump
I know you Forrest
I know you wouldn't hurt a beetle
But you're so buff, and so strong
I'm nervous Forrest
Forrest Gump
My fingertips, and my lips, they burn
From the cigarettes
Forrest Gump you run my mind boy
Running on my mind boy
Forrest Gump
I saw ya game, Forrest
I was screamin' run 44
But you kept runnin' past the end zone
Oh where'd you go Forrest
Forrest Gump
My fingertips, and my lips, they burn
From the cigarettes
Forrest Gump you run my mind boy
Running on my mind boy
Forrest Gump
Forrest green
Forrest blues
I re-mem-ber you
If this is love, I know it's true
I won't for-get you (you)
(You you, oh you you) It's for you Forrest
(You you, oh you you) It's for you Forrest
Forrest Gump
17. End
https://youtu.be/sIROWXH8xWU?si=k-g9DtH4vlauDIga
Darker times
They're telling boulder-heavy lies
Looks like all we've got is each other
The truth is obsolete
Remember when all I had was my mother
She didn't compromise
She could recognize
Voodoo
Our daughters and our sons
Are just candles in the sun
Voodoo
Don't let him see divide, hmm
Don't you let her see divide
Voodoo
(She's got the whole wide world in her juicy fruit)
(He's got the whole wide world in his pants)
There's somethin' about you
(He wrapped the whole wide world in a wedding band)
I can't believe I'm even talking to you, tellin' you this right now
(Then put the whole wide world on her hands)
(She's got the whole wide world in her hands)
You're special
I wish you could see what I see
He's got the whole wide world in his hands, in his hands
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Ocean의 내러티브 스타일은 앨범 전반에 걸쳐 탁월합니다. 그는 개인적인 성찰과 사회적 논평을 혼합하여 생생한 이야기를 만들어냅니다. 예를 들어, "Bad Religion"은 짝사랑과 내면의 혼란이라는 복잡한 주제를 다루며, 성적 정체성과 신앙 사이의 갈등을 미묘하게 암시하는 곡입니다. 이 곡은 감정적으로 강렬한 전달 방식과 미니멀한 악기 구성으로 돋보입니다. 반면에 "Super Rich Kids"는 부와 특권의 피상성을 비판하며, Kanye West의 "All Falls Down"과 유사한 주제를 다루지만, Ocean의 버전은 보다 친밀하고 개인적으로 느껴지며, 아이러니와 무기력한 보컬 톤을 사용하여 그가 묘사하는 피상적인 삶을 반영합니다.
이 앨범의 가장 독특한 특징 중 하나는 장르를 혼합하는 능력입니다. 이것은 순수한 R&B나 소울 앨범이 아니라, Ocean은 펑크, 재즈, 사이키델릭 록, 전자 음악을 자유롭게 넘나듭니다. 예를 들어, "Pyramids"는 일렉트로 펑크에서 느린 발라드로 변모하는 9분짜리 대작으로, R&B 중심을 유지하면서도 Pink Floyd의 곡과 같은 구조적 복잡성을 떠올리게 합니다. 이 곡의 야심찬 구성은 고대의 클레오파트라와 현대의 사랑을 메타포로 삼아 사랑의 웅대함과 쇠퇴를 담아내며, 주류 아티스트 중 소수만이 도전할 수 있는 예술적 도약을 보여줍니다.
또, 오션의 목소리는 전통적인 의미에서 완벽하지 않을 수 있지만, 감정적으로 매우 풍부합니다. "Thinkin Bout You"에서의 그의 팔세토는 상징적이며, 앨범 전반에 걸친 절제된 전달 방식은 그의 내러티브에 진정성을 더해줍니다. 그는 과도한 기교를 피하고, 대신 특정한 분위기를 연출하기 위해 음색의 미세한 뉘앙스를 활용합니다. 이는 D’Angelo나 Prince와 같은 아티스트들이 절제된 표현을 통해 감정의 깊이를 강조하는 방식과 유사합니다. 이 감정적 취약성과 절제 사이의 균형은 Ocean이 현대 R&B의 과도하게 다듬어진 세계에서 두드러지게 만듭니다.
Channel Orange의 프로덕션은 과하지 않으면서도 진보적입니다. 빈티지한 느낌의 신시사이저, 다층적인 하모니, 그리고 공간감 있는 사운드스케이프가 앨범에 시대를 초월하는 느낌을 줍니다. 트렌드를 쫓지 않고 일관성을 유지하는 덕에 시간이 지나도 앨범은 여전히 매력적입니다. 미니멀리즘과 풍성한 사운드스케이프가 만나 꿈같고 몰입적인 경험을 창출하는 점에서, 이 앨범은 Sade의 Love Deluxe와 같은 장르 정의 앨범과도 잘 맞아떨어집니다.
앨범의 야심은 칭찬할 만하지만, 템포가 고르지 않을 때가 있습니다. “Monks”와 “Pilot Jones”와 같은 곡들은 흥미롭긴 하지만, 다른 대표곡들과 비교했을 때 다소 방황하는 느낌이 들며, 감정적이거나 음악적인 무게감이 부족합니다. 이러한 곡들의 존재로 인해 앨범의 길이가 조금 과도해 보일 수 있습니다.
이 가수의 보컬 절제가 대체로 장점이긴 하지만, 앨범 전체적으로 더 역동적인 강렬함이 필요할 때가 있습니다. “Sierra Leone”이나 “Pink Matter” 같은 곡에서는 차분한 에너지가 지나치게 명상적인 느낌을 주며, 더 앞선 감정 표현이나 절정의 순간을 원하는 청중에게는 다소 멀게 느껴질 수 있습니다. 비교해보면, Miguel이나 The Weeknd 같은 아티스트들은 작품 내에서 더 극적이고 화려한 정점을 제공하며, 이와 비교했을 때 Channel Orange는 다소 내향적이거나 감정적으로 거리를 두고 있는 듯한 느낌을 줄 수 있습니다.
Ocean의 가사는 때때로 추상적이어서, 일부 청중에게는 장벽이 될 수 있습니다. 그는 명확한 서사보다는 분위기와 이미지를 우선시하는 경향이 있으며, 이로 인해 몇몇 곡들은 모호하게 느껴질 수 있습니다. 이러한 모호함은 신비감을 더해주지만, 더 직설적인 스토리텔링을 선호하는 이들에게는 더 깊은 감정적 연결을 방해할 수 있습니다.
동시대의 다른 작품들, 예를 들어 The Weeknd의 Trilogy나 Miguel의 Kaleidoscope Dream과 비교했을 때, Ocean의 앨범은 지적이고 실험적인 면에서 돋보입니다. The Weeknd의 음악은 더 어둡고 쾌락적이며, 허무주의와 욕망이라는 주제를 영화적이고 누아르적인 감성으로 탐구합니다. 반면, Channel Orange는 비슷한 주제를 더 성찰적이고 감정적으로 다루며, 내면을 들여다보는 접근 방식을 취합니다. Miguel의 Kaleidoscope Dream은 클래식 소울과 펑크에 중점을 둔 반면, Ocean의 장르 유연성과 비정형적인 곡 구조를 시도하는 점에서 그는 더 혁신가로 자리 잡고 있습니다.
그의 작업은 Stevie Wonder나 Prince와 같은 이전 혁신가들과도 유사성을 띠며, 장르 혼합과 가사적 깊이를 공유합니다. 하지만 Ocean의 성찰적이고 거의 고백적인 스타일은 개인 정체성과 사회적 비판이 교차하는 밀레니얼과 Z세대의 경험에 특히 적합하게 느껴집니다.
Channel Orange는 깊이 있는 개인적이고 장르를 초월하는 앨범으로, 현대 R&B에 큰 영향을 끼쳤습니다. 내러티브 복잡성, 혁신적인 프로덕션, 그리고 감정 절제의 조화는 이 앨범을 기념비적인 작품으로 만듭니다. 다른 동시대 작품들처럼 즉각적으로 접근할 수 있는 앨범은 아니지만, 그 깊이와 복잡성은 반복해서 들을수록 보상을 줍니다. Channel Orange는 그 층을 파고들 의향이 있는 사람들에게 매우 풍부하고 성찰적인 경험을 제공하는 것 같네요..
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