8/18/2023 0 Comments Nostalgia frank ocean vinyl![]() ![]() Nostalgia, Ultra is more a mixtape than an album, and with this comes a level of natural inconsistency – though the fact that you can imagine Def Jam pulling many of its more lasting moments certainly vindicates Ocean’s decision to self-release it. It certainly fares him well on album centrepiece ‘Songs about Women’. At other times, you start to wonder if Ocean’s got anything else to talk about – though given the hammy side of him he indulges on ‘We All Try’, maybe there’s something to be said for sticking to what Ocean knows best: girls and childhood. On the album’s high-points, most obviously the breath-taking ‘Novacane’, this nostalgia’s extremely effecting, honing in on very specific moments and exploring their lasting power. The first sound you hear on the album is a tape deck rewinding its first line, “when we were kids.” Later, Ocean sings over MGMT’s ‘Electric Feel’ and The Eagle’s ‘Hotel California’. Nostalgia isn’t just the title of this record – it’s all over it. Last month, he gave his debut album, Nostalgia, Ultra away for free a move that may have proved smarter than any Def Jam could’ve pulled – he’s now supposedly working with Beyonce. A songwriter who’s penned material for John Legend, Justin Bieber and more, he signed to Island Def Jam around a year ago and proceeded to sit on the shelf (sound familiar?). You may already know the story with Frank Ocean. ![]()
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