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Sep 1, 2016Divorced from the accompanying visuals, the exercise proves less engaging overall. In context, however, it is legitimately hypnotic and soothing, as if Bob Ross was reincarnated with woodwork on the brain.
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Aug 22, 2016Time might have pushed along, but it was obvious how much Ocean’s rich, detailed, and urgent storytelling had been missed once it was here again.
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Aug 22, 2016Like Wilson before him, Ocean has delivered a non-commercial pop curio that now and then slows down to focus on an idea long enough to form a “complete” song, or not.
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UncutSep 23, 2016The Mood is subdued but cavalier, more of a mixtape. [Nov 2016, p.24]
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Q MagazineSep 23, 2016These records might not eclipse Channel Orange, but they have their own mercurial gleam, mapping the spaces between people, reaching for a hazy intimacy that almost feels real. [Nov 2016, p.112]
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Aug 29, 2016[Endless and Blond(e)] are great--but they require time and, realistically, a step-back from the extraordinary (and sometimes ludicrous) hype that necessitates Ocean’s new works be either masterpieces or a complete let-down.
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Aug 19, 2016A rich, varied and – at times – challenging musical feast.
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Aug 24, 201646 minutes of music that plays like a mixtape, sliding from song to song, demo to demo, like scrolling through Frank’s hard drive of unreleased material. It’s an intriguing peek into his process, and it contains some of the rawest vocal takes he’s ever put out.
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Aug 22, 2016While Endless makes its visual implications clear, the whopping 18 tracks that soundtrack it muddle his intent.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 242 out of 261
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Mixed: 5 out of 261
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Negative: 14 out of 261
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