Freetown Sound
Blood Orange (2)
2016
Freetown Sound is a Soul & Funk album by Blood Orange (2), originally released in 2016. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked, owned by 12 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Contemporary R&B
- polished
- bittersweet
- urban
About
Solemn, wrenching and totally stunning; <i>Freetown Sound</i> proves Dev Hynes has become one of pop’s great alchemists. Named after Sierra Leone’s capital (his father’s hometown), it’s an album, says Hynes, “for the under-appreciated.” Its dominant themes—exquisite heartbreak and displacement—check that description out. The music—scintillating, poised, and sticky synth-soul—make it a record for the under-appreciated to hold very close. Highlights are bountiful, but the ecstatic “Best To You” receives a glorious Real Thing assist and “Hadron Collider”, a mercurial Nelly Furtado ballad, will long stay with you.
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Tracklist
- 1By Ourselves2:12
- 2Augustine3:51
- 3Chance2:48
- 4Best to You (feat. Empress Of)3:45
- 5With Him1:25
- 6E.V.P. (feat. Debbie Harry & BEA1991)5:43
- 7Love Ya (feat. Zuri Marley)2:47
- 8But You3:01
- 9Desirée3:00
- 10Hands Up4:09
- 11Hadron Collider (feat. Nelly Furtado)3:43
- 12Squash Squash3:37
- 13Juicy 1-44:35
- 14Better Than Me (feat. Carly Rae Jepsen)3:16
- 15Thank You3:03
- 16I Know4:34
- 17Better Numb3:01
Credits
Performers
- Devonte HynesKEYBOARDS CELLO VOCALS
- Jason ArceSAXOPHONE ARRANGED BY
- Ava RaiinVOCALS
- Ian IsiahVOCALS
- Kelsey LuVOCALS
- Lorely RodriguezVOCALS
- BEA1991VOCALS
- David GinyardBASS
- Christopher EganDRUMS
- Benjamin MorsbergerGUITAR
- John Carroll KirbyKEYBOARDS
- Deborah HarryVOCALS
- Zuri MarleyVOCALS
- Bryndon CookVOCALS
- Patrick WimberlyDRUMS BASS PERCUSSION
- Joseph Of MercuryARRANGED BY
- Nelly FurtadoARRANGED BY VOCALS
- Carly Rae JepsenVOCALS
12 collectors on Gatefold own this · 7 pressings tracked on Gatefold