Recorded 2014–16 Artist Blood Orange Label Domino Recording Company | Length 58:40 Release date 28 June 2016 Producer Dev Hynes | |
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Released 28 June 2016 (2016-06-28) Genres Synth-pop, Alternative R&B, Baroque pop Similar Dev Hynes albums, Alternative R&B albums, Other albums |
Blood orange i know official video
Freetown Sound is the third album by Dev Hynes recording as Blood Orange. It was released on 28 June 2016, three days before its originally announced release date of 1 July 2016.
Contents
- Blood orange i know official video
- Blood orange augustine official video
- Production
- Critical reception
- Track listing
- Promotion
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Blood orange augustine official video
Production
Freetown Sound takes its name from Freetown, Sierra Leone, where Hynes' father was born. The album features Carly Rae Jepsen, Zuri Marley, Debbie Harry, Nelly Furtado, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, slam poet Ashlee Haze, and others. When he first announced the album's release on Instagram, Hynes wrote that the album was intended for those who had been told they were "not black enough, too black, too queer, not queer the right way."
Critical reception
The album was released to high critical acclaim and positive reviews. Writing for Exclaim!, Stephen Carlick praised the album, calling it "Hynes at his best, mixing his best songwriting and production yet to powerful, purposeful effect."
The album was shortlisted by IMPALA (The Independent Music Companies Association) for the Album of the Year Award 2016, which rewards on a yearly basis the best album released on an independent European label.
Track listing
All tracks written by Devonté Hynes.
Promotion
The track "Hadron Collider", featuring Nelly Furtado, was released only as a cassette tape on December 12, 2015, and sold exclusively at his shows at the Apollo Theater in New York City. A music video for "Augustine" was released on June 28, 2016, accompanying the release of the album.
Personnel
Songs
1By Ourselves2:12
2Augustine3:51
3Chance2:49