#17. 'Blonde' by Frank Ocean
- Best Ever Albums score: 14,076
- Best Ever Albums user rating: 84
- Rank in decade: #9
- Rank all-time: #123
- Year: 2016
“Blonde,” written from the perspective of a young, yellow-haired girl riding in a car, represented a significant departure from the artist’s other concept album, the highly acclaimed “Channel Orange.” In “Blonde,” Ocean created a world inside of this girl’s, awash with dreamscapes, driving meditations, vulnerabilities, and social commentaries that are accessible—if strange—to everyone.
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