17. Andrew Brown Discusses Frank Ocean, Blonde

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Andrew Brown pays You, Me and An Album a visit, bringing a copy of Frank Ocean’s Blonde along with him. Andrew is a business analyst for Buzzfeed and a former analyst for the Texas Rangers, and incidentally, he is also my nephew. Andrew and I chat about how he listens to music, how Blonde wound up becoming one of his favorite albums and what makes several of the album’s tracks worth listening to and digging into.

You can find Andrew on social media in a couple of places:

-          Twitter @ambrown25

-          Instagram @andrwbrown

Andrew had mentioned that he heard alternate versions of some of the tracks from Blonde, without the pitch-shifted vocals. As best as I can tell, these were scattered throughout Season 3 of the Dissect podcast. To hear an approximation of what Ocean’s vocals would have sounded like without pitch-shifting on Nikes, go here to find Ep. 8 and start at 9:20: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4lLWfsZXDEqb28CZyCHxca

1:13 Andrew joins the show (and greets my entire family)

2:07 What Andrew does in his work with Buzzfeed

3:49 How and when does Andrew listen to music?

5:57 Is there music from the 20th century that Andrew enjoys?

10:00 How did Andrew wind up listening to Blonde frequently?

14:04 What is it about the sound of Blonde that Andrew likes?

17:48 Al did not enjoy Blonde on the first listen

21:16 Andrew hears a lot of nostalgia in Blonde

23:13 Andrew’s favorite tracks from Blonde

Breakdown of selected tracks:

25:16 Interviews

28:09 Futura Free

30:44 White Ferrari

33:37 Siegfried

36:15 Self Control

40:41 Pretty Sweet

42:33 Facebook Story/Be Yourself

45:35 Close To You

46:36 Pink + White

49:06 Nikes

54:09 Ivy

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