Endless (Frank Ocean album)

Endless
Video album by Frank Ocean
Released	August 19, 2016
Recorded	2013–16
Studio	Various Capitol Studios in Hollywood The Mercer Hotel in SoHo EastWest Studios in Hollywood Abbey Road Studios in London MSR Studios in Times Square Setai Recording Studio in South Beach Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood Hotel Bel-Air in Bel Air Gráfica Maiadouro in Portugal Studio G in Brooklyn Wolfgang's House in London
Genre	Ambient avant-soul
Length	45:10
Label	Boys Don't Cry Def Jam
Director	Frank Ocean
Producer	Frank Ocean (also exec.) Joe Thornalley Troy Noka Michael Uzowuru
Frank Ocean chronology
Channel Orange (2012) Endless (2016) Blonde (2016)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The A.V. Club	C+
Drowned in Sound	9/10
The Guardian
Mojo
Now	3/5
Pitchfork	7.5/10
Q
Uncut	8/10

Endless is a video album by American singer Frank Ocean. It was released exclusively through Apple Music on August 19, 2016. It was his last release with his record label Def Jam Recordings to fulfill his recording contract. It was followed by the August 20 release of Ocean's second studio album, Blonde.

On February 21, 2013, Ocean confirmed that he had started work on his second studio album, which he confirmed would be another concept album. He revealed that he was working with Tyler, The Creator, Pharrell Williams, and Danger Mouse on the record. He later stated that he was being influenced by The Beach Boys and The Beatles. He stated he was interested in collaborating with Tame Impala and King Krule and that he would record part of the album in Bora Bora.

In April 2014, Ocean stated that his second album was nearly finished. In June 2014, Billboard reported that the singer was working with a string of artists such as Happy Perez (whom he worked with on nostalgia, ULTRA), Charlie Gambetta and Kevin Ristro, while producers Hit-Boy, Rodney Jerkins and Danger Mouse were also said to be on board. On November 29, 2014, Ocean released a snippet of a new song supposedly from his upcoming follow-up to channel ORANGE called "Memrise" on his official Tumblr page. The Guardian described the song as: "a song which affirms that despite reportedly changing labels and management, he has maintained both his experimentation and sense of melancholy in the intervening years". On April 6, 2015, Ocean announced that his follow-up to channel ORANGE would be released in July, as well as a publication, although no further details were released. The album was ultimately not released in July, with no explanation given for its delay. The publication was rumored to be called Boys Don't Cry, and the album was slated to feature the aforementioned "Memrise".

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