You can't listen to 'Frampton Comes Alive!' without smiling.
The Re-Up Gang mixtapes are going down in history, man. I still listen to them in my car, and the 'Hell Hath No Fury' album. I tell people all the time that I'll never make another album like that one again. Never!
When you make a great record, it's around forever.
'Purple Rain,' the album, is a great guitar record.
'Europe '72' was a super influential record full of fantastic songs and amazing experimental musicianship. I always valued both of those aspects in what Sonic Youth has done through the years - being able to get very abstract and very concrete within the same song.
It's a classic album. If it ain't better than 'The Truth,' it's right there with it. I wouldn't say it if I ain't think so, 'cause 'The Truth' was my baby. That's the pure album.
The Radiohead record, The Bends is my all-time favorite record on the planet.
'Stillmatic' is the rebirth of 'Illmatic,' my first debut album to come out in 1994. 'Stillmatic' is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back.
The effect that 'Illmatic' had on us at that moment was serious.
I remember, when I heard Jeff Buckley's 'Grace,' on first listen I just thought it was such a great song.
I am honored that 'Liquid Swords,' the song and album, have been so widely embraced for so long.
I'm a huge Weezer fan, and 'Pinkerton' is just a crazy, crazy neurotic album.
The packaging of Led Zeppelin's IV doesn't have the name of the band, doesn't have the name of the album: It's got a guy on the cover with a load of sticks on his back. This record didn't quite get to No. 1 in the United States - it went to No. 2 - but stayed on the charts for years and years and years.
But I also enjoy music outside the band. I've been doing production for other people, including Robert Wyatt. Check him out. The album we did together, 'Rock Bottom,' I think it's really lasted well. It's a 35-year-old album, but it worked.
I want to leave an album behind that is classic, that people in 50 years will refer to and pass on to their children. An album that you never bored of.
'What's Going On' is one of the greatest albums ever made. I definitely wasn't aiming to make my 'What's Going On,' you know what I mean? That album is definitely deep in my DNA. I've probably listened to that more than maybe any other album ever in my entire life.
'Master of Reality' rules; it's one of my favorite records of all time. It has some of the most evil riffs on it - and some of the sexiest riffs as well.
'SMiLE' is perhaps the Beach Boys' most legendary album. It was recorded in 1966 and 1967 but only saw a formal release in 2011. That's a long time to wait for what was said to be Brian Wilson's masterpiece.
One of my first records that I heard was 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd.
For me, '52nd Street' is quintessential Billy Joel. I bought that record as a kid and listened to it so much.
I wanna write a classic metal record, a classic rock record, in 2013.
My favorite record, growing up, was 'Songs of the Haunted House,' a Disney record that was just wackiness. It's still one of my favorites, actually.
When 'Paul's Boutique' came out, I was one of the fans that didn't get it.
'Call Me' is not an exceptional Al Green album, but it is as solid as a rock at its center.
'Astral Weeks' is a brilliant album, and songs like 'Moondance' are just beautiful lyrically.
