In the wake of the release of his latest album, Blonde, Frank Ocean has listed his favorite songs on the zine for Boys Don’t Cry. Blonde was hotly anticipated following his hit album Channel Orange, released in 2012, and was finally unleashed this past Saturday (Aug. 20).
In addition to the album, Ocean released the Boys Don’t Cry zine, which has a few surprises in store, including a love letter to McDonald’s from Kanye West. On his album Ocean named the likes of Bowie, Kanye West, Jamie xx, Kendrick Lamar, Beyonce, the Beatles, Andre 3000, Brian Eno and Pharrell amongst others as contributors.
Following the release of both Blonde and the zine, Ocean’s mother Katonya Breaux was telling fans not to pay eBay prices for a copy via Twitter. Her advice sparked rumors that more copies were slated to be released following those distributed at pop-up shops. Prices on eBay reached nearly $800 due to the fact that so few were released.
Check out the list of his favorite songs below (via Billboard):
“Crosstown Traffic” - Jimi Hendrix
“How Insensitive” - Frank Sinatra
“Scarborough Fair” - Simon & Garfunkel
“Alina” - Arvo Part
“I Feel Love” - Donna Summer
“To The Last Whale” - Crosby & Nash
“Prints Tie” - Bobby Hutcherson
“Jardim Dos Deuses” - Joyce Moreno
“Fade Into You” - Mazzy Star
“No More Shall We Part” - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
“I Never Learnt To Share” - James Blake
“One Mo Gin” - D’Angelo
“The Last One To Be Loved” - Gabor Szabo
“Shadows” - Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
“Images Live in 1964” - Nina Simone
“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” - Roberta Flack
“It’s Gonna Rain” - Steve Reich
“Stardust” - Willie Nelson
“Nos e o mar” - Tamba Trio
“$” - D.R.A.M.
“When I Die” - GoldLink
“The Man-Machine” - Kraftwerk
“Asiko” - Tony Allen
“Earth Bound Hearts” - John McLaughlin feat. John Surman
“Mr. Bojangles” - Nina Simone
“Flamingo” - Todd Rundgren
“The Medley Of Praise” - Daryl Coley
“Claire De Lune” - Isao Tomita
“Calls” - Robert Glasper feat. Jill Scott
“Your Smile” - Chaka Khan and Rufus
“Bitch Please” - Death Grips
“Anthrax” - Gang Of Four
“I Am The Walrus” - The Beatles
“Jesus Children Of America” - Stevie Wonder
“Garden Of Linmiri” - Caustic Window
“Home (YouTube Rip)” - Kim Burrell
“Vibrate” - OutKast
“12 Aisatsana” - Aphex Twin
“Mis” - Alex G
“Right Down The Line” - Gerry Rafferty
“Anytime” - Ray J
“Jesus” - Curtis Mayfield
“Something About Us” - Daft Punk
“Your Daddy Loves You” - Gil Scott Heron
“Portrait Of Tracy” - Jaco Pastorius
“Rusholme Ruffians” - The Smiths
“When U Were Mine” - Prince
“Road To Nowhere” - Talking Heads
“Boys Don’t Cry” - The Cure
