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Frank Ocean Reveals His Favorite Songs Of All-Time In 'Boys Don't Cry' Zine [Playlist Stream]

Frank Ocean Reveals His Favorite Songs Of All-Time In 'Boys Don't Cry' Zine [Playlist Stream]

The deeper we dig into Frank Ocean's Boys Don't Cry zinethe more we learn just how much time and care went into Frank's comeback flood. In those glossy pages you see everything from interviews to screenplays to poems by friends to disposable camera grabs blown up to brilliant scale. But something that may have been lost unto you while skimming through in awe: Frank's list of his favorite songs.

And what a list it is. Everything from D'Angelo to Jimi Hendrix to James Blake to Frank Sinatra to The Cure (from which the very title of the zine is derived.) Now if someone would just put all of these gems into one playlist, we'd really be onto something, wouldn't we? Oh wait, I did just that (with the exception of Jaco's "Portrait Of Tracy"  and Prince's "When U Were Mine," for obvious reasons.) Peep the full track list and stream the expansive collection down below. Perhaps this will give you some context for Frank Ocean's latest, and perhaps greatest, reveal. Stream Endless and Blond on Apple Music.

"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

"Nós 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

"Simply Beautiful" - Al Green

"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