Richard Marx

I Am

Earth, Wind & Fire ·1979

"Ok, kind of in the soul vein again, Earth Wind and Fire. This is my favorite album of all time. If I only have one album on the desert island, it's this. Even with 'Boogie Wonderland' on it. I mean that's my least favorite song on the album, but it's still pretty badass. But this has songs like 'In The Stone,' 'After the Love Has Gone,' an instrumental called 'Rock That!' which was used as a theme to all kinds of sports shows when I was a kid. It's a perfect album and I never get sick of it."

The Completion Backward Principle

The Tubes ·1981

"I bought this record in 1981 I think. I heard the song 'Talk To You Later' on the radio and I loved it because it had really cool chord changes and it was a little more sophisticated than some of the rock that I was listening to at the time."

So

Peter Gabriel ·1986

"This would be 'Sophie's Choice' right here. And the first track on here was 'Red Rain.' That's maybe the most powerfully emotional song I can think of, for me."

Still Crazy After All These Years

Paul Simon ·1975

"This is the album that made me want to be a songwriter. He played me this album and it changed my life. This is the album that made me want to make up shit of my own and create my own songs."

Playing Possum

Carly Simon ·1975

"Carly Simon is an amazing songwriter and artist, but Carly Simon got me through puberty. More importantly, her album covers got me through puberty."

In the Air

Morgan Page ·2012

"This is also a really great album that has a killer song called 'In The Air.'"