Amy Winehouse: Back to Black [Listen]
"She is insane but fucking soulful, says Levine, who digs the Brit singer's classic R&B sound. "[Producer] Mark Ronson managed to make Motown contemporary again, which is genius."

Stevie Wonder "Joy Inside My Tears" [Listen]
Levine's dreams came true when he sang "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" with his idol at Live 8. "This song is heavy," he says. "It's the dark, introspective side of Stevie."

TV on the Radio Return to Cookie Mountain [Listen]
"This record is some weird shit," Levine says of the Brooklyn avant-indie rockers' critically praised 2006 album. "I want to love it, and I think I will. I just need to get used to it."