In 1999, Neil Young inducted McCartney into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and praised "McCartney", saying: "I loved that record because it was so simple. And there was so much to see and to hear. It was just Paul. There was no adornment at all ... There was no attempt made to compete with the things he had already done. And so out he stepped from the shadow of the Beatles." McCartney subsequently told "Rolling Stone" that, given the album's homemade qualities, he considered it to be rock music's first indie album, adding: "Y'know, it's now what would be called an 'indie' thing. To me, then, it was just ... knockin' around experimentin' with some sounds and not "worrying" how it was gonna turn out. I think that was one of the secrets." Citing its home recording and mixing, Brent Day of "Paste" felt that "McCartney" was arguably "one of the first big lo-fi records of its day." It was one of McCartney's two post-Beatle albums that was included in "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".