Known for his excellent taste in singer-songwriters (ex-wives Kate McGarrigle and Suzzy Roche) and his top-shelf DNA (kids Rufus and Martha Wainwright), Loudon Wainwright III is also one hell of a songsmith. With notes by pal Judd Apatow, this career retrospective is long on hilarious memoir, and lyrics about being a boozy, tragic pussy hound have gained depth in light of his family history. The bonus disc includes duets with his exes - celebrations and laments that epitomize the juggling act he's kept up for an entire artistic life.

Listen to Loudon Wainwright's "Motel Blues":

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“Youth Knows No Pain”

“Like on 'Youth Knows No Pain' — we are the ones that should demonstrate, because we can take it,” Likke Li said. “We can pierce ourselves, take Ecstasy, dance all night and still go to work at our McDonald's jobs.” Despite the hedonistic sentiment in the song, the Swedish singer also admitted in hindsight her youth had repercussions. “I remember when I was 18-19 and feeling that I know it all,” Li said. “I always feel that I know it all. But that song is about realizing you don’t, and reflecting, ‘Boy, if I only knew what would follow.’”