The three LPs Nick Drake had completed by the time of his 1974 death — each of them pretty, vaguely haunting and emo before there was such a thing — have gone from cult treasures to consistent sellers, which explains the demand for this twenty-eight-track collection of rarities, covers and alternate versions, many of them home-recorded. Too bad Drake's back pages are so forgettable. A couple of songs stand up: The gorgeous pastoral daydream "Rain," a low-fi take on Dylan's "Tomorrow Is A Long Time" with bottles clinking in the background, and "If You Leave Me," a blues standard transmuted by Drake's pale-eyed croon. But an early version of the 1969 signature song "Way to Blue" has all the presence of doodles in a sketch pad. And only hard-core enthusiasts or biographers could have much interest in the cameos from Drake's mother or the family-assisted version of Mozart's "Kegelstatt Trio," which shows Drake could play clarinet.

“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.’”