For You Are Not Alone, gospel-soul legend Mavis Staples found an unlikely collaborator: Wilco's Jeff Tweedy. As producer, Tweedy uses the template of Rick Rubin's work with Johnny Cash: Get the star back to basics, remake a few old favorites and find some covers. Staples' voice is a rich, liquid wonder, and Tweedy's production — thick with guitar tremolo — is faithful (sometimes too much so) to her funk and gospel work with the Staples Singers. The highlights are Wilco-ish moments like "Creep Along, Moses," a traditional tune doused in guitar noise. Staples isn't just a survivor. She's a great singer who is best when she gets to press onward.

“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.’”