# 1 B-Sides & Rarities

The loosies and covers album B-Sides & Rarities is the one where we learn that all the latent romantic vibes and Morrissey-an depressiveness that singer Chino Moreno exudes are not coincidence but veiled tribute. The cover of the Cure’s “If Only Tonight We Can Sleep” was a genius pairing in a night full of them, and of course this band does a killer Duran Duran (“The Chauffeur”). Where B-Sides really shines is in the outliers—a shipwrecked “Ordinary Love,” a reverent “Simple Man.” Not everything is essential: their “Savory” works principally because “Savory” itself is unimpeachable, and the plodding alternate versions of White Pony’s “Digital Bath” and “Teenager” are cautionary tales about leaving well enough alone.