Mark Kozelek "Lost Verses Live" (2009)

Sometimes an album cover tells you everything you need to know about the album.  The hazy dreamlike photo here matches the quiet dreamy quality of the music.  Accompanied just by longtime sideman Scott Carney, Kozelek plays acoustic versions of songs going back to his days in Red House Painters.  This ambient melancholy isn't for everyone or every setting, but when it works, it really works.

Mark Kozelek "The Finally LP" (2008)

This is one of those odds & sods collections that you'd be tempted to accuse the label of releasing to grab some cheap sales, or that the artist released to fulfill a contractual obligation.  But in this case, Kozelek owns the label, so that gets chucked out the window.

Anyway, it's a collection of (primarily) covers that were released on various compilations, etc... There are certainly some interesting moments, but it's really just for completists.

The question is asked, though, why cover "Send in the Clowns"?