''Rarities'' is a

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ic singer-songwriter

Emilíana Torrini Emilíana Torrini (born 16 May 1977) is an Icelandic singer and songwriter. Her works include the 2009 single "Jungle Drum (song), Jungle Drum" and the 1999 album ''Love in the Time of Science''. She performed "Gollum's Song" for the 2002 film ' ...

, released in 2000.

Track listing

# "Weird Friendless Kid" # "

If You Go Away "If You Go Away" is Rod McKuen's English-language version of the 1959 Jacques Brel song "Ne me quitte pas". Created as part of a larger project to bring Brel's work into English, "If You Go Away" is considered a pop standard and has been recorde ...

" (an adaptation of

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's song "

Ne me quitte pas "Ne me quitte pas" (''"Don't leave me"'') is a 1959 song by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel. It has been covered in the original French by many artists and has also been translated into and performed in many other languages. A well-known ...

") # "7-Up Days" # "Flirt" # "Tuna Fish" (acoustic version) # "Baby Blue" (Rae & Christian remix) # "Easy" (remix) # "Unemployed in Summertime" (remix) # "To Be Free" (Future Shock mix)

Critical reception

Jamie Gill of BBC said the songs on ''Rarities'' sounded out of date because of the

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songwriting. Alternatively, Ned Raggett of AllMusic said the album was a good way to introduce people to Torrini's older music of the 1990s.

References

2000 compilation albums Emilíana Torrini albums {{2000s-album-stub