"I'll fake it through the day with some help from Johnnie Walker Red." Miss Misery is the door into Elliott's world, you hear it once and you recognize the voice immediately, the way you recognize a handwriting you've seen in a letter that wasn't meant for you. This collection is where you start. Not because it's comprehensive, but because it teaches you how to listen to him: quietly, with the lights low, willing to hear what's actually being said beneath what's being sung.