Album of the Day

Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson was born in Sweden but spent time in Portugal, Morocco and India while growing up and the globe-trotting continued with her second album, WOUNDED RHYMES. The songs for the 2011 Atlantic collection were penned during a 6-month stay in Los Angeles, which the singer-songwriter found “such a mysterious place because there's so much evil in that city, but there's also so much light.” That duality can be heard on such dark-but-alluring originals as “Get Some,” “I Follow Rivers,” “Sadness Is a Blessing” and “Youth Knows No Pain.” Producer Björn Yttling (of Peter Bjorn and John) had also helmed Lykke Li's debut, but WOUNDED RHYMES surpasses that earlier set in almost every way and was cited as one of the year's best by such outlets as Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times and Spin.