Between 2003 and 2010, Steven Wilson released six CD singles, each featuring a cover version backed with a new original song. Titled, appropriately enough, Cover I through Cover VI, the first of these singles was significant because it was the first release issued under his own name. All of these were almost ridiculously limited. The titles were all compiled before — when Cover VI was released, the other singles were included in a lavishly designed box — but this marks the first time all 12 tracks have been widely available. The music presented here is performed completely solo save for chamber and orchestral elements on some tracks that were added on later, and showcases a different, more intimate side of Wilson. On some of these readings, such as Alanis Morissette's "Thank You," he accompanies himself solely on acoustic guitar. His vocal performance is restrained, vulnerable, and revealing. His reading of the Cure's "A Forest" is not only mo...