"Easy Come, Easy Go" is a sequel of sorts to the 1987 covers album "Strange Weather" from Marianne Faithfull and producer Hal Willner. This new recording is richer and more daring in its arrangements and choice of material. Faithfull's limited vocal range may require a leap of faith to embrace, but her gift is a kind of musical character acting that allows her to imbue Neko Case's "Hold On, Hold On" with appealing desperation and capture the near-hopelessness of Morrissey's "Dear God Please Help Me." Duets with Nick Cave (on Colin Meloy of the Decemberists' "The Crane Wife 3") and Keith Richards (on Merle Haggard's "Sing Me Back Home") are subtle and cagey. Willner's ambitious musical backdrops (using four arrangers and ever-fluid instrumentation) provide dramatic cover for Faithfull in challenging tunes like "Down From Dover," Dolly Parton's once-controversial tale of an unwed teen, while audacious orchestration adds layers of pleasure to such unexpected delights as Brian Eno's "How Many Worlds." —Wayne Robins