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| 1. True Love Leaves No Traces |
| 2. Iodine |
| 3. Paper thin Hotel |
| 4. Memories |
| 5. I Left A Woman Waiting |
| 6. Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On |
| 7. Fingerprints |
| 8. Death Of A Ladies Man |
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A must album for the serious Cohen fan.,
By Bruce Oksol "oksol" (San Antonio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Death of a Ladies Man (Audio CD)
My first Cohen album: Ten New Songs because I wanted to test my new Bose Wave Radio/CD. Awesome. The album led me to his previous albums and his bio. I'm more intrigued with the man behind the lyrics than the lyrics themselves. In some respects Cohen is to lyrics what Hunter S. Thompson was to journalism. Really great stuff. I think you will enjoy Cohen's music better if you work to understand him. Just as HST was greatly affected by his disappointment in national politics, so was Cohen disappointed in personal relationships. I'm not sure if men or women are more likely to relate to Cohen, but your trip will be more enjoyable if you try to understand the writer. Highly recommend the album to complete your collection.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Unlike Any Other,
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This review is from: Death of a Ladies Man (Audio CD)
While usually panned in reviews, this album should not be casually dismissed. It is unquestionably the pivotal moment in Leonard Cohen's career. For those not familiar with his work, Cohen's sound has two very distinctive periods: Namely, the albums that came before "Death of a Ladies' Man" and those that came after. Prior to this album, Cohen recorded in a folk singer style with little more accompaniment than an acoustic guitar or soft piano. His poetic lyrics and folk genre made for a natural comparison to Bob Dylan, more than any other. After "Death of a Ladies' Man", his work changed completely. His vocal style became some wholly unique cross between Sinatra, Barry White and Johnny Cash intermittently splashed with minimal synthesizers and drum machines. Many fans are bias to one era: either 'Old' Cohen fans that enjoy his classic folk work, or fans of his later style that is difficult to accurately compare to any other recording artist.For the album "Death of a Ladies' Man", Leonard Cohen paired up with producer Phil Spector. It is evident throughout the album that Leonard is searching for a new voice. Both 'True Love Leaves No Traces' and 'Paper Thin Hotel' show audible signs of Spector's 'wall of sound' handy-work but are more noteworthy for showing Leonard's old and new vocal styles contemporaneously on the same album. Where 'I Left a Woman Waiting' and 'Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On' are neither his old vocal style nor his new one: 'Left a Woman Waiting' shows a little of both, while 'Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On' is something else entirely. The very minimal musical compositions of the new style that emerged after this album bear little resemblance to "Death of a Ladies' Man", but neither do they show any resemblance to the work that came before it. It is my hindsight analysis that this is the album Cohen had to make in order to break with his musical past even if it does not sound like the music he has made since he came out on the other side. If you don't own any Leonard Cohen and want an album to introduce you to his work, this is NOT the one. You can get a broad sampling of both his older and newer sound on "The Essential Leonard Cohen". If it is his older folk sound you are looking for, then the 1975 release, "Best of Leonard Cohen", is a better choice. If however you are already familiar with the older titles like "New Skin for the Old Ceremony" and "Songs from a Room" or later works like "I'm Your Man" and "The Future" then it should be worth your interest to hear the album that bridged the two parts of his career. NOTE: You will not hear a single song from "Death of a Ladies' Man" on other Leonard Cohen collections. None of his greatest hits or best of releases ever includes any songs from this album. For all the failings of "Death of a Ladies' Man" it is the unquestionable pivotal album that divides his earlier and later work.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Only for hardcore LC fans; only because it's "interesting",
By haregrog "haregrog" (Wilmington, NC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Death of a Ladies Man (Audio CD)
Clearly this is a controversial album among Leonard Cohen fans. Honestly, it's a bit hard for me to imagine anyone who's not already a Cohen fan finding anything redeeming in it. The music is an interesting approach--for Cohen, that is--but it's by no means a sonic masterpiece, and whatever irony there is in placing Leonard Cohen in the Wall of Sound quickly wears thin. The set of lyrics is, typically, beyond any other artist, but I would recommend reading Cohen's selected poems and lyrics in the book Stranger Music over purchase of this CD. I suppose the only other perspective I can add is this: if this were not Leonard Cohen, would this CD even be interesting, let alone worth listening to? For me, the answer is a resounding no.
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