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Track Listings
| 1. Suzanne |
| 2. "So Long, Marianne" |
| 3. Sisters Of Mercy |
| 4. Famous Blue Raincoat |
| 5. Everybody Knows |
| 6. Waiting For The Miracle |
| 7. Who By Fire |
| 8. Chelsea Hotel #2 |
| 9. "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye" |
| 10. Bird On The Wire |
| 11. A Thousand Kisses Deep |
| 12. The Future |
| 13. Closing Time |
| 14. Dance Me To The End Of Love |
| 15. First We Take Manhattan |
| 16. I'm Your Man |
| 17. Hallelujah |
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2009 UK expanded edition of this classic collection from the acclaimed singer songwriter includes five additional tracks. For four decades, Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a figure whose body of work achieves greater depths of mystery and meaning as time goes on. 17 tracks including 'First We Take Manhattan', 'Suzanne' and 'Hallelujah'. Sony/BMG
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By Jerlaw
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Format:Audio CD
I knew Lennie when I was teaching at McGill & doing jazz gigs at night in Montreal. He used to come with his classical guitar (I also had mine for Latin American stuff)to my gigs & at intermission we'd do some of his songs together. I don't usually put in personal stuff in my reviews, but you'll forgive me if I do it here.
If you grew up in the 60s you've got to know the songs on this album which was recorded & digitally remastered in 1990.
Songs like "Suzanne," "Sisters oof Mercy,"So long Marianne,"Famous Blue Raincoat;" they're all there, & if you can't appreciate the genius of this wonderful man, there's something wrong. The poetry of these songs is studied in every English Literature class at every universioty in North America & every civized country.
If you don't already have it, get it. You're in for a treat.
If you grew up in the 60s you've got to know the songs on this album which was recorded & digitally remastered in 1990.
Songs like "Suzanne," "Sisters oof Mercy,"So long Marianne,"Famous Blue Raincoat;" they're all there, & if you can't appreciate the genius of this wonderful man, there's something wrong. The poetry of these songs is studied in every English Literature class at every universioty in North America & every civized country.
If you don't already have it, get it. You're in for a treat.
Format:Audio CD
This re-release contains 17 tracks. The following songs have been dropped from the original version: Lady Midnight, The Partisan, Last Year's Man & Take This Longing. Nine tracks from later albums have been added and eight songs remain from his early albums like Songs of Leonard Cohen, Songs from a Room, Songs Of Love And Hate and New Skin For The Old Ceremony. From the album Songs Of Love and Hate I would have chosen Joan Of Arc, though, instead of Famous Blue Raincoat.
The quality of these timeless songs is proved by the many cover versions, of which a few of the best include Rita Coolidge's Bird On A Wire plus The Lilac Time's and the Neville Brothers' covers of the same song, Sting & The Chieftains' Sisters Of Mercy, James' cover of So Long Marianne, Geoffrey Oryema, Judy Collins and Nina Simone's very different interpretations of Suzanne.
The best (or my favorites) amongst the nine new tracks are The Future & Closing Time from the Future album and Dance Me To The End Of Love from Various Positions. I would have preferred Take This Waltz from I'm Your Man over the title track, Everybody Knows or Manhattan. Likewise I think Alexandra Leaving is more memorable than A 1000 Kisses on Ten New Songs.
Cohen completists would also be interested in Essential Leonard Cohen. What I found particularly impressive on listening to this blend of old and new gems, were the brilliant arrangements and especially the siren-like quality of the female vocals so perfectly framing Cohen's voice. These songs just sound better and better as the years pass.
The quality of these timeless songs is proved by the many cover versions, of which a few of the best include Rita Coolidge's Bird On A Wire plus The Lilac Time's and the Neville Brothers' covers of the same song, Sting & The Chieftains' Sisters Of Mercy, James' cover of So Long Marianne, Geoffrey Oryema, Judy Collins and Nina Simone's very different interpretations of Suzanne.
The best (or my favorites) amongst the nine new tracks are The Future & Closing Time from the Future album and Dance Me To The End Of Love from Various Positions. I would have preferred Take This Waltz from I'm Your Man over the title track, Everybody Knows or Manhattan. Likewise I think Alexandra Leaving is more memorable than A 1000 Kisses on Ten New Songs.
Cohen completists would also be interested in Essential Leonard Cohen. What I found particularly impressive on listening to this blend of old and new gems, were the brilliant arrangements and especially the siren-like quality of the female vocals so perfectly framing Cohen's voice. These songs just sound better and better as the years pass.
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Rerelease less 4 of the previous tracks + 9 new ones
April 13 2010
By Pieter Uys
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
This re-release contains 17 tracks. The following songs have been dropped from the original version: Lady Midnight, The Partisan, Last Year's Man & Take This Longing. Nine tracks from later albums have been added and eight songs remain from his early albums like Songs of Leonard Cohen, Songs from a Room, Songs Of Love And Hate and New Skin For The Old Ceremony. From the album Songs Of Love and Hate I would have chosen Joan Of Arc, though, instead of Famous Blue Raincoat.
The quality of these timeless songs is proved by the many cover versions, of which a few of the best include Rita Coolidge's Bird On A Wire plus The Lilac Time's and the Neville Brothers' covers of the same song, Sting & The Chieftains' Sisters Of Mercy, James' cover of So Long Marianne, Geoffrey Oryema, Judy Collins and Nina Simone's very different interpretations of Suzanne.
The best (or my favorites) amongst the nine new tracks are The Future & Closing Time from the Future album and Dance Me To The End Of Love from Various Positions. I would have preferred Take This Waltz from I'm Your Man over the title track, Everybody Knows or Manhattan. Likewise I think Alexandra Leaving is more memorable than A 1000 Kisses on Ten New Songs.
Cohen completists would also be interested in Essential Leonard Cohen. What I found particularly impressive on listening to this blend of old and new gems, were the brilliant arrangements and especially the siren-like quality of the female vocals so perfectly framing Cohen's voice. These songs just sound better and better as the years pass.
The quality of these timeless songs is proved by the many cover versions, of which a few of the best include Rita Coolidge's Bird On A Wire plus The Lilac Time's and the Neville Brothers' covers of the same song, Sting & The Chieftains' Sisters Of Mercy, James' cover of So Long Marianne, Geoffrey Oryema, Judy Collins and Nina Simone's very different interpretations of Suzanne.
The best (or my favorites) amongst the nine new tracks are The Future & Closing Time from the Future album and Dance Me To The End Of Love from Various Positions. I would have preferred Take This Waltz from I'm Your Man over the title track, Everybody Knows or Manhattan. Likewise I think Alexandra Leaving is more memorable than A 1000 Kisses on Ten New Songs.
Cohen completists would also be interested in Essential Leonard Cohen. What I found particularly impressive on listening to this blend of old and new gems, were the brilliant arrangements and especially the siren-like quality of the female vocals so perfectly framing Cohen's voice. These songs just sound better and better as the years pass.
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