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| 1. A1 In My Secret Life (4:53)\x{2028} |
| 2. A2 A Thousand Kisses Deep (6:26)\x{2028} |
| 3. A3 That Don't Make It Junk (4:26)\x{2028} |
| 4. A4 Here It Is (4:16)\x{2028} |
| 5. A5 Love Itself (5:22) |
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Where has Leonard Cohen been for the past nine years? The legendary songwriter's mostly been in a Zen monastery, it turns out, obsessively rewriting and polishing the oblique, lapidary lyrics for this austere collection. Ten New Songs is arguably Sharon Robinson's record as much as Cohen's--she cowrote all the songs, plays most of the instruments (primarily a synth that seems to have freshly emerged from a chintzy 1984 power ballad), and accompanies Cohen's gloomy croak with her own crooning. This is the most subdued album Cohen's ever made, which is saying something. It's as if he no longer has time for anything in music or performance that could alter the meaning and force of his words. --Douglas Wolk
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Import 180gm vinyl LP re-pressing of the singer/songwriter's 2001 album. 10 tracks.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Leonard Cohen has again and again written poetry that is timeless, powerful, deeply and intensely profound and most especially poetry that invites the listener into a shared journey of spiritual depths and simple joys.
Profoundly wrapped in paradox, Mr. Cohen's sculptured poems range from the profane to the sacred in his "secret life" and his "rivers running dark." Each song is worth the price of admission. Each song is its own journey into longing and love; warmth and loneliness, into mystic musings of Zen, the Kabbala and Contemplation.
Whether it is "A Thousand Kisses Deep," or that "You Have Loved Enough," there is a song for each and every hearer.
Yes, simply stated "Ten New Songs."
Profoundly wrapped in paradox, Mr. Cohen's sculptured poems range from the profane to the sacred in his "secret life" and his "rivers running dark." Each song is worth the price of admission. Each song is its own journey into longing and love; warmth and loneliness, into mystic musings of Zen, the Kabbala and Contemplation.
Whether it is "A Thousand Kisses Deep," or that "You Have Loved Enough," there is a song for each and every hearer.
Yes, simply stated "Ten New Songs."
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By TheIntruder
Format:Audio CD
This album is surprisingly good. If fact, its better than anything Leonard Cohen did in his so called hey-day. Strange but his voice is actulaly more appealing to me now than in the 60s when he sounded like Bob Dylan, only not as good.
The songs are different. Its not folk anymore, its much closer to RnB, but its still great. Very atmospheric and slow. All the songs are good, not one stinker in the whole album.
The songs are different. Its not folk anymore, its much closer to RnB, but its still great. Very atmospheric and slow. All the songs are good, not one stinker in the whole album.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By "vitalist"
Format:Audio CD
This album is a must for Leonard lovers or anyone who wants a listening experience so deep that it cuts to the bone. The lyrics are so good and deeply distilled that they move you into a place of deep reflection. It isn't jolly by any means, but each song builds on the previous song to create a very particular way of looking at living, loving, leaving and death. It is sinewy and seductive. My favorite album this year.
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From the rivers of Babylon to the land of plenty
These Ten New Songs from 2001 are quite subdued and at first listen they all have the same slow gentle sound. Read more
Published on April 13 2010 by Pieter Uys
1.0 out of 5 stars
I could just cry.
After waiting all these years, Leonard finally came down from the mountain to deliver this mouse. Most of the song lyrics are just "Westernized" Zen cliches. Read more
Published on May 10 2004
4.0 out of 5 stars
One more road for Leonard Cohen
I would have rated this record higher but I didn't love all the cuts. Still, comparing this cd to Cohen's others, it's one of his best. OK, why the 4 stars? Well... Read more
Published on May 4 2004 by Larry Ayers
5.0 out of 5 stars
hypnotic and beautiful
I have only recently been exposed to Leonard Cohen, and this is the first album in full of his that I have ever listened to...and repeatedly at that. Read more
Published on Nov 4 2003 by jo swartz
1.0 out of 5 stars
In Memoriam, Leonard Cohen
Sometimes an artist produces one work too many. The one that shows he is not only past his prime, but has actually gone to seed. Read more
Published on Oct 12 2003 by Charles Carreon
5.0 out of 5 stars
Boogie street is where I want to be
a beautiful collection of songs that move the heart, mind and soul.
There is an elegance and sultriness to this one that proves soothing and lasting.
Published on Oct 9 2003 by Brian Wallace (Co-author of It's Not Your Hair)
1.0 out of 5 stars
worst CD I ever heard
I listened to this CD in disbelief. Monotonous, dead-tired, low-frequency rasp that does not follow a melody. Read more
Published on Oct 2 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ten New Songs rates more than 10 stars.
I loved the songs on this cd the minute I heard it. Is it possible to fall in love with a cd?
Published on Oct 1 2003 by P. Gonzalez
5.0 out of 5 stars
Some people get better as they age
Leonard Cohen couldn't. When the songwriting career of a man includes the likes of 'Suzanne', 'The Stranger Song', 'I'm Your Man', 'Take This Waltz' and 'The Future' there's just... Read more
Published on Sep 26 2003 by Jack Purcell
4.0 out of 5 stars
Speak...Leonard...
This new disc is fine. I don't mind the backing vocalist, she has a very good smoothe voice. The backing arrangements are spartan but they work nonetheless. Read more
Published on July 16 2003 by RKL
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