Field Commander Cohen: Tour Of 1979
7/13/2005, AMG
As he'd firmly established himself as a poet and novelist years before he made his first album, Leonard Cohen is often regarded less as a musician than as a writer who...
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Ten New Songs
10/5/2001, LAUNCH, Rob O'Connor
Nine years since The Future, his last studio album of new material, Leonard Cohen--Canada's greatest musical export, beating out such luminaries as Neil Young, Joni...
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Ten New Songs
7/13/2005, AMG
"I'm back on Boogie Street," declares Leonard Cohen on two different songs in this collection, titled with characteristic understatement Ten New Songs. (Previous album...
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The Future
7/13/2005, AMG
The tracks on this two-CD, 31-song anthology, spanning Cohen's career from his 1967 debut album through 2002's Ten New Songs, were chosen by Cohen himself. It could thus be...
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I'm Your Man
1/1/1988, LAUNCH, Dave DiMartino
A brilliant "comeback" of sorts--Cohen had never really gone away--this opens with the unforgettable "First We Take Manhattan," heard earlier on singer Jennifer Warnes'...
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I'm Your Man
7/13/2005, AMG
A stunningly sophisticated leap into modern musical textures, I'm Your Man re-establishes Leonard Cohen's mastery. Against a backdrop of keyboards and propulsive rhythms,...
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Songs From A Room
7/13/2005, AMG
Somehow even darker and more melancholy than Songs of Leonard Cohen, Songs From a Room is an emotionally claustrophobic set produced with austere beauty by Bob Johnston. The...
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen
1/1/1968, LAUNCH, Dave DiMartino
The record that made Cohen's reputation: His first, including the likes of "Suzanne," "Sisters Of Mercy," and "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye." Superbly understated...
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The Future (Explicit)
11/17/1992, LAUNCH, Dave DiMartino
With his voice sinking lower than ever, Cohen got some of the best reviews of his life for this record--largely because an entire generation of fans were in the process of...
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The Future (Explicit)
7/13/2005, AMG
As with most every Leonard Cohen album, a new record means a new means of musical exploration. With The Future, Cohen adds chiming synthesizers and eerie orchestrations to...
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Songs Of Love And Hate
1/1/1971, LAUNCH, Dave DiMartino
Certainly as fine a record as its two predecessors, this set merits special attention due to its inclusion of two of Cohen's finest songs ever: "Famous Blue Raincoat" and...
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New Skin For The Old Ceremony
1/1/1974, LAUNCH, Dave DiMartino
Creative arrangements by producer John Lissauer make this the closest Cohen had yet come to a pop album. "Chelsea Hotel #2" is perhaps too intimate a song regarding Janis...
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New Skin For The Old Ceremony
7/13/2005, AMG
Leonard Cohen was a poet long before he decided to pick up a guitar. Despite singing in a dry baritone over spare arrangements, Cohen is a gifted lyricist who captivates the...
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More Best Of
7/13/2005, AMG
This second compilation covers Leonard Cohen's career from 1984 to the present (skipping over both Death of a Ladies' Man, which is understandable, and Recent Songs, which...
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Death Of A Ladies' Man
1/1/1977, LAUNCH, Dave DiMartino
One of the very strangest albums ever made by two of the strangest people ever made--Cohen and producer/co-writer Phil Spector--Ladies' Man explores human relationships in a...
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Death Of A Ladies' Man
7/13/2005, AMG
One of the most controversial partnerships in either man's career was inaugurated the day Leonard Cohen and Phil Spector decided to make an album together. In the course of...
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Various Positions
1/1/1985, LAUNCH, Dave DiMartino
Initially passed on by Columbia Records (but eventually issued here on CD), this disc includes the memorable "Dance Me To the End Of Love," one of the highlights of Cohen's...
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Various Positions
7/13/2005, AMG
Recorded with vocalist Jennifer Warnes (who later cut the album Famous Blue Raincoat, a collection of Leonard Cohen compositions), Various Positions is a stunning return to...
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Best Of Leonard Cohen
7/13/2005, AMG
The Best of Leonard Cohen samples 12 of the many highlights from the singer's first four studio LPs. With a heavy emphasis on the debut, Songs of Leonard Cohen, and its...
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Recent Songs
1/1/1979, LAUNCH, Dave DiMartino
Not his most overpowering effort, particularly after Death Of A Ladies'Man--this seems a slight stylistic retrenchment, perhaps because of its...
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Recent Songs
7/13/2005, AMG
The first thing Leonard Cohen's music fans noticed about his sixth new studio album, given the typically open-ended title Recent Songs, was that, musically, it marked a...
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Cohen Live
7/13/2005, AMG
Few artists have maintained such a devoted fan base for so long outside the mainstream as Leonard Cohen. With such a rich catalog, any compilation of his material is bound...
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X2 (Songs Of Leonard Cohen/Songs Of Love & Hate)
4/22/2005, AMG
A breathtaking and perfect debut, Songs of Leonard Cohen marked the emergence of one of the most enduring, unique, and brilliant voices in popular music. Led off by the...
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Songs Of Love And Hate
4/22/2005, AMG
Songs of Love and Hate is one of Leonard Cohen's most emotionally intense albums -- which, given the nature of Cohen's body of work, is no small statement. While the title...
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Dear Heather
7/13/2005, AMG
There is an air of finality on Leonard Cohen's Dear Heather. Cohen, who turned 70 in September of 2004, offers no air of personal mortality -- thank God; may this elegant...
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Greatest Hits
7/13/2005, AMG
The Best of Leonard Cohen samples 12 of the many highlights from the singer's first four studio LPs. With a heavy emphasis on the debut Songs of Leonard Cohen and its...
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