Leonard Cohen - The Best of Leonard Cohen
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Artist: Leonard CohenBrand: COHEN,LEONARD
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Model: N03-009515
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Suzanne
- Sisters of Mercy
- So Long, Marianne
- Bird on a Wire
- Lady Midnight
- The Partisan
- Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- Last Year's Man
- Chelsea Hotel No. 2
- Who by Fire
- Take This Longing
Free Music Notes for The Best of Leonard Cohen
Free Music Review: Is it wrong to love Leonard Cohen as much as I love my wife?
Hit: 5 Stars
It would not be at all rash to call this a life-changing collection of songs. No, not at all. Come, come, come all you lovers of music who think you've heard everything. Come, and obtain this gorgeous introduction to the music of Leonard Cohen.
Come, and listen. Listen, and be changed.
Every song is amazing.
"Suzanne" is an obvious classic, with lyrics and a structure so unique and listing that sometimes when I'm listening to it, I think it would be an impossible song to ever remember and sing without the music playing.
"So Long, Marianne," I think, contains the meaning of life disguised as the sounds of fiddle notes sliding sidewise, and a melancholy yet joyous refrain.
"Bird On The Wire" has lyrics that are a classic although bittersweet tribute to individualism.
"Famous Blue Raincoat" tells an unbelievable and unjudgemental story of a man whose marriage was forever altered by his wife having an affair. Leonard Cohen addresses the song to his wife's former lover, and says:
"Thanks
For the trouble you took
From her eyes.
I thought it was there
For good
So I never tried."
Whoa.
All the other songs, including "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye" are timeless as well, and make me wonder why Bob Dylan got so much attention when he had another Jewish contemporary who was just as good and even more mature in his songwriting.
There are songs of Leonard Cohen's that I wish had made this compilation--including "Tonight Will Be Fine" off "Songs From A Room"--but overall I'd still say this album is the perfect introduction to a good range of Leonard Cohen's earlier (and best) work for anyone unfamiliar with him, and a good mix off four great albums for any one of his old fans.
Sincerely, M. Smith
The Best of Leonard Cohen Poster
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Media Type: CD
Artist: COHEN,LEONARD
Title: BEST OF LEONARD COHEN
Street Release Date: 03/28/1988
Genre: FOLK
Leonard Cohen is famous as a major seller in much of the world outside the U.S., the Canadian singer-songwriter's adoptive home; in Europe, this album's title is Greatest Hits. Even listeners barely familiar with Cohen's name will know "Suzanne" and "Bird on a Wire," but those oft-covered numbers are the least of it. The former novelist's mission as a wry, resigned troubadour is better reflected in songs like "Chelsea Hotel No. 2," a remembrance of Janis Joplin with a devastating closing line, and "Who by Fire," which updates a Jewish prayer. --Rickey Wright
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