Best Ever Albums

Re: Album of the day (#4505): Songs Of Leonard Cohen

HoldenM — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 00:53:53 GMT

Author: HoldenM

Posted: 04/21/2023 04:53

Deceptively simple, but a wintery singer-songwriter album with some of the most stunning musicality and vivid lyricism ever produced.

Track picks
1. Suzanne
5. Sisters Of Mercy
8. Stories Of The Street
10. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong

Re: Album of the day (#4505): Songs Of Leonard Cohen

MadhattanJack — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 21:11:44 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 04/21/2023 01:11

DommeDamian wrote:

What do y'all think of this album?

I've never been all that partial to it, personally. I liked his stuff a lot better after his voice started getting super-gravelly in the late 80's and onwards. I guess my favorite studio album of his is probably I'm Your Man (1988), and my favorite album of his overall is probably Live In London (2009). It's unusual for me to favor a live album over a bunch of studio albums in someone's discography, but this is one of those cases, despite the cheesy organ sound that permeates it. (In fact, the only other recording artist that would apply to is The Tubes, though maybe DIIV, too.)

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Also: This will sound sexist, but every woman I've ever met who liked Leonard Cohen, going all the way back to High School, prefers the earlier stuff — especially this album and The Best Of Leonard Cohen. Admittedly that's only three or four women, though. (Three or four who liked Leonard Cohen, that is; the total number of women I've known is at least twice that number.)

Re: Album of the day (#4505): Songs Of Leonard Cohen

DommeDamian — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 20:06:01 GMT

Author: DommeDamian

Posted: 04/21/2023 00:06

Been meaning to return to this. What do y'all think of this album?

Album of the day (#4505): Songs Of Leonard Cohen

BestEverAlbums — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 16:00:31 GMT

Author: BestEverAlbums

Posted: 04/20/2023 20:00

Today's album of the day

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1967.
Country:
Overall rank: 155
Average rating: 84/100 (from 1066 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Suzanne
2. Master Song
3. Winter Lady
4. The Stranger Song
5. Sisters Of Mercy
6. So Long, Marianne
7. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
8. Stories Of The Street
9. Teachers
10. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.