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- #1
- Posted: 10/15/2013 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#1062): Songs Of Leonard Cohen
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Today's album of the day
Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 1967.
Country: 
Overall rank: 201
Average rating: 85/100 (from 310 votes).
Tracks:
1. Suzanne
2. Master Song
3. Winter Lady
4. 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.
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- #2
- Posted: 10/15/2013 20:01
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<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
"Master Song" and "Stories of the Street" are the best tracks, but I wubs all of it :3
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Jasonconfused
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- #3
- Posted: 10/15/2013 20:01
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A masterpiece of folk in a time and place dominated by psychedelic rock.
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- #4
- Posted: 10/15/2013 20:04
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Ridiculously beautiful and emotional album. It grows on me every time I hear it.
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- #5
- Posted: 10/15/2013 20:05
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We used to listen to So Long Marianne in the car when I was a little kid.
Biggest hit of nostalgia when I listened to this album and I recognized the song. It's in my top 10 songs still, and I actually don't care an awful lot for the other songs, but that song means a great deal to me.
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- Posted: 10/15/2013 21:45
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Stunning debut. It's probably not as awe-inspiring as its follow-up, and you can feel "Suzanne" has been overplayed and shadowing the rest, but "Master Song", "Sisters of Mercy", "Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye" and above all "The Stranger Song" (still my favourite Cohen song) are all timeless.
Lyrically it's difficult to get any better:
"I know that kind of man
It's hard to hold the hand of anyone
who is reaching for the sky just to surrender"
"Let's meet tomorrow if you choose
upon the shore, beneath the bridge
that they are building on some endless river
Then he leaves the platform
for the sleeping car that's warm
You realize, he's only advertising one more shelter
And it comes to you, he never was a stranger
And you say ok the bridge or someplace later."
"Like any dealer he was watching for the card
that is so high and wild
he'll never need to deal another"
And that's just off "The Stranger Song". Beautiful.
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RockyRaccoon
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- #7
- Posted: 10/15/2013 22:17
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Oh yes. This was my introduction into Leonard Cohen and I instantly fell in love with it. So beautiful. One of the most lyrically strong albums I've ever heard
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- #8
- Posted: 10/16/2013 01:43
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The effusive praise delivered by earlier posts is absolutely correct.
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Finnegan was super bad-ass.
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