Songs Of Leonard Cohen
by Leonard Cohen
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Leonard Cohen bestography
Songs Of Leonard Cohen is ranked as the best album by Leonard Cohen.
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  serpico | Top 64 Music Albums of the 1960s | 28/64 | 12 |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 97 Music Albums of the 1960s | 49/97 | 10 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 32 Music Albums of 1967 | 24/32 | 1 |
| 2026 | Malcolmp | Top 5 Greatest Music Albums | 3/5 | - |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 63 Music Albums of the 1960s | 20/63 | 14 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 33 Music Albums of 1967 | 20/33 | 2 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 67 Music Albums of the 1960s | 20/67 | 14 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 96/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 29 Music Albums of 1967 | 4/29 | 4 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 59/100 | 8 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 1,059 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 9,594 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/04/2026 10:24 | JoshN125 | 120 | 66/100 |
| ! | 08/29/2026 23:41 | xhitmanx | 1,598 | 76/100 |
| ! | 08/23/2026 20:32 |  DommeDamian | 7,699 | 48/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 84.4/100, a mean average of 83.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 08/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5418): By baystateoftheart BestEverAlbums 08/21/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5411): By Juneof44Songs Of Leonard Cohen comments
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I really didn't enjoy this album, felt like all the songs were the same and a bit boring. Teachers for example. The only song I enjoyed was So Long, Marianne. Not sure this genre is for me, it needs a bit more about it to keep me engaged. (Edited)
Fantastic wordsmith and storyteller. I prefer this over any Dylan. Melancholic bliss. Great right through with no weak points (Edited)
Of course, Suzanne is a perfect 10. But the rest of the album also inspires! (Edited)
It's pretty much a perfect album. (Edited)
Leonard Cohen is an excellent song writer with this album being a strong testament for that. The fact that this is his debut and he is creating classics such as Suzanne and So Long, Marianne is extremely impressive. The music is just full of potential and it would have been a joy to watch his career unfold. His words are intelligent and mature and they stand out as some of the best at the time. I love the delivery of his words as well and I think his vocal is extremely strong. However, where this album struggles is in the musicianship. It can sound a little empty and simple at times but I think that is due to how early of a release this is. I think this album is more of a display of what he was going to become and that is why it is so loved as this is where it all began and there is so much potential on here that it makes it such an exciting release to listen to. Overall, this is a very strong start to a career but there is a lot that can be built upon this which makes me very excited to explore more from his discography. (Edited)
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