Songs Of Leonard Cohen
by Leonard Cohen

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen
Year: 1967
Release date: 1967-12-27
Overall rank: 140th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
84/100 (from 1,125 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1967 (7th)
Award Top 50 albums of the 1960s (25th)
Award Top 200 albums of all time (140th)

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Overall rank: 140th | 1960s rank: 25th | 1967 rank: 7th
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2026saltysurpriseTop 34 Music Albums of 196716/343
2026 TheDarkOrbTop 33 Music Albums of the 1960s13/3313
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s11/10018
2026ElauqsapidTop 100 Greatest Music Albums83/10018
2026pjerskeTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s1/10020
2026downandoutTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s16/10017
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 92 Music Albums of 19676/925
2026 PurplepashTop 38 Music Albums of 196718/383
2026tim0505Top 87 Music Albums of the 1960s21/8715
2026bonnequestionTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s45/10011
2026jdizzle123456Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s17/10017
2026amirmishaliTop 79 Music Albums of 196713/794
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s39/10012
2026 swedTop 35 Music Albums of the 1960s3/3519
2026 deadhouseTop 100 Greatest Music Albums11/10090
2026 HaydenTop 100 Greatest Music Albums36/10064
2026 Graeme2Folk28/100 -
2026BLOTop 100 Greatest Music Albums21/10079
2026sunnydhammTop 67 Music Albums of the 1960s20/6714
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 19672/1005
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 1,048
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 9,659
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84/100 (from 1,125 votes)
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05/19/2026 00:39 golrab67  Ratings distribution  17391/100
 
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05/11/2026 16:22 MEastwood  Ratings distribution  2788/100
 
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03/17/2026 21:31 nextorgd  Ratings distribution  1,19784/100
 
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03/09/2026 21:16 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,10970/100
 
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03/03/2026 00:14 JacobMullis  Ratings distribution  75188/100

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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 15.1.

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From 01/09/2026 21:11 | #312544
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.
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80/100
From 10/28/2025 21:42 | #311499
Fantastic wordsmith and storyteller. I prefer this over any Dylan. Melancholic bliss. Great right through with no weak points
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80/100
From 01/28/2025 07:54 | #307278
Of course, Suzanne is a perfect 10. But the rest of the album also inspires!
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100/100
From 12/12/2024 02:04 | #306457
It's pretty much a perfect album.
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80/100
From 03/26/2023 15:34 | #295483
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.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 05/02/2022 08:30 | #284865
Very good, enjoyable singer-songwriter album. I really like his deep, sad voice.
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85/100
From 11/15/2021 18:32 | #276301
It's nice to see this album moving up the charts! I think Cohen's best will come later, but he deserves the respect for being one of the most clever songwriters of a generation.
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From 10/04/2021 08:30 | #274655
suzanne...
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From 03/01/2021 18:00 | #266829
Talvez seu maior clássico, belíssimo.
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70/100
From 02/08/2021 13:52 | #266001
folk
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