The Future
by Leonard Cohen
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Leonard Cohen bestography
The Future is ranked 6th best out of 27 albums by Leonard Cohen on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Leonard Cohen is Songs Of Leonard Cohen which is ranked number 136 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,591.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Future track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Future rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  identifer | Top 12 Music Albums of 1992 | 12/12 | 0 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 33 Music Albums of 1992 | 26/33 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Les Inrocks Les meilleurs albums 1992 | 7/41 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 26 Music Albums of 1992 | 20/26 | 1 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 52 Music Albums of 1992 | 31/52 | 2 |
| 2026 | AledJames | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 84/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 52 Music Albums of 1992 | 2/52 | 5 |
| 2026 | craab | Top 11 Music Albums of 1992 | 10/11 | 1 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 31/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 129 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 685 | |||
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The Future ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/31/2026 23:23 | AledJames | 1,677 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2026 12:59 | Jakor | 5,530 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2026 01:41 |  imacgill | 2,834 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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Forum mentions
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Sandrof1969 02/18/2018 16:54 | #208690
I dischi che Leonard Cohen ha realizzato dopo il periodo a cavallo tra gli anni sessanta e settanta non sempre mi sono piaciuti. "The future" fa eccezione in virtù di un suono secco ma soprattutto di una scrittura ispirata. E poi quella voce...
Leonard Cohen's first album of the nineties is another good LP. Employing that gruff voice that he will have for the rest of his Career, Cohen gives us great songs in, waiting for the miracle, and, light as the breeze. Loveliest song though is the cover, be for real, a beautiful track. The future, is not an essential Cohen album, nor his best, but it's still very good.
Timhop 12/17/2014 19:28 | #129546 | TOP COMMENT
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This album stunned me. Prophetic, apocalyptic, tender and dark. It made me realise just how powerful music can be when it has poetry in the lyrics, and just how lame most song lyrics really are. I read an interview with Mogwai once. They asked them why they don’t write lyrics for their music. They said, “Who can compete with Leonard Cohen?”
junodog4 08/01/2012 17:10 | #47582 | TOP COMMENT
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An underrated album. Cohen branches out, musing about life and society more than just love and lust. He was gaining momentum later in his career.
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