Songs Of Love And Hate (studio album) by Leonard Cohen
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Songs Of Love And Hate is ranked 2nd best out of 26 albums by Leonard Cohen on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Leonard Cohen is Songs Of Leonard Cohen which is ranked number 155 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,860.
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Bem sombrio e melancólico, mas sem perder a beleza.

Essential Cohen
Perfectly dark and brooding yet some how beautiful like a bleak day drizzling with rain
Dark, Disgusting, and raw. Should just be titled 'Songs of Hate' because even the love songs here are grounded in hate. Really great listen when you're in a f*** the world mood.
Best Tracks: Avalanche, Joan of Arc
whenever i drink i listen this album and cry...
The third classic album in a row from Leonard Cohen. Songs of love and hate, is a stunning record full of fantastic songs. Avalanche, is a brilliant opener, brooding and mysterious. Other standouts include, famous blue raincoat, and, joan of arc. Diamonds in the mine, is a fun singalong and, love calls you by your name, is another highlight, as is, dress rehearsal rag, and, last year's man, Oh what the hell, they're all amazing. With the exception of, I'm your man, Cohen's best albums are the first three, this being the last of them. He would continue to make great music, but these records are the reason why Leonard Cohen is spoken in the same breath as Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell. Excellent.

More hate than love, so that we can love it better...

A great album that has a much broader range of sounds and moods than his other folk albums.Diamonds in the Mine and When Love Calls You By Your Name are just brilliant.
Excellent 3rd album from Leonard Cohen, lyrically dazzling as you would expect, but it also has quite a rich sound despite the sparse instrumentation. Like this album, I think Cohen's voice is quite underrated.
Only 8 tracks is its only downfall, but it does contain two of his best in Last Years Man and Famous Blue Raincoat, but I get the feeling that in years to come a song like Joan Of Arc will have grown in stature.

Cohen's "Blood On The Tracks" moment
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