The Best Of Leonard Cohen
by Leonard Cohen

let me tell you a lil sum sumthin, when I heard Leonard Cohen's voice, it was the most depressing thing I ever heard. I was young, eager, and flirting with the phase wherein I judged others as shallow. When, (hold on) I heard this collection of songs, "I was like," what the funk is this shit? But in the back of mind, because I didn't swear in my thoughts, as i had decided to not be shallow. Naturally, i didn't want to admit that I wasn't getting anything out of it, that Cook-Book, the dude from Peurto Rico, had sold me some bunk shit. So what I would do with my CDs in those days, with a patience and enthusiasm I killed long ago, I would play the albums in question on my headphones as I went to sleep. This was kind of like a filtering process. Some Albums made it; some didn't. Surfer Rosa famously never made it, but the Dangerous Minds soundtrack did. And sometimes I would listen to KROQ all night and Sex and Candy became my love song for all the girls I had secret crushes on in Sixth grade. But back to L. cohen, eventually everytime I remembered this disc I had a memory, dark and damp, of me as an immigrant with my parents hiding in some old lady's cellar...and there was a freeway near by under a pass.

cover kinda looks like ween´s The Pod

An incredible collection, these tracks are handpicked beautifully but they shouldn't dissuade anyone from buying the studio albums also.

Poetry with music. So good that many, many other artists have covered his songs. Very sexy too!