Popular Problems
by Leonard Cohen
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Leonard Cohen bestography
Popular Problems is ranked 12th 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 9,596.
(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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Popular Problems track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Popular Problems rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 47 Music Albums of 2014 | 23/47 | 3 |
| 2026 | pjerske | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 15/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 80 Music Albums of 2014 | 49/80 | 2 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 95 Music Albums of 2014 | 77/95 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 91 Music Albums of 2014 | 46/91 | 3 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | 2014 Honorable Mentions | 22/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 103 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 317 | |||
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Popular Problems ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/16/2026 08:09 | cicadelic | 13,849 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2026 15:16 | Jakor | 5,525 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2026 02:06 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,601 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.1/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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Forum mentions
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Daydreamer 03/11/2017 17:37 | #187283 | TOP COMMENT
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Interesting and fresh which is great coming from an 80 year old artist. Unfortunately this is very overlooked but it's easily on par with You Want It Darker which received more attention because of Cohen's passing.
Unfortunately, I had neglected to give this album enough attention until I heard the sad news of Leonard's passing, that is when I immersed myself in his back catalogue. I had been a fan for 15 years or so prior to this I might add.
Until then I had incorrectly presumed this album may be little more than outtakes from the Old Ideas album.
For me this album has now gradually grown in stature and I would now place it above Old Ideas in quality. As is the norm, it doesn't have the best cover art and the album title is not great but the songs therein are what matters!
One of Leonard Cohen's best albums for years. It's great to hear him still using new sounds. Some dance textures here. Cohen's voice is pretty much gone but the songs are still there. Slow, almost like the blues, did I ever love you, and, nevermind, all excellent. Good contemporary sounding album.
It's time to retire Cohen...
Cohen is about to turn 80, and I can only say Wow, how can he still be able to write, compose and perform so nice songs at this age. I mean, of course his albums from his 60-70's are probably better, but you can listen to this and just relax while you enjoy the music and his broken voice.
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