Leonard Cohen - The Essential Leonard Cohen (CD)

Leonard Cohen - The Essential Leonard Cohen (CD)This hand picked, 31 track, retrospective from the 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, traces Leonards career from 60s troubadour to modern day prophet. "Suzanne", Famous Blue Raincoat and "Bird on the Wire" are already standards by then, but his catalogue is extensive and filled with stunning imagery and unsettling conclusions. The collection justifies its title as deep as it goes and the consistently inspired music here might draw listeners to

This hand-picked, 31-track, retrospective from the 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, traces Leonard’s career from 60’s troubadour to modern day prophet. "Suzanne", “Famous Blue Raincoat” and "Bird on the Wire" are already standards by then, but his catalogue is extensive and filled with stunning imagery and unsettling conclusions. The collection justifies its title as deep as it goes and the consistently inspired music here might draw listeners to conclude that everything Cohen records is essential.

Tracklisting

Disc 1

1. Suzanne
2. The Stranger Song
3. Sisters of Mercy
4. Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
5. So Long, Marianne
6. Bird on the Wire
7. The Partisan
8. Famous Blue Raincoat
9. Chelsea Hotel #2
10. Take This Longing
11. Who By Fire
12. The Guests
13. Hallelujah
14. If It Be Your Will
15. Night Comes On
16. I'm Your Man
17. Everybody Knows
18. Tower of Song
    

Disc 2

1. Ain't No Cure for Love
2. Take This Waltz
3. First We Take Manhattan
4. Dance Me to the End of Love
5. The Future
6. Democracy
7. Waiting for the Miracle
8. Closing Time
9. Anthem
10. In My Secret Life
11. Alexandra Leaving
12. A Thousand Kisses Deep
13. Love Itself