Songs of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Pros: powerful, poetic lyrics; simple acoustic guitar; relaxing
Cons: his voice; very depressing sometimes and rambling

NOTE - Dr. Freudine is a fictitious psychiatrist and my alter ego who sometimes helps me to review books, movies and music. Last time she learned some hard truth with Noam Chomsky’s Failed States. ************* The next day I arrive at my office a ...

Pros: Leonard Cohen, a guitar, and a little bit of faith and luck.
Cons: Nil.

I would be willing to bet that Leonard Cohen was an old man long before he began to look it. And I would also be willing to believe the possibility that he was born exhausted and out of breath. But I don't know that for a fact. What I do know that ...

Pros: EXCELLENT songwriting, superb guitar playing.
Cons: His voice may be off-putting to some.

Leonard Cohen is one of the most prominent singer-songwriters in music and also one of the most unknown. Since the mid 1960s he has released some great albums and lots of great songs. But he has never received much recognition from the general public....

Pros: intimate, acoustic and reflective
Cons: it finishes

In 1993 I bought a copy of Juice magazine as it had an interview with Suzanne Vega. It coincided with the release of her new recording. It was through this that I first heard of Leonard Cohen. He was the interviewer.

Leonard Cohen...

Pros: Remarkable lyrics
Cons: He can't sing!

The picture of the serious man on the cover of the CD tells very little about him. He was in his thirties when this, his first record, was released. Amazingly, two of the songs became hits for others. There's no way that someone with that voice (monotone...

Pros: Articulate lyrics, beautiful composition, wide variety of styles.
Cons: Contrast between song styles is a little stark.

I received "Songs" by Leonard Cohen for Christmas last year, and I was very pleased with how much use I get out of the CD. I am very much in love with the music of Bob Dylan, and when I heard that he, Joni Mitchell, and Leonard Cohen had done...

Pros: The First and Best
Cons: None

". . .and who had you through the mails?"

One single phrase is emblazened in my mind from listening to this album. I remember when I first saw it advertised. It was on the back of Evergreen Review, a magazine published by Grove...