Leonard Cohen Reviews

Bought in HMV for £4.99 a few years back, this is a good collection of melancholy folksy musings by one of the greatest lyricists of the twentieth century and beyond. This collection is a good starting point for those wishing to explore Mr. Cohen's back -catalogue, including the important early works. Beginning with the timeless 'Suzanne', you ...

So what has this album got to offer? -Its a double disc album -It has all the best songs, such as, Suzanne, Sisters of Mercy and Hallelujah -There is a total of 31 songs on the album The whole two discs play for approximately two hours and 36 minutes which is a good length for an album. All Cohen fans will love ...

"Suzanne takes you down, to her place near the river." Pop goes the cork, as I pull it clumsily out of the bottle with my 'Leaping Frog Corkscrew'. "You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night beside her." Glug, glug, glug, goes the red wine as I pour it out of the bottle and ...

On Leonard Cohen's Greatest Hits All great albums have a certain mood about them, where you can only fully appreciate it at a certain time or under certain conditions. This is my two in the morning album. And you get the feeling that Cohen himself was composing these songs at around the same time, undoubtedly while ...

I grew up with a stereo that seemed to be filled up with Leonard Cohen. I remember my mom doing the dishes in the kitchen, and I remember "Closing time" assisted with the running water from our kitchen tap. But that was many years ago. My mom's taste in music changed, and I put Leonard Cohen behind me. Then, suddenly, in 1998 I ...

Leonard Cohen..."Who's he?" some of the younger members reading this may ask. " It's that guy from the 60s and 70s, whose records were always played at the end of a party when the hosts decided it was time for the guests to leave. Nobody could empty a room better than Leonard Cohen." the older members reply with wisdom. ...

I'm re-writing this because what I put before was not very interesting. I first heard a Leonard Cohen song in '88. It was First We Take Manhattan (from the album I'm Your Man) on a chart show on ITV. For may years I forgot about him. Then I heard the Natural Born Killers soundtrack and was amazed by two songs. The Future and ...

Leonard Cohen can't sing, can barely play an instrument and is a very hit an miss artist - BUT when he hits form his music is perfect. He is often described as depressing but that is to miss the words and only hear the noise. His songs are romantic ballads of loves lost and loves past. He also has a sense of humour about himself, summed up ...

Spotting this category brought back so many memories some good, some not so good. I still have all my original Leornard Cohen LP's. He had a song or phrase to match any mood and I played them over and over again. They still sound as fresh now as then. Who can forget 'So long Marianne', 'Suzanne' who will feed you tea and ...

Leonard Cohen's music is perfect. Whatever mood you're in, there's a song to match. His lyrics are poetry, his tunes are heartwrenching and powerful and his voice is so...honest. That sounds like a strange way to describe a voice, but that's what describes Leonard's voice the best. When he sings, you feel like ...

Leonard Cohen's music used to be known as 'music to commit suicide to' but anyone who can keep going for so long and not be able to sing must have something going for him. And anyway I think he can sing, wonderful deep gravelly voice. It's the lyrics that move me though; the man's a poet. And he's probably saved a few ...

Leonard Cohen is the artiste you turn to when your natural suicidal tendencies are beginning to succumb to a new love, A glorious surise/sunset, or a major breakthrough in the problem that has been driving you crazy for weeks. His darkly fascinating voice, beautiful lyrics and lingering melodies will drive away such light thougts and ...