new Leonard Cohen album

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heh, since someone was asking about the dylan album, how about the Leonard Cohen one that just came out. I'm not sure how ILM feels about him...

― g, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

He's great, new album is good, and btw it's available on vinyl.

― Sean, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

and while we're at it.
can anyone else not get into his spector- produced album (death of a ladies man?) whilst loving most of his other stuff?

― bounder, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I love Death of A Ladies Man. The second side is damn near perfect. I can't get into anything else, save his first one, and even then if it's not on vinyl I can't listen to it.

That said, I have the new one, but haven't listened to it yet.

― Vic Funk, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I like "Death of a Ladies Man" too. Don't know why it's so disparaged.

― Sean, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It's pretty good, but doesnt seem to have the louche wit of I'm your Man or the wry cynisism of The Future. Just a wee bit too one-paced and the arrangements are predictable.

However, I'm giving it a few more listens before I decide if it ruins my opinion that Cohens albums are enjoyable (in several senses of the word) in reverse chronological order).

― Alexander Blair, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Its got some of the lonliest and most holy lyrics he has written , the production is craaap

― anthony, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

three months pass...

This thread does not do the latest Leonard Cohen justice. "Ten New Songs" is a masterpiece. Cohen's voice reaches unprecedented depths here. The lyrics are beautifully poetic as always. Sharon Robinson is a perfect duet and background singer partner. The instrumentation is electronic but that is not disturbing. The music is absolutely unspectacular and the arrangement is almost low-fi. Muzak-like sounds float around Cohen's bass and stress its gravity. A terrific album.

― alex in mainhattan, Tuesday, 12 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

three years pass...

just got this album today; it's very monotonous at first, but the constant textures call out the subtlies of each song incredibly well after a few listens. the sound is rich and gorgeous.

the songs that stand out at first:
in my secret life
a thousand kisses deep
by the rivers dark
alexandra leaving
the land of plenty

― derrick (derrick), Monday, 12 September 2005 07:22 (nineteen years ago)

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new Leonard Cohen album - any good?