The Essential Leonard Cohen View large Image Artist Leonard Cohen Format Audio CD Average Rating Our Price £6.99

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Enzo
Fantastic double album. Bought two of these now -one for the house and another for the car. Wonderful to play on shuffle mode as it is like a completely different recording each time. Very difficult to select best tracks as both my wife and I like them all. In my mind this is better than the 'Best of' album.
Victor Tugelbend
Cohen has had a long career spanning form the late 60's to the present day. As a result he has made many tracks that fans would consider `essential', and any effort to compile a best of album is likely to result in some disagreement. However, I feel that Columbia have done a great job on track selection, with selections form right across Cohen's career right up to and including `Ten Songs'. The tracks on offer here show just how consistent Cohen has been over the years. Right from the beautiful `Suzanne' - a great track for any album to open with - through to `Love Itself', this is track after track of seemingly simple, yet also deep and complex music. Great melodies, lyrics to make you think, excellent guitar work and distinctive vocals. You'd have to have a heart of stone not to like this material. This is an excellent collection, and a great way for newcomers to get into Cohen's music. Be warned though - I can almost guarantee that after listening to this you will start to collect all his albums!
p j o sullivan
PURCHASED THIS CD RECENTLY AND WHAT A GOOD CD IT IS.COHENS DEEP TONES MAKE YOU CONCENTRATE ON EVERY WORD AND YOU GET REALLY INVOLVED WITH THE LYRICS. A DOUBLE CD ALSO GREAT, DONT BE WITHOUT THIS GEM.P.J.
I. robinson
I have come incredibly late in his and my life to appreciating Leonard Cohen, having seen him live in 2008 and then more recently on video 'Songs from a Life' - I guess I have the imprint of a larger and richer musical production in my mind. So - this studio CD is for the purists, the long term fans who I thank for - as the man himself says - 'keeping the songs alive.'
Mary Mccarthy
bought this cd before I went to see Leonard Cohen in concert in Dublin The concert was wonderful! constantly playing the cd...bought two more and got them sent to both of my sisters.. whether your a Leonard Cohen fan or only getting to know his music I recomment this cd