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Leonard Cohen The Essential Leonard Cohen Disc 2 (Cohen, Leonard.)

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Leonard Cohen The Essential Leonard Cohen Disc 2
Author:	Cohen, Leonard. Search Author in Amazon Books
Publisher:	Sony
ISBN:	B00006NSH8
Edition:	2002
Classification:	MCD 000327

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- This two-disc retrospective traces the Canadian bard's musical maturity from poet and novelist who sang a little to multidimensional artist whose oracular vocals and increasingly rich arrangements are every bit as compelling as his verse. Even when Cohen came to prominence through the 1960s songcraft of "Suzanne" and "Bird on a Wire," the "folksinger" tag never really fit. Later highlights ranging from the deadpan drollery of "Tower of Song" and "Everybody Knows" to the apocalyptic anthemry of "First We Take Manhattan" and "Democracy" suggest that other labels might be more appropriate: cabaret surrealist, spiritual gadfly, sensual prophet, agent provocateur. Cohen chose the selections, drawing more than half of the 31 tracks from three landmark albums--his 1967 debut

- 1. Ain't No Cure for Love 2. Take This Waltz 3. First We Take Manhattan 4. Dance Me to the End of Love (live) 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