Category: Music → Leonard Cohen - Cohen Live

I'm not usually a fan of live albums. They often contain little more than badly recorded, inferior versions of tracks you probably already own. So this live collection comes as a welcome exception to the rule.

Simply put, this album is stunning. It contains many of Leonard Cohen's best loved songs, all played to perfection by world-class musicians and recorded with pin-drop clarity. The songs were recorded on various tours during the 80s and early 90s but the album hangs together as if they were all recorded on the same night.

Particularly effective are the understated but arresting guitars, and the backing vocals providing a silky counterpoint to Cohen's world-weary tones.

This was the album that introduced me to Leonard Cohen and I have to say, I haven't found a better version of any of these songs anywhere. This is, for me, the best live album ever made, and one of my all time top five albums, period.

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Tracklist:

01. Dance Me To The End Of Love
02. Bird On The Wire
03. Everybody Knows
04. Joan Of Arc
05. There Is A War
06. Sisters Of Mercy
07. Hallelujah
08. I'm Your Man
09. Who By Fire
10. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
11. If It Be Your Will
12. Heart With No Companion
13. Suzanne