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 | Title : Ten New Songs
Author : Leonard Cohen
Release Date : 20011009
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Where has Leonard Cohen been for the past nine years? The legendary songwriter's mostly been in a Zen monastery, it turns out, obsessively rewriting and polishing the oblique, lapidary lyrics for this austere collection. Ten New Songs is arguably Sharon Robinson's record as much as Cohen's--she cowrote all the songs, plays most of the instruments (primarily a synth that seems to have freshly emerged from a chintzy 1984 power ballad), and accompanies Cohen's gloomy croak with her own crooning. This is the most subdued album Cohen's ever made, which is saying something. It's as if he no longer has time for anything in music or performance that could alter the meaning and force of his words.
Buyer Reviews :
I was hooked on his music the first time I heard 'Suzanne' on FM radio lo those many years ago and his new offering is on a par with anything he has ever done. There are songwriters and there is Leonard Cohen. I will always remmeber when I used to put his music on for my friends while we were growing up in the early 70s. They would want to jump out the window. 'He's so depressing,' they'd say. Nonsense. His music is gorgeous and rich. He writes the most beautiful and spiritutally honest songs of anyone alive. 'In My Secret Life' is an instant masterpiece. There is much to commend this cd, which I just received about three days ago and have listened to nothing else since. Perhaps one is not always in the mood for Leonard Cohen, but listening to his unique music and poetry is one of life's great joys. The world is always a better place when there is a new Leonard Cohen disc to listen to day and night until the mood lifts and it's ok to settle for ordinary stuff again.
(by gary delsohn)
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