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Songs from a Room [Original recording remastered]

Leonard Cohen Audio CD
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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For four decades, Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a figure whose body of work achieves greater depths of mystery and meaning as time goes on. His songs have set a virtually unmatched standard in their seriousness and range. Sex, spirituality, religion, power – he has relentlessly examined the largest issues in human ... Read more in Amazon's Leonard Cohen Store

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  • Audio CD (9 Feb 2009)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Sony Music CMG
  • ASIN: B001KO2S6E
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,375 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Bird On The Wire
2. Story Of Isaac
3. A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes
4. The Partisan
5. "Seems So Long Ago, Nancy"
6. The Old Revolution
7. The Butcher
8. You Know Who I Am
9. Lady Midnight
10. Tonight Will Be Fine
11. Like A Bird (Bird On The Wire)
12. Nothing To One (You Know Who I Am)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars LC at his earliest and best 22 Nov 2004
By Keith Joseph HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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One of my favourite LC albums, and the sound on the CD is very good (far better than the record I have). 'Bird on a wire' and 'Tonight will be fine' are startlingly good and probably the highlight on a very consistent album - compilations never recapture the flow of the original albums. The songs might seem dated to those who weren't around at the release, but it is Leonard Cohen in top form (his voice and content is more the 'younger man'). I do find 'The story of Isaac' and Abraham a bit too sad to listen to often ('God said to Abe go kill me a son' is far more jolly on Bob Dylan's superb 'Highway 61 revisited'). 'Songs from a room' contrasts well with LC's later 80s & 90's output such as the excellent 'Various Positions', 'I'm your man' and 'The Future'. Plus Amazon are often virtually giving away many Leonard Cohen CDs for around £3 to £4 each.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I have tried in my way to be free 25 Feb 2003
By Pieter Uys HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER
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Cohen followed up his debut album with another masterpiece, this collection of magnificent songs of solitude, despair and resignation. Besides The Partisan, a song about the French resistance with its beautiful French verses and female vocals, all compositions are by Cohen. The most popular number here is Bird On A Wire that has been covered by artists as diverse as Johnny Cash, Joe Cocker, Judy Collins, Rita Coolidge, Tim Hardin, The Neville Brothers and Jennifer Warnes. For some reason, the opening lines of Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes make me think of Frodo's journey to Mordor (in Lord Of The Rings): "A bunch of lonesome and very quarrelsome heroes/Were smoking out upon the open road." Other highlights include The Story Of Isaac and The Old Revolution, in both of which Cohen's characteristic Biblical imagery surfaces, and the somber Lady Midnight with its many levels of meaning. Seems So Long Ago is a wistful confessional dirge whilst You Know Who I Am is a delicate love poem with esoteric undertones: "I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one". The mood lightens up on the closing track Tonight Will Be Fine with its catchy melody, driving rhythm and erotic lyric to end the album on a more optimistic note, although even here the sadness is just a sigh away. Cohen's sublime music has a transcendent, spiritual quality. These haunting songs "from a room" have lost none of their poetic impact after 3 decades; their grace, elegance and beauty shine on.
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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't slit your wrists just yet.... 27 Mar 2000
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Personally, I much prefer this one to "Songs of Leonard Cohen". Despite Cohen's famous reputation for being depressing, I always find this album has the opposite effect on me, while his first is real suicide-music. There are 10 songs on this album and at least 8 are genuine classics - there's the spine-tingling "Story of Isaac", the wryly sardonic "The Butcher" and the sheer brilliance of "Tonight Will be Fine". All in all, it's 10 more reasons not to do yourself in just yet....
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