Live Songs

Performer: Leonard Cohen
Engineer: Bob Potter...
Producer: Bob Johnston...
Distributor: MSI Music Distribution

Notes: This dynamic live album from Leonard Cohen features 10 tracks, including "Passing Through," "Bird On The Wire," and "Tonight Will Be Fine." Reissue. Personnel: Leonard Cohen (vocals, acoustic guitar); Jennifer Warnes, Corlynn Hanney, Donna Washburn (vocals); Ron Cornelius (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); David O'Connor (acoustic guitar); Charlie Daniels (fiddle, electric bass); Bob Johnston (harmonica, organ). Arranger: Leonard Cohen. Leonard Cohen was right in the middle of a career peak when he released 1973's LIVE SONGS, which came in between two titanic studio albums, SONGS OF LOVE & HATE and NEW SKIN FOR THE OLD CEREMONY. But since much of the album was recorded during a 1970 tour, it consists mostly of songs from his second album, SONGS FROM A ROOM. An ensemble including Charlie Daniels on fiddle and Jennifer Warnes on backing vocals lends a good amount of oomph to these tunes, but previously unreleased songs like "Queen Victoria" and "Please Don't Pass Me By" (which never made it onto a studio album) are among the most visceral and striking. Cohen would go on to release three more live albums over the years, but this is probably the best.

Montreal's Leonard Cohen was a well-respected poet and novelist before he ever entered the songwriting fray in the 1960s. His dark, poetic vision rivaled that of Dylan, and his songs inspired countless cover versions, by everyone from Judy Collins to Nick Cave. Over the years, he honed his craft to a razor's edge, his passion always expertly undercut by a biting sense of black humor. His early recordings were largely acoustic affairs, but by the end of the 1980s he had reinvented his sound, successfully incorporating synthesizers and contemporary production techniques while still sounding very much like himself (and gaining a new generation of followers in the process).

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