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Songs Of Love And Hate (CD)

By: Leonard Cohen (Artist)

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Leonard Cohen Artist Snapshot:

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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DISC 1 for Songs Of Love And Hate (CD) Album By Leonard Cohen (Artist)
1   Avalanche
2   Last Year's Man
3   Dress Rehearsal Rag
4   Diamonds In The Mine
5   Love Calls You By Your Name
6   Famous Blue Raincoat
7   Sing Another Song, Boys - (live)
8   Joan Of Arc
9   Dress Rehearsal Rag - (take Early Version, Bonus)
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (9/2/71, p.43) - "...the record as a whole has not the charm that his first develops after a long while--it is not as likable, because it is frequently down and out depressing..."
Q (p.132) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The record itself is a masterpiece of bitterness and cynicism....The self-lacerating honesty makes it the most fascinating album of his early career."
NME (Magazine) (8/12/00, p.28) - Ranked #5 in The NME "Top 30 Heartbreak Albums" - "...[His] most vicious, lonely and unforgiving album....Much, much more than the sum of its dark, monumentally crafted parts, and a soundtrack to a generation of bedsit breakups."

Title Note

Personnel: Leonard Cohen (vocals, acoustic guitar); Ron Cornelius (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Bubba Fowler (acoustic guitar, banjo, bass instrument); Charlie Daniels (acoustic guitar, fiddle, bass instrument); Bob Johnston (piano); Carolyn Hanney, Susan Mussmano (background vocals).

Recording information: 1970.

It doesn't get darker than this. Though Leonard Cohen had already established himself as the doyen of doom with his first two albums, his third, SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE, finds him kicking off the 1970s with the sharpest repudiation of the '60s peace-and-love/flower-power ethic the world had yet seen from the "sensitive troubadour" corner of the music map. Though it's not really a "concept album," SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE feels like a guided tour through one man's battle-scarred love life. The utter emotional degradation of "Avalanche," the suicidal frenzy of "Dress Rehearsal Rag," and the bitter regret of "Last Year's Man" all sound like stops on the same ill-fated journey. The arrangements are wisely based around Cohen's world-weary voice and hypnotic acoustic-guitar patterns, with occasional orchestrations rising like dark clouds in the background. Possibly Cohen's finest album, LOVE AND HATE would stand as a monument to explorers of the musical Dark Side for decades to come--such as Nick Cave, who memorably covered "Avalanche"--and to anyone nursing a bitter, broken heart.

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