The Essential Leonard Cohen is a career two-disc collection of the best songs by Canadian musician Leonard Cohen , published in 2002 .
| The Essential Leonard Cohen | ||||
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| Leonard Cohen's Compilation | ||||
| Date of issue | October 22, 2002 | |||
| Recorded by | 1967 - 2001 | |||
| Genre | rock | |||
| Duration | 157: 00 | |||
| Producers | Leonard Cohen Bob Ludwig | |||
| Label | Columbia records | |||
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| Timeline of Leonard Cohen | ||||
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Content
About the album
The Essential Leonard Cohen covers all of the artist's studio albums until 2001 (excluding the 1977 album Death of a Ladies' Man ), as well as the live Cohen Live: Leonard Cohen in Concert . In August 2008, The Essential Leonard Cohen was reissued with the addition of a third disc, including songs selected by Cohen fans. Among other things, the disc contains a composition from the new by that time album Dear Heather (2004) and a song from Death of a Ladies' Man .
List of Songs
Disc 1
| No. | Title | Duration | First edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| one. | Suzanne | 3:48 | on the album Songs of Leonard Cohen |
| 2. | The stranger song | 5 a.m. | on the album Songs of Leonard Cohen |
| 3. | Sisters of mercy | 3:34 | on the album Songs of Leonard Cohen |
| four. | Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye | 2:54 | on the album Songs of Leonard Cohen |
| five. | So long marianne | 5:39 | on the album Songs of Leonard Cohen |
| 6. | Bird on the wire | 3:25 | on the album Songs from a Room |
| 7. | The partisan | 3:25 | on the album Songs from a Room |
| eight. | Famous Blue Raincoat | 5:09 | on the album Songs of Love and Hate |
| 9. | Chelsea Hotel # 2 | 3:06 | on the album New Skin for the Old Ceremony |
| ten. | Take this longing | 4:06 | on the album New Skin for the Old Ceremony |
| eleven. | Who by fire | 2:34 | on the album New Skin for the Old Ceremony |
| 12. | The guests | 6:40 | on the album Recent Songs |
| 13. | Hallelujah | 4:38 | on the album Various Positions |
| 14. | If It Be Your Will | 3:42 | on the album Various Positions |
| 15. | Night comes on | 4:40 | on the album Various Positions |
| sixteen. | I'm Your Man | 4:25 | on I'm Your Man album |
| 17. | Everybody knows | 5:37 | on I'm Your Man album |
| 18. | Tower of song | 5:37 | on I'm Your Man album |
Disc 2
| No. | Title | Duration | First edition |
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| one. | Ain't no cure for love | 4:49 | on I'm Your Man album |
| 2. | Take This Waltz | 5:58 | on I'm Your Man album |
| 3. | First we take manhattan | 5:50 a.m. | on I'm Your Man album |
| four. | Dance Me to the End of Love | 6:04 | on Cohen Live album : Leonard Cohen in Concert |
| five. | The future | 6:40 | on the album The Future |
| 6. | Democracy | 7:03 | on the album The Future |
| 7. | Waiting for the miracle | 7:42 | on the album The Future |
| eight. | Closing time | 5:57 | on the album The Future |
| 9. | Anthem | 5:59 | on the album The Future |
| ten. | In my secret life | 4:53 | on Ten New Songs album |
| eleven. | Alexandra Leaving | 5:22 | on Ten New Songs album |
| 12. | A thousand kisses deep | 6:26 | on Ten New Songs album |
| 13. | Love itself | 5:21 a.m. | on Ten New Songs album |
Disc 3
| No. | Title | Duration | First edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| one. | Seems So Long Ago, Nancy | 3:41 | on the album Songs from a Room |
| 2. | Love Calls You by Your Name | 5:44 | on the album Songs of Love and Hate |
| 3. | A singer must die | 3:17 | on the album New Skin for the Old Ceremony |
| four. | Death of a Ladies' Man | 9:19 | on Death of a Ladies' Man album |
| five. | The traitor | 6:16 a.m. | on the album Recent Songs |
| 6. | By the Rivers Dark | 5:20 | on Ten New Songs album |
| 7. | The letters | 4:44 | on the Dear Heather album |