The Essential Leonard Cohen

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Tracklist

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1Suzanne
producer:
John Simon
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
conductor:
John Simon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1967)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 284)
recording of:
Suzanne (English original song by Leonard Cohen) (in 1967)
lyricist:
Leonard Cohen (in 1966)
composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Ardmore & Beechwood Music Ltd., Project 7 Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Stranger Music Inc. and Writers Workshop Ltd.
translated version of:
Suzanne (German lyrics by Thomas Woitkewitsch)
3:48
2The Stranger Song
producer:
John Simon
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
conductor:
John Simon
recording of:
The Stranger Song (in 1967)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
5:00
3Sisters of Mercy
producer:
John Simon
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
conductor:
John Simon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1967)
recording of:
Sisters of Mercy (in 1967)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
3:34
4Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
producer:
John Simon
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
conductor:
John Simon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1967)
recording of:
Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye (in 1967)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Bad Monk Publishing, MAM Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Stranger and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
2:55
5So Long, Marianne
producer:
John Simon
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
conductor:
John Simon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1967)
recording of:
So Long, Marianne (in 1967)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
5:40
6Bird on a Wire
engineer:
Ed Hudson and Neil Wilburn
producer:
Bob Johnston
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 2007)
recording of:
Bird on the Wire (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Australia, Mushroom Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
3:25
7The Partisan
engineer:
Ed Hudson and Neil Wilburn
producer:
Bob Johnston
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
recording of:
The Partisan (in 1968)
lyricist:
Emmanuel d’Astier de La Vigerie
composer:
Anna Marly
previously attributed to and translator:
Hy Zaret
publisher:
Éditions Raoul Breton, Leeds Music and MCA Music Inc.
translated version of:
La Complainte du partisan
recording of:
The Partisan (in 1969)
lyricist:
Emmanuel d’Astier de La Vigerie
composer:
Anna Marly
previously attributed to and translator:
Hy Zaret
publisher:
Éditions Raoul Breton, Leeds Music and MCA Music Inc.
translated version of:
La Complainte du partisan
3:25
8Famous Blue Raincoat
engineer:
Robin Geoffrey Cable, Ed Hudson and Neil Wilburn
producer:
Bob Johnston
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
arranger:
Paul Buckmaster
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1970)
recording of:
Famous Blue Raincoat (in 1970)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
5:10
9Chelsea Hotel #2
assistant engineer:
Leanne Ungar
engineer:
Frank Laico and Rick Rowe
producer:
Leonard Cohen and John Lissauer
mixer:
Rick Rowe
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
arranger:
John Lissauer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1974)
mixed at:
Sound Ideas in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Chelsea Hotel #2 (in 1974)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
404 Trinity 3ntertainment, GOOD58, Stranger Music Inc., Universal Müzik Group and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (until 2020)
3:06
10Take This Longing
assistant engineer:
Leanne Ungar
engineer:
Frank Laico and Rick Rowe
producer:
Leonard Cohen and John Lissauer
mixer:
Rick Rowe
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
arranger:
John Lissauer
mixed at:
Sound Ideas in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Take This Longing (in 1974)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Stranger Music Inc.
4:06
11Who by Fire
assistant engineer:
Leanne Ungar
engineer:
Frank Laico and Rick Rowe
producer:
Leonard Cohen and John Lissauer
mixer:
Rick Rowe
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
arranger:
John Lissauer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1974)
mixed at:
Sound Ideas in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Who by Fire (in 1974)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and Stranger Music Inc.
2:34
12The Guests
assistant recording engineer and assistant mixer:
Skip Cottrell, Derek Dunan and Greg Falken
recording engineer and mixer:
Henry Lewy
mastering:
Bernie Grundman
producer:
Leonard Cohen and Henry Lewy
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
bass:
Abraham Laboriel
organ:
Randy Waldman
oud:
John Bilezikjian
violin:
Raffi Hakopian
background vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
arranger:
Jennifer Warnes
recording of:
The Guests
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
6:41
13Hallelujah
additional recording engineer:
John Smith
recording engineer and mixer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant engineer:
Lee Friedman
producer:
John Lissauer
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
arranger:
John Lissauer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1984)
recorded at:
Quadrasonic Sound in New York, New York, United States
part of:
Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (number: 38) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 74)
recording of:
Hallelujah (in 1984)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Bad Monk Publishing, Leonard Cohen Stranger Music Inc., SM Publishing Argentina S.R.L., Sony/ATV Music LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Sony/ATV Songs, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
sub-publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Hong Kong)
4:39
14If It Be Your Will
additional recording engineer:
John Smith
recording engineer and mixer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant engineer:
Lee Friedman
producer:
John Lissauer
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
arranger:
John Lissauer
recorded at:
Quadrasonic Sound in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
If It Be Your Will
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
3:43
15Night Comes On
additional recording engineer:
John Smith
recording engineer and mixer:
Leanne Ungar
assistant engineer:
Lee Friedman
producer:
John Lissauer
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
arranger:
John Lissauer
recorded at:
Quadrasonic Sound in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Night Comes On
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
4:41
16I'm Your Man
recording engineer:
Roger Guérin and Leanne Ungar
miscellaneous support:
Roscoe Beck
producer:
Leonard Cohen and Michel Robidoux
mixer:
Fred Echelard and Leanne Ungar
additional drums (drum set):
Michel Robidoux
drums (drum set):
Tom Brechtlein
keyboard and lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
background vocals:
Anjani Thomas
performer:
Leonard Cohen
arranger:
Leonard Cohen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1988)
recording of:
I’m Your Man (in 1987)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
4:26
17Everybody Knows
recording engineer:
Roger Guérin and Leanne Ungar
producer:
Leonard Cohen and Michel Robidoux
mixer:
Fred Echelard and Leanne Ungar
keyboard:
Leonard Cohen and Michel Robidoux
oud:
John Bilezikjian
background vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
arranger:
Leonard Cohen and Michel Robidoux
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1988)
part of:
Huffington Post: 100 Best Canadian Songs Ever (number: 2)
recording of:
Everybody Knows (in 1987)
writer:
Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson
publisher:
Sharon Robinson Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.
5:37
18Tower of Song
recording engineer:
François Deschamps, Ian Terry and Leanne Ungar
producer:
Leonard Cohen
mixer:
Fred Echelard and Leanne Ungar
background vocals:
Jennifer Warnes
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
performer:
Leonard Cohen
arranger:
Leonard Cohen
recording of:
Tower of Song (in 1987)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC (from 1988 to present)
5:37
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1Ain't No Cure for Love
recording engineer:
François Deschamps and Ian Terry
producer:
Roscoe Beck and Leonard Cohen
mixer:
Fred Echelard and Leanne Ungar
bass:
Peter Kisilenko
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta
guitar:
Bob Stanley
keyboard:
Jeff Fisher
saxophone:
Richard Baudet
background vocals:
Anjani Thomas and Jennifer Warnes
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
arranger:
Jeff Fisher
recording of:
Ain’t No Cure for Love (in 1987)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
4:52
2Take This Waltz
recording engineer:
Kevin Beauchamp, Jean-Jacques Peruchon and Leanne Ungar
producer:
Roscoe Beck, Leonard Cohen and Jean-Michel Reusser
mixer:
Leanne Ungar and Frank Wolf
violin:
Raffi Hakopian
background vocals:
Mayel Assouly, Evelyne Hebey, Elisabeth Valletti and Jennifer Warnes
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
performer:
Jean-Philippe Rykiel
arranger:
Jean-Philippe Rykiel
recording of:
Take This Waltz (in 1987)
lyricist:
Federico García Lorca
composer and translator:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
is based on:
Pequeño vals vienés (Original poem)
translated version of:
Pequeño vals vienés
5:59
3First We Take Manhattan
recording engineer:
François Deschamps and Ian Terry
miscellaneous support:
Roscoe Beck
producer:
Leonard Cohen
mixer:
Frank Wolf
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
vocals:
Anjani Thomas
performer:
Jeff Fisher
arranger:
Jeff Fisher
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1988)
recording of:
First We Take Manhattan (in 1987)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and Stranger Music Inc.
5:52
4Dance Me to the End of Love (live)
producer:
Bob Metzger and Leanne Ungar
vocals:
Leonard Cohen
recorded at:
Meridian Hall in York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1993-06-17)
live recording of:
Dance Me to the End of Love (on 1993-06-17)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
6:06
5The Future
programming:
Leonard Cohen and Yoav Goren
engineer and mixer:
Leanne Ungar
producer:
Leonard Cohen
drums (drum set):
Steve Meador
guitar:
Bob Metzger
tambourine:
Lenny Castro
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
conductor:
David Campbell
performer:
Leonard Cohen and Yoav Goren
strings arranger and background vocals arranger:
David Campbell
arranger:
Leonard Cohen
choir vocals [choral] arranger:
Perla Batalla
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1992)
recording of:
The Future (in 1992)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
6:42
6Democracy
additional producer:
Steve Lindsey
producer:
Leonard Cohen
recording of:
Democracy
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
7:05
7Waiting for the Miracle
programming and producer:
Leonard Cohen and Yoav Goren
engineer and mixer:
Leanne Ungar
additional producer:
Steve Lindsey
mandolin:
Dean Parks
percussion:
Lenny Castro
violin:
Bob Furgo
background vocals:
Anjani Thomas
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
performer:
Leonard Cohen and Yoav Goren
additional strings arranger:
David Campbell
arranger:
Leonard Cohen, Rebecca De Mornay and Yoav Goren
recording of:
Waiting for the Miracle (in 1992)
writer:
Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., Sharon Robinson Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部
7:43
8Closing Time
programming:
Leonard Cohen and Yoav Goren
engineer and mixer:
Leanne Ungar
producer:
Leonard Cohen and Leanne Ungar
bass:
Bob Glaub
guitar:
Bob Metzger
violin:
Bob Furgo
background vocals:
Perla Batalla and Julie Christensen
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
performer:
Leonard Cohen and Yoav Goren
arranger:
Leonard Cohen and Yoav Goren
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1992)
recording of:
Closing Time (in 1992)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
5:59
9Anthem
producer:
Leonard Cohen and Rebecca De Mornay
bass and electric guitar:
Bob Metzger
drums (drum set):
Steve Meador
percussion:
Lenny Castro
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen
arranger:
Leonard Cohen, Rebecca De Mornay and Yoav Goren
recording of:
Anthem (in 1992)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
6:01
10In My Secret Life
programming and producer:
Sharon Robinson
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
mixer:
Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson and Leanne Ungar
guitar:
Bob Metzger
vocals:
Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson
performer:
Sharon Robinson
arranger:
Sharon Robinson
recording of:
In My Secret Life
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
4:54
11Alexandra Leaving
programming and producer:
Sharon Robinson
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
mixer:
Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson and Leanne Ungar
vocals:
Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson
performer:
Sharon Robinson
arranger:
Sharon Robinson
recording of:
Alexandra Leaving
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
5:24
12A Thousand Kisses Deep
programming and producer:
Sharon Robinson
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
mixer:
Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson and Leanne Ungar
vocals:
Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson
strings arranger:
David Campbell
arranger:
Sharon Robinson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 2001)
recording of:
A Thousand Kisses Deep
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., Sharon Robinson Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.
6:28
13Love Itself
programming and producer:
Sharon Robinson
engineer:
Leanne Ungar
mixer:
Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson and Leanne Ungar
vocals:
Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson
performer:
Sharon Robinson
arranger:
Sharon Robinson
recording of:
Love Itself
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
5:22