Leonard Cohen Lyrics Follow
Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships. Cohen was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. In 2011, Cohen received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize.
Cohen pursued a career as a poet and novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s; he did not launch a music career until 1967, at the age of 33. His first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967), was followed by three more albums of folk music: Songs from a Room (1969), Songs of Love and Hate (1971) and New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974). His 1977 record Death of a Ladies' Man was co-written and produced by Phil Spector, which was a move away from Cohen's previous minimalist sound. In 1979, Cohen returned with the more traditional Recent Songs, which blended his acoustic style with jazz and Oriental and Mediterranean influences. Perhaps Cohen's most famous song, "Hallelujah" was first released on his studio album Various Positions in 1984. I'm Your Man in 1988 marked Cohen's turn to synthesized productions and remains his most popular album. In 1992, Cohen released its follow-up, The Future, which had dark lyrics and references to political and social unrest.
Cohen returned to music in 2001 with the release of Ten New Songs, which was a major hit in Canada and Europe. His eleventh album, Dear Heather, followed in 2004. Following a successful string of tours between 2008 and 2013, Cohen released three albums in the final four years of his life: Old Ideas (2012), Popular Problems (2014) and You Want It Darker (2016), the last of which was released three weeks before his death.
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Albums
Live In Dublin
Popular Problems
Old Ideas
Show Me The Place Single
Dear Heather
In My Secret Life (Ten New Songs demo CD) Single
Ten New Songs
Beautiful Losers Single
The Future
Democracy Single
I'm Your Man Single
Songs From a Room
Popular Songs
- Save the Last Dance for Me
- The Darkness
- You Got Me Singing
- Born in Chains
- Nevermind
- A Street
- Samson in New Orleans
- Almost Like the Blues
- Did I Ever Love You
- My Oh My
- Slow
- Different Sides
- Banjo
- Come Healing
- Lullaby
- Amen
- Going Home
- Crazy to Love You
- Anyhow
- Darkness
- Show Me the Place
- Who by the Fire
- Susanne
- Tennessee Waltz
- The Smokey Life
- The Lost Canadian
- The Traitor
- A Thousand Kises Deep
- Leaving Green Sleeves
- Minute Prologue