The Essential Leonard Cohen Explained

The Essential Leonard Cohen
Type:greatest
Artist:Leonard Cohen
Cover:Essential Leonard Cohen cover.jpg
Released:October 22, 2002
Recorded:1967–2001
Genre:Folk rock
Length:02:34:10
Label:
Producer:Digitally remastered by Leonard Cohen and Bob Ludwig
Prev Title:Ten New Songs
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:Dear Heather
Next Year:2004

The Essential Leonard Cohen is a career-spanning collection of Leonard Cohen songs released in 2002. It is part of Sony's The Essential series.

The songs are arranged in chronological order; all studio albums released before 2002 are represented, except the 1977 album Death of a Ladies' Man. All tracks were digitally remastered by Leonard Cohen and Bob Ludwig. All songs on the compilation were chosen by Cohen himself.

The album was re-released in August 2008 with an extra disc of previously not included tracks (presented as the selection of "fans' favorite" songs).

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Suzanne" – 3:48
  2. "The Stranger Song" – 5:00
  3. "Sisters of Mercy" – 3:34
  4. "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" – 2:54
  5. "So Long, Marianne" – 5:39
  6. "Bird on the Wire" (misspelled as "Bird on a Wire" on track list) – 3:25
  7. "The Partisan" – 3:25
  8. "Famous Blue Raincoat" – 5:09
  9. "Chelsea Hotel #2" – 3:06
  10. "Take This Longing" – 4:06
  11. "Who by Fire" – 2:34
  12. "The Guests" – 6:40
  13. "Hallelujah" – 4:38
  14. "If It Be Your Will" – 3:42
  15. "Night Comes On" – 4:40
  16. "I'm Your Man" – 4:25
  17. "Everybody Knows" – 5:37
  18. "Tower of Song" – 5:37

Notes

Disc two

  1. "Ain't No Cure for Love" – 4:49
  2. "Take This Waltz" – 5:59
  3. "First We Take Manhattan" – 5:50
  4. "Dance Me to the End of Love" (live) – 6:04
  5. "The Future" – 6:40
  6. "Democracy" – 7:03
  7. "Waiting for the Miracle" – 7:42
  8. "Closing Time" – 5:57
  9. "Anthem" – 5:59
  10. "In My Secret Life" – 4:53
  11. "Alexandra Leaving" – 5:22
  12. "A Thousand Kisses Deep" – 6:26
  13. "Love Itself" – 5:21

Notes

Disc three (The Essential 3.0 re-release)

  1. "Seems So Long Ago, Nancy" from Songs from a Room (1969)
  2. "Love Calls You by Your Name" from Songs of Love and Hate (1971)
  3. "A Singer Must Die" from New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974)
  4. "Death of a Ladies' Man" from Death of a Ladies' Man (1977)
  5. "The Traitor" from Recent Songs (1979)
  6. "By the Rivers Dark" from Ten New Songs (2001)
  7. "The Letters" from Dear Heather (2004)

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)Position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[1] 51
Chart (2008)Position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[2] 96
Chart (2009)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3]
87
Chart (2019)Position
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[4] 33

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Årslista Album – År 2002. Sverigetopplistan. Swedish. November 7, 2020.
  2. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 2008. dutchcharts.nl. November 7, 2020.
  3. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2009. Australian Recording Industry Association. November 2, 2021.
  4. Web site: Najpopularniejsze albumy i single 2019 roku. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Polish. January 28, 2020.

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