The Essential Leonard Cohen

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Suzanne
  3:48
  4.1 ★
• 2
  The Stranger Song
  5:00
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Sisters of Mercy
  3:33
  4.2 ★
• 4
  Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
  2:54
  4.8 ★
• 5
  So Long, Marianne
  5:39
  4.2 ★
• 6
  Bird on a Wire
  3:25
  4.2 ★
• 7
  The Partisan
  3:25
  4.6 ★
• 8
  Famous Blue Raincoat
  5:09
  4.1 ★
• 9
  Chelsea Hotel #2
  3:06
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Take This Longing
  4:06
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Who by Fire
  2:34
  4.4 ★
• 12
  The Guests
  6:40
  4.5 ★
• 13
  Hallelujah
  4:38
  4.2 ★
• 14
  If It Be Your Will
  3:42
  3.5 ★
• 15
  Night Comes On
  4:40
  3.4 ★
• 16
  I'm Your Man
  4:25
  4.0 ★
• 17
  Everybody Knows
  5:37
  4.8 ★
• 18
  Tower of Song
  5:37
  4.0 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Ain't No Cure for Love
  4:51
  4.8 ★
• 2
  Take This Waltz
  5:59
  4.0 ★
• 3
  First We Take Manhattan
  5:51
  4.6 ★
• 4
  Dance Me to the End of Love (live)
  6:06
  4.0 ★
• 5
  The Future
  6:41
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Democracy
  7:05
• 7
  Waiting for the Miracle
  7:42
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Closing Time
  5:59
  3.2 ★
• 9
  Anthem
  6:00
  3.8 ★
• 10
  In My Secret Life
  4:54
  4.8 ★
• 11
  Alexandra Leaving
  5:24
  4.0 ★
• 12
  A Thousand Kisses Deep
  6:28
  4.5 ★
• 13
  Love Itself
  5:22
  4.0 ★
• CD 3
• 1
  Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
  3:42
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Love Calls You by Name
  5:42
  4.0 ★
• 3
  A Singer Must Die
  3:19
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Death of a Ladies' Man
  9:20
  5.0 ★
• 5
  The Traitor
  6:14
  3.0 ★
• 6
  By the Rivers Dark
  5:19
  4.4 ★
• 7
  The Letters
  4:45

More by Leonard Cohen

Songs of Leonard Cohen

Songs of Leonard Cohen 1967

I’m Your Man

I’m Your Man 1988

New Skin for the Old Ceremony

New Skin for the Old Ceremony 1974

Thanks for the Dance

Thanks for the Dance 2019

You Want It Darker

You Want It Darker 2016

You Want It Darker

You Want It Darker 2016

Release credits

• Abraham Laboriel
  bass [3.5, 1.12]
• Anjani Thomas
  background vocals [2.1, 2.7, 1.16], vocal [3]
• Bernie Grundman
  mastering [3.5, 1.12]
• Bob Furgo
  violin [7-8]
• Bob Glaub
  bass [8]
• Bob Johnston
  producer [3.1-2, 1.6-8]
• Bob Metzger
  bass [9], electric guitar [9], guitar [5, 8, 10], producer [4]
• Bob Robitaille
  assistant [4]
• Bruce Gold
  assistant [4]
• David Campbell
  additional [7], background vocals [5], conductor [5], strings [5, 7, 12]
• Dean Parks
  mandolin [7]
• Derek Dunan
  assistant [3.5, 1.12]
• Don Menza
  horn [4]
• Ed Hudson
  engineer [1.6-8, 3.1-2]
• Elisabeth Valletti
  background vocals [2]
• Evelyne Hebey
  background vocals [2]
• Frank Laico
  engineer [1.9-11, 3.3]
• Frank Wolf
  mix [2-3]
• François Deschamps
  recording [1.18, 2.1, 2.3]
• Fred Echelard
  mix [1.16-18, 2.1]
• Greg Falken
  assistant [3.5, 1.12]
• Henry Lewy
  mix [1.12, 3.5], producer [3.5, 1.12], recording [1.12, 3.5]
• Ian Terry
  recording [1.18, 2.1, 2.3]
• Jean-Jacques Peruchon
  recording [2]
• Jean-Michel Reusser
  producer [2]
• Jean-Philippe Rykiel
  arranger [2], performer [2]
• Jeff Fisher
  arranger [1, 3], keyboard [1], performer [3]
• Jennifer Warnes
  arranger [3.5, 1.12], background vocals [1.12, 1.17-18, 2.1-2], vocal [13-15]
• Jeremy Lubbock
  conductor [5], strings [5]
• John Bilezikjian
  oud [1.12, 1.17, 3.5]
• John Lissauer
  arranger [3.3, 1.9-11, 1.13-15], producer [1.9-11, 1.13-15, 3.3]
• John Simon
  conductor [1-5], producer [1-5]
• John Smith
  additional [13-15]
• Julie Christensen
  background vocals [8]
• Kevin Beauchamp
  recording [2]
• Larry Levine
  engineer [4]
• Leanne Ungar
  assistant [1.9-11, 3.3], engineer [2.5, 2.7-8, 2.10-13, 3.6], mix [3.6, 1.13-18, 2.1-2, 2.5, 2.7-8, 2.10-13], producer [4, 8], recording [1.13-18, 2.2]
• Lee Friedman
  assistant [13-15]
• Lenny Castro
  percussion [7, 9], tambourine [5]
• Leonard Cohen
  acoustic guitar [1.12, 3.5], arranger [1.16-18, 2.5, 2.7-9], keyboard [16-17], lead vocals [2.1-3, 2.5, 2.7-9, 1.1-18, 3.1-5], mix [2.10-13, 3.6], performer [2.5, 2.7-8, 1.16, 1.18], producer [2.1-3, 2.5-9, 1.9-12, 1.16-18, 3.3, 3.5], programming [5, 7-8], vocal [3.6, 2.4, 2.10-13]
• Mayel Assouly
  background vocals [2]
• Michel Robidoux
  additional [16], arranger [17], drums (drum set) [16], keyboard [17], producer [16-17]
• Neil Wilburn
  engineer [3.1-2, 1.6-8]
• Paul Buckmaster
  arranger [1.8, 3.2]
• Perla Batalla
  background vocals [8], choir vocals [5]
• Peter Kisilenko
  bass [1]
• Phil Spector
  arranger [4], producer [4], vocal arranger [4]
• Raffi Hakopian
  violin [3.5, 2.2, 1.12]
• Randy Waldman
  organ [1.12, 3.5]
• Rebecca De Mornay
  arranger [7, 9], producer [9]
• Richard Baudet
  saxophone [1]
• Rick Rowe
  engineer [1.9-11, 3.3], mix [3.3, 1.9-11]
• Robert Stanley
  guitar [1]
• Robin Geoffrey Cable
  engineer [1.8, 3.2]
• Roger Guérin
  recording [16-17]
• Roscoe Beck
  misc [1.16, 2.3], producer [1-2]
• Sharon Robinson
  arranger [2.10-13, 3.6], mix [2.10-13, 3.6], performer [3.6, 2.10-11, 2.13], producer [3.6, 2.10-13], programming [2.10-13, 3.6], vocal [3.6, 2.10-13]
• Skip Cottrell
  assistant [1.12, 3.5]
• Stan Ross
  assistant [4]
• Steve Berkowitz
  artists and repertoire
• Steve Lindsey
  additional [6-7]
• Steve Meador
  drums (drum set) [5, 9]
• Tom Brechtlein
  drums (drum set) [16]
• Vinnie Colaiuta
  drums (drum set) [1]
• Yoav Goren
  arranger [7-9], performer [5, 7-8], producer [7], programming [5, 7-8]
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