Description
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Artist
Leonard Cohen was born September 21,1934, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and died November 7, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a Canadian poet, singer and songwriter. The father of Adam Cohen and Lorca Cohen.
His first collection of poetry, Let Us Compare Mythologies, was published in 1956, followed by The Spice Box of Earth in 1961. After traveling throughout Europe, he settled on the Greek island of Hydra, where he stayed for seven years. There he wrote another collection of poetry, Flowers for Hitler (1964), and two novels, The Favorite Game (1963) and Beautiful Losers (1966). In 1967, Cohen moved to the United States to pursue a career as a folk musician. In 1994, Cohen retreated to the Mt. Baldy Zen Center near Los Angeles, beginning what became five years of seclusion at the center. In 1996, Cohen was ordained as a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and took the Dharma name "Jikan", meaning "silence".
During his lifetime he recorded 14 studio albums. A tribute album with 18 songs was released in 1991, featuring R.E.M., John Cale, Nick Cave, Ian McCulloch, Pixies, The House Of Love and Lloyd Cole among others. John Cale's cover of the song "Hallelujah" on this album served as the basis for the version released by Jeff Buckley in 1994.
Inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2008 (Performer)
Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010
Published by Stranger Music, Inc.
Tracks
1
Is This What You Wanted
04:17
2
Chelsea Hotel No. 2
03:07
3
Lover Lover Lover
03:21
4
Field Commander Cohen
04:02
5
Why Don't You Try
03:53
6
There Is A War
03:01
7
A Singer Must Die
03:20
8
I Tried To Leave You
02:42
9
Who By Fire
02:35
10
Take This Longing
04:08
11
Leaving Green Sleeves
02:41
Releases
Formats
8-Track Cartridge, Vinyl, Cassette, CD, File
Labels
ООО "ДОРА", Music On Vinyl, CBS, Sundazed Music, Columbia, CBS/Sony, Sony Records, Sony Records Int'l, ECHO , Coda , Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Russia) LLC
Countries
Australia, Canada, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe
years
1974, 1975, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017
