Leonard Cohen - Overlooked Songs (A Butterboy Compilation)

LEONARD COHEN

Leonard Cohen - Overlooked Songs (A Butterboy Compilation)

Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality and romantic relationships.[2] 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 invested as 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 1950's and early 1960's; 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.

I love all his hits (?) and best known works but felt there was room to re-explore some of his lesser known and overlooked works. Here are 32 Leonard Cohen tracks that fit the description Overlooked Songs.

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Track list

01 Iodine    :05:05    1977
02 Story of Isaac :03:39 1969
03 Came So Far for Beauty :04:05 1979
04 Tonight Will Be Fine :03:53 1969
05 One of Us Cannot Be Wrong :04:28 1967
06 Hunter's Lullaby    :02:27 1984
07 Please Don't Pass Me By (A Disgrace) :12:55 1973
08 Diamonds in the Mine :03:50 1971
09 You Got Me Singing :03:32 2014
10 You Know Who I Am :03:32 1969
11 Seems So Long Ago, Nancy :03:41 1969
12 Teachers :03:04 1967
13 A Singer Must Die :03:22 1974
14 The Lost Canadian (Un Canadien Errant) :04.44 1979
15 Jazz Police :03:54 1988
16 Queen Victoria :03:24 1973
17 Ballad of the Absent Mare :06:43 1979
18 Fingerprints :03:01 1977
19 Do I Have To Dance All Night (Live) :04:13 1976
20 Love Calls You By Your Name :05:45 1971
21 Sing Another Song, Boys :06:18 1971
22 Don't Go Home With a Hard On :05:35 1977
23 Leaving Green Sleeves :02:39 1974
24 Memories :06:03 1977
25 By the Rivers Dark :05:21 2001
26 The Gypsy's Wife :05:14 1979
27 The Captain :04:10 1984
28 The Old Revolution :04:47 1969
29 Love Itself :05:26 2001
30 The Stranger Song :05:08 1967
31 Avalanche :05:07 1971
32 A Thousand Kisses Deep :06:29 2001
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