Leonard Cohen
Bird on the Wire
The Partisan
The Old Revolution
Lady Midnight
Nothing To One (You Know Who I Am)
DELUXE ED./DIGIPAK INCL. BONUS TRACKS
Release Date: 4/24/2007
Album Type: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
Similarly Requested CDs (5 out of 5 stars) What a delightfully dark album! But if you know any Leonard Cohen songs, you already knew that, right? Wrong. This is dark even by his standards, a remarkable look at Vietnam and the 1960s generation gap from the enigmatic Canadian. Cohen being Cohen, of course, that can t be seen on the surface, which is what keeps the brilliant album brilliant instead of relentlessly depressing. The production style is extremely austere, apparently in reaction to what Cohen considered the excessive instrumental flourishes of his first album; whether intentional or not, this fits the lyrical atmosphere perfectly and adds to it.