The Best of Leonard Cohen

~ Release by Leonard Cohen (see all versions of this release, 20 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Suzanne
producer:
John Simon (US producer, arranger, composer, songwriter and musician)
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
conductor:
John Simon (US producer, arranger, composer, songwriter and musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1967)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 284)
recording of:
Suzanne (English original song by Leonard Cohen) (in 1967)
lyricist:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet) (in 1966)
composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
4.153:50
2Sisters of Mercy
producer:
John Simon (US producer, arranger, composer, songwriter and musician)
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
conductor:
John Simon (US producer, arranger, composer, songwriter and musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1967)
recording of:
Sisters of Mercy (in 1967)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
4.43:36
3So Long, Marianne
producer:
John Simon (US producer, arranger, composer, songwriter and musician)
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
conductor:
John Simon (US producer, arranger, composer, songwriter and musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1967)
recording of:
So Long, Marianne (in 1967)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
4.655:40
4Bird on the Wire
engineer:
Ed Hudson (engineer) and Neil Wilburn
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 2007)
recording of:
Bird on the Wire (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
4.53:27
5Lady Midnight
engineer:
Ed Hudson (engineer) and Neil Wilburn
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
recording of:
Lady Midnight (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
4.42:59
6The Partisan
engineer:
Ed Hudson (engineer) and Neil Wilburn
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
recording of:
The Partisan (in 1968)
lyricist:
Emmanuel d’Astier de La Vigerie
composer:
Anna Marly
previously attributed to and translator:
Hy Zaret
translated version of:
La Complainte du partisan
recording of:
The Partisan (in 1969)
lyricist:
Emmanuel d’Astier de La Vigerie
composer:
Anna Marly
previously attributed to and translator:
Hy Zaret
translated version of:
La Complainte du partisan
4.753:24
7Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye
producer:
John Simon (US producer, arranger, composer, songwriter and musician)
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
conductor:
John Simon (US producer, arranger, composer, songwriter and musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1967)
recording of:
Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye (in 1967)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Stranger and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
4.82:58
8Famous Blue Raincoat
engineer:
Robin Geoffrey Cable, Ed Hudson (engineer) and Neil Wilburn
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
arranger:
Paul Buckmaster
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1970)
recording of:
Famous Blue Raincoat (in 1970)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
4.15:10
9Last Year’s Man
engineer:
Robin Geoffrey Cable, Ed Hudson (engineer) and Neil Wilburn
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
guest strings and strings:
Michael Sahl
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
arranger:
Paul Buckmaster
recording of:
Last Year’s Man (in 1970)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
46:00
10Chelsea Hotel No. 2
assistant engineer:
Leanne Ungar
engineer:
Frank Laico and Rick Rowe
producer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet) and John Lissauer
mixer:
Rick Rowe
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
arranger:
John Lissauer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1974)
mixed at:
Sound Ideas in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Chelsea Hotel #2 (in 1974)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
publisher:
404 Trinity 3ntertainment, GOOD58, Stranger Music Inc., Universal Müzik Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) and Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020) (until 2020)
4.353:07
11Who by Fire
assistant engineer:
Leanne Ungar
engineer:
Frank Laico and Rick Rowe
producer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet) and John Lissauer
mixer:
Rick Rowe
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
arranger:
John Lissauer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1974)
mixed at:
Sound Ideas in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Who by Fire (in 1974)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020) and Stranger Music Inc.
4.352:33
12Take This Longing
assistant engineer:
Leanne Ungar
engineer:
Frank Laico and Rick Rowe
producer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet) and John Lissauer
mixer:
Rick Rowe
lead vocals:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
arranger:
John Lissauer
mixed at:
Sound Ideas in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Take This Longing (in 1974)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer-songwriter and poet)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Stranger Music Inc.
3.54:06

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Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/345708 [info]
Wikidata:Q1938762 [info]