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| 1. Everybody Knows - Don Henley |
| 2. Coming Back to You - Trisha Yearwood |
| 3. Sisters Of Mercy - Sting & The Chieftains |
| 4. Halleluiah - Bono |
| 5. Famous Blue Raincoat - Tori Amos |
| 6. Ain't No Cure For Love - Aaron Neville |
| 7. I'm Your Man - Elton John |
| 8. Bird On A Wire - Willie Nelson |
| 9. Suzanne - Peter Gabriel |
| 10. Light As The Breeze - Billy Joel |
| 11. If It Be Your Will - Jann Arden |
| 12. Story Of Issac - Suzanne Vega |
| 13. Coming Back To You - Martin Gore |
Leonard Cohen, as a songwriter, exists on a very small playing field. Some would say that only Dylan and he could occupy the same base, in fact. Whatever one's judgement (and it always boils down to a a case of tastes, in these matters) there is no denying Cohen writes verses that are about as intellectually and poetically satisfying as anyone else around. These are not just songs, but angst-ridden tone-poems that are about real-ationships that most of us who have been through the seventies and subsequent decades can absolutely relate to.
I bought this CD when it was a mere cassette, about six years ago, and it still gets lots of play. "Story of Isaac," in particular, still strikes a nerve close to the main aorta. Perhaps to truly feel the deep import of this song, one must have a child him/herself. It ranks right up there with McDuff's reaction to the news of his family's demise in <MacBeth> in terms of emotional impact.
If you are not up on Cohen, give this CD a try.
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