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I'd start with The Future (1992), I'm Your Man (1988), and Ten New Songs (2001). Those are, IMO, his most accessible and there's a very good chance you already
by jzb 2y ago
I'd start with The Future (1992), I'm Your Man (1988), and Ten New Songs (2001). Those are, IMO, his most accessible and there's a very good chance you already know a few of those songs and haven't realized you know those songs. (e.g., "Everybody Knows" from I'm Your Man has been in a few movies, as have "The Future", and "Waiting for a Miracle" from The Future.)
Note that there's a really stark difference in his voice starting in the mid-80s. His early stuff doesn't sound quite right to me because I equate Leonard Cohen with his voice in the later albums.
- xhevahir 2y agoI started with I'm Your Man and it's probably still my favorite but there are good reasons why his best known work is on the first few albums.
- jzb 2y agoIs it? I guess I have no idea what people perceive as his best-known work, generally. You may well be right - RYM has far more reviews of Songs of Leonard Cohen (and a higher average rating) than I'm Your Man or The Future. I still like those albums more, but I appear to be in the minority on that.
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