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Leonard Cohen - Essential Leonard Cohen

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The tracks on this two-CD, 31-song anthology, spanning Cohen's career from his 1967 debut album through 2002's Ten New Songs, were chosen by Cohen himself. It could thus be regarded as an accurate mirror of how Cohen sees his own career path & catalog highlights. & there are many of the songs you would expect from any decent Cohen retrospective: " Suzanne, Sisters of Mercy, So Long Marianne, Bird on a Wire, Famous Blue Raincoat, & I'm You're Man, for instance. Still, the balance

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