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- Summary: The first new album from the Canadian singer-songwriter in eight years includes production work by Patrick Leonard, Ed Sanders, Dino Soldo, and Anjani Thomas.
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- Record Label: Columbia
- Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock
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Going Home | |
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I love to speak with Leonard He's a sportsman and a shepherd He's a lazy bastard Living in a suit But he does say what I tell him Even though it... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 30 out of 32
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Mixed: 2 out of 32
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Negative: 0 out of 32
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Feb 6, 2012Leonard Cohen has made the best full album of his career (song for song, sound for sound, lyrical point for point; yes, this is true) and most certainly the best album of 2012.
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Feb 1, 2012Fittingly, the album is all warmth, putting Cohen's improbably expressive smoker's purr in the middle of simple yet sumptuous instrumentation.
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Jan 25, 2012With simple, delicate moments of memorable poignancy such as Banjo or Amen, he has now made a late masterpiece.
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Jan 20, 2012if it is to be his last communiqué, at least the old smoothie's going down swinging.
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Jan 26, 2012Old Ideas feels like you're hearing Cohen performing live at a small club with a top-notch band of veteran players, and this new level of intimacy suits him perfectly.
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Feb 1, 2012The sparse production recalls Cohen's 1988 release, "I'm Your Man," by throwing the Canadian balladeer's ever-deepening voice and his mix of poetic flair and pitch-black humor into satisfyingly stark relief.
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Jan 27, 2012The voices that accompany him here are by turns syrupy and overwrought, and they work less to melt the icy tenor of the singer's voice than to soften the tracks into complete mush.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 5
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Mixed: 1 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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