You Want It Darker
by Leonard Cohen
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Oct 21, 2016
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8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 185 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 164 out of 185
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 185
  3. Negative: 16 out of 185
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92

Universal acclaim - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 28
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  1. Blurt Magazine
    Jan 6, 2017
    80
    There’s rarely been an addition to Cohen’s canon that couldn’t be deemed essential, but in truth, none could be called more revelatory or revealing than this.
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  2. Magnet
    Dec 15, 2016
    90
    Through the dark, Cohen smartly questions everything from the prickly possibilities of future romance to, quite possibly, the sacred Zen Buddhist religion where he once solidly and stoically placed his faith. [No. 138, p.51]
  3. Drowned In Sound
    Nov 29, 2016
    80
    You Want It Darker is a succinct journey into the psyche of a man who knows his career is at an end, but that isn’t going to stop him going out on a high.
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