release date: Dec. 27, 1967
format: cd (2011 reissue)
[album rate: 4 / 5] [4,02]
producer: John Simon
label: Columbia / Legacy - nationality: Canada
Tracklist: 1. "Suzanne" (5 / 5) - 2. "Master Song" - 3. "Winter Lady" - 4. "The Stranger Song" - 5. "Sisters of Mercy" (4 / 5) - 6. "So Long, Marianne" (5 / 5) - 7. "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" (4 / 5) - 8. "Stories of the Street" - 9. "Teachers" - 10. "One of Us Cannot Be Wrong"
Studio debut album by Canadian singer / songwriter Leonard Norman Cohen originally released on Columbia Records. All songs are written by Cohen, and the style is unmistakably his with the minimalist instrumentation, the focus on lyrical content and the distinct narrating vocal.
The album became a considerable success and one that should only be surpassed in his heydays in the 1980s. The album is naturally enlisted in "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".
[ allmusic.com 5 / 5, Rolling Stone 4,5 / 5, Uncut, Q Magazine 4 / 5 stars ]
