Songs of Love and Hate
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| Studio album by Leonard Cohen | ||
| Released | March 1971 | |
| Recorded | March–November 1970, Columbia Studio A, Nashville (1st mix); Trident Studios, London (2nd mix) | |
| Genre | Folk-rock | |
| Length | 44:21 | |
| Label | Columbia Records | |
| Producer(s) | Bob Johnston | |
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| Leonard Cohen chronology | ||
| Songs from a Room (1969) |
Songs of Love and Hate (1971) |
Live Songs (1973) |
Songs of Love and Hate is Canadian singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen's third album. It reached #145 on the Billboard list. The title is descriptive, outlining the main themes. The songs contain emotive language and are frankly personal; "Famous Blue Raincoat" ends with the line "Sincerely, L. Cohen".
Paul Buckmaster's low-key but intense string and horn arrangements (recorded at Trident Studios in London) underscores the album's dark tone.
"Famous Blue Raincoat" has been covered numerous times, notably by Jennifer Warnes, who was once a Cohen back-up singer, on her 1987 album Famous Blue Raincoat, and by Tori Amos on the Leonard Cohen tribute album Tower of Song. Warnes also covered "Joan of Arc" on her album as a duet between herself and Leonard.
A remastered CD was released in 1995. Simply Vinyl issued a short-lived remastered edition on vinyl in 2002, making it the last Cohen album (aside from Ten New Songs, which was pressed in limited quantities) to go out of print on vinyl.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Leonard Cohen. None faded out.
[edit] Side one
- "Avalanche"
- "Last Year's Man"
- "Dress Rehearsal Rag"
- "Diamonds in the Mine"
[edit] Side two
- "Love Calls You by Your Name"
- "Famous Blue Raincoat"
- "Sing Another Song, Boys" (live at the Isle of Wight Festival 31 August 1970)
- "Joan of Arc"
[edit] Songs
With the exception of "Last Year's Man", Cohen has performed every song live. Because of its depressal content, Cohen has played "Dress Rehearsal Rag" in concert only on two occasions, two years before Songs of Love and Hate.
Judy Collins recorded "Dress Rehearsal Rag" in 1966 on the album In My Life, years before it would appear on Songs of Love and Hate.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds recorded a version of "Avalanche" for their 1984 album From Her to Eternity.
[edit] Musicians
- Leonard Cohen, acoustic guitar, vocals
- Paul Buckmaster, string and horn arrangements, conductor
- Ron Cornelius, acoustic and electric guitar
- Charlie Daniels, acoustic guitar, bass, fiddle
- Elkin «Bubba» Fowler, acoustic guitar, banjo, bass
- Bob Johnston, piano, producer
- Corlynn Hanney, backup vocals
- Susan Mussmano, backup vocals
- London Corona Academy, vocals
- Michael Sahl, additional string arrangements
[edit] External link
- Album lyrics, from The Leonard Cohen Files
