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| Artist: Leonard Cohen
Label: Columbia
Category: Music
List Price: £6.99
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 272
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
EAN: 5099746064228
ASIN: B00002695C
Release Date: July 2, 1990
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: rarely played...excellent condition
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Listen More Than Once February 16, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm Your Man is an excellent album. Even though some of the music may seen dated, the lyrics still talk alot further. I first heard this album aged six in 1989, my parents dissaproved of my liking to it even though they were Leonard Cohen fans since the sixties. I rediscovered the album about ten years later and I realised why I was a bit too young for this album because of its lyrics I still like it. Its an album I listen to again and again. The songs on it have been covered many times including a brilliant version of "I cant forget" by The Pixies.pTruly inspirational.
GENIUS! (but that's no suprise) January 31, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This album is pretty darn wierd when you first listen to it : i'm not gonna lie. The opening song 'First we take Manhattan'is quite the mix of insane 80's sythesisors, high pitched choruses and Leonard's always compelling and sometimes terrifyingly prophetic chant. How can a person write such truly core-shaking poetry and get away with putting it over the top of a funk bass line?! This album is: truthful, funny, cynical, scary and utterly sassy. As i have already mentioned lyrically it is impeccible and musically it is advanced enough to satisfy even the most cruel critic. pIt might take you a couple of listens, but i'd be prepared to bet that once you get past the initial shock of Leonards unique sound you'll come to the conclusion that so many people have before: the man's a genius and thats all.
Modern Cohen August 15, 2003
Iain Black
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I must say that i began to listen to Leonard with his 'Songs of Leonard Cohen' album, i thought it was extraordinary. I eventually bought the essential Leonard Cohen album and listened to the first CD religiously, not liking the second CD for its synthesised sound with the drum beats etc...pHowever, i bought this album anyhow, i can understand why people like to associate Cohen with 'Acoustic' but it is a bit of a shame to ignore the rest of his work. Once you get a feel for his more creative music you will really appreciate this added dimension to his work. pThis CD is probably the most gentle introduction to this side of his work, all the songs are just great, songs like 'First we take manhattan' 'can't forget' 'im your man' are staple classics in Cohens song repository.pSo, buy this album to hear a more creative and less poetic side to Cohen, it may not be all 'Famous Blue Raincoat' but it is too good to miss.
 Buy this! June 4, 2003
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Worth buying for it's interpretation of Lorca's "Little Viennese Waltz" alone!
Lorca and more November 30, 2002
Pieter (Johannesburg)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
The singalong melodies of "Manhattan", "Aint No Cure" and "Everybody Knows" contrast well with Cohen's trademark preoccupation with romantic despair and judeo-christian imagery as in: "It's written in the scriptures, it's written there in blood ..." or "everybody's got this broken feeling/Like their father or their dog just died." John Bilezikjian's oud adds a special dimension to "Everybody Knows." The elegant "Take This Waltz" is a lilting song that brings the Vienna of Federico G. Lorca to life in a series of vivid images underpinned by a fervent longing for the beloved. The brilliant arrangement is enhanced by Raffi Hakopian's violin and the voice of Jennifer Warnes. The wistful "I Can't Forget" has been covered by The Pixies, while "Tower of Song" has been interpreted by artists as diverse as Marianne Faithfull, Robert Forster and Nick Cave and lent its title to the 1995 tribute album. I'm not crazy about either the experimental "Jazz Police" or the title track, but I am evidently wrong since "I'm Your Man" has been covered by Elton John and Bill Pritchard.
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