Songs Of Love And Hate

Pleasantly low-key. 6/10

No conocía este disco. 50 años desde que se grabó. Hay una canción bastante famosa "Famous blue raincoat" que está bastante bien. El resto sin prestar atención a las letras la verdad es que no me ha interesado mucho. La voz me ha recordado a Lou Reed o Bob Dylan.

A sleepy Leonard moans his way through 9 dirges

Meh.

Well... not bad. Very mellow, almost sleepy.

Leonard Cohen sings as if he is in prayer, his poetry lilting somehow from his baritone, like Dylan but less absurd. The orchestration is sparse but his gypsy jazz guitar is what shines. When you open with a song like Avalanche you know you're enraptured. And all of a sudden, I'm with you in the east village, you walking away in your famous blue raincoat. This is beauty and pain. Love and Hate.

Very emotional and unlike current music today

There are a lot of lyrics here but I dont have the time / patience to listen to it properly

Great lyrics but not a fan of the sound of his voice.

My kind of Cohen. The depressive Dylan. How great is the yelling on “Diamonds in the Mine?” I would completely listen to an entire album of that. Anyway, off to watch McCabe & Mrs. Miller…

Too miserable for me.

classic

It was pretty good. A little jarring at times.

It takes a bit to get used to his voice. Prob influenced Bob Dylan.

Atmosphere and story. Need to revisit.

Man this is dark. Not so much enjoyable but it’s really powerful

Aptly titled. Soft and full of emotions, enjoyable ride.

Lyrically beautiful and sad. Folk guitar and a slightly monotonous droney voice (sort of Bob Dylan style). I can see why people enjoy Cohen but honestly felt like quite a depressing album to listen to. I’d have to be in the right mood for this one.

Perfectly fine

I don’t think I’ll ever understand the appeal of Cohen.

Some smooth songs

Just sounds like Bob Dylan and Jonny Cash mixed. All the songs have the same sound.

Laaaame

More serious and darker not a bad album just not for me

Depressing, acoustic, its alright. Avalanche is the best song. Fedoras are cool

Would have chosen another one

It's a third Cohen album and it all sounds the same. It starts to get boring.

Don't even need to stick this on to know it's a five. More if it was allowed. Not even his best album, but still holds many moments of transcendent beauty.

Wasn’t in a leonard cohen mood today. 3.5

First track surprised me, but the rest was what I expected.

Grated on me after a bit, sorry Leonard

As vezes parece mais literatura que música, não me agrada muito, tem uma conotação religiosa esquisita que também não entendo.

Miellyttävä levy merkittävältä artistilta, joka on itselleni aina jäänyt aika vieraaksi. Sivistävää kuunneltavaa siis. Tämän levyn perusteella Cohen ei nouse kuitenkaan ihan suurimpien suosikkieni joukkoon vaikkei levyssä sinänsä mitään vikaa olekaan. Jotenkin tämä vaan vähän jätti kylmäksi.

The big man. It feels like this album kind of references itself a lot. Mood shifts a lot which is cool. Diamonds in the mine & Love calls you by it's name absolute stormers. V v good just don't think it's for me, too manly x

Occupies the same place for me as a lot of Bob Dylan songs. Really interesting to see Cohen develop from his second to his third album. "Diamonds in the Mine" was a great ending, as was "Sing Another Song, Boys"

What a voice, what a poet. Famous Blue Raincoat is a melancholy masterpiece - it doesn't matter how many times it is played.

2.6

Reminds me of Sun Kil Moon.

4/5. Some of my favorite Cohen material (Avalanche, Dress Rehearsal Rag, Famous Blue Raincoat) and some of my least favorite (Diamonds in the Mine)

Interesting music and lyrics, but let's face it: Leonard Cohen was not much of a singer. I know that was part of what made him great -- the signature style -- but it really grated on me by the end of the album.

Really good shit to be honest

Not bad, great voice, not my style.

bit cheesy

Boring but in a good way

Fuck, this was good right from the first line. "I step into an avalanche. It covered up my soul" Leonard Cohen is what I feel like I should be hearing when I put on a Bob Dylan record. I honestly don't have much to say about this album. It goes by in a blur, but every song is good. No one knows how to pick the bit of diamond out of a fist-sized lump of coal the way that Cohen does. Every song is dark, imperious, but beauty always shines through. I will definitely come back to this one (4/5).

this was a miss, love the genre and time period, but 100% a miss

not for me.

2.75. Sounds like some sad Johnny Cash. The slow guitar riffs are great

Heavy stuff

People must drawn inspiration from this purely because they are inspired to write an actual song.

The deep vibrating voice of leonard cohen and the amazing and simple guitan make a calm and strong 45 minutes of an amazing album.

Never a great fan of Leonard Cohen. Not an album I would have chosen to listen to, but it's done now. Won't rush to put it on again 2/5

Cohen has an incredible way with words and his talk-sing manner fit perfectly with within this context. The focus of the album are the stories. Stand-outs: Diamonds in the Mine, Joan of Arc

Nice lil album

god this is dreary. someone should introduce this guy to some Sponge Bob.

No Leonard Cohen

famous blue raincoat is nice but he went more loud in this album which for me takes away from the nice poetic flow the first album had

Spoken word or something this close to it shouldn’t belong here imo. I’m here for music not poetry

This was absolutely hauntingly gorgeous. Cohen's voice is incredibly emotive, and the often bare-bones instrumentation really brought that out.

liked it better than the other two albums of his I listened to

Very dark and moody, avalanch is great, some odd vocal choices later on, probably wouldn't listen again

The third installation of the Songs... series, Love and Hate sees Leonard Cohen take a massive step forward with an intensity and vigor that had not been noticed on prior records. Gone was the softness and gentle mingling, in was vitriol and venom. If there is one album of his that is worthy of digging into first, Love and Hate will take the cake.

3.5/5. Not as good as the other Leonard Cohen album I listened to (Songs of Leonard Cohen), some sounds on here that didn't really work for me.

pretty good, chill, somber folk