buffyleigh
5
I still think, Cohen is better as a poet than as a singer. He brilliantly creates a dark atmosphere, but I probably won't listen to the album again.
Sorry, I'm still not a fan of Cohen. And with time flying by, it seems to me that he became a caricature of himself. His slow, drowling voice may be soothing to some, it is irritating to me. And I've never been a huge fan of slow music; there are very few exceptions, but Cohen is not of them. I still find it pretty boring.
This album was recorded and released shortly before Leonard Cohen’s death, so unsurprisingly it deals with some heavy topics - love, pain and faith, but it manages to sound bright and positive too. Cohen is accompanied by a synagogue choir and a cantor in places, and the whole thing sounds very atmospheric and moving. I’d put this along side Nick Cave for an album to listen to in a darkened room when you have time to meditate on what he is saying.
Blew me away! The tempo gets a little samey as you go on but the individual songs are all excellent.
Getting this and Bowie's Blackstar in the same year was both incredibly special and (obviously) incredibly sad. I adore this album. No filler (unlike some of his other albums). Hey, that's the way to say goodbye.