Haha, oh yeah this, this is quite an album. Yet another artist I came to via REM (how many times have I said that on this journey?) although I was at least aware of him beforehand. But, First We Take Manhattan was an REM cover version on an Automatic-era single, I think it was Drive, and I loved it. It was very much done in REMs style, but notably with some of the humour and the sardonic delivery removed. So hearing this version with all the synths and strings, the cackling and the heavy use of female vocals I thought what the holy fuck is this? It sounded like it was by the Pet Shop Boys. But come on, it is brilliant. Let's skip past the schlocky sax intro to Ain't No Cure. There's a great song here. Everybody knows Everybody Knows, it's a classic. Everybody knows the war is over, everybody knows the good guys lost. There were so many people you just had to meet. Without your clothes... I'm Your Man is bloody fantastic. I'm just going to skate past Jazz Police. Tower of Song is bloody fantastic. I was born with the gift of a golden voice 😂 Overall the album has obviously massively dated sonically, yet somehow retains it's enormous charm, and that is absolutely testament to Cohen's genius. I'm torn between 4 and 5 because of a couple of songs, but there's so many absolute classics that I might have to go top end. I absolutely love the top review - banana music!! 😂 Incredible.