This album has always been a bit of a frustration for me. On one hand, I think it's probably Cohen's best batch of songs he ever wrote. On the other hand, he seemingly decided to record those songs with a cheap Casio keyboard he picked up at K-Mart. So, it's basically an A for songwriting, a D for execution. "Everybody Knows" is my runaway favorite, but "Tower of Song", "First We Take Manhattan", and "Ain't No Cure For Love" also rise above their rough production choices. 4 Stars