An excellent album, made more poignant by the fact that it was his last album released before he died (prehumously?) Leonard Cohen has always struck me as an unhappy dude, trying to find peace in religion or a near religious fervor of love & coitus, and ultimately stuggling with how both are deeply human. What I love in 'You Want it Darker" is how the love of his muse, his troubled mentor (whom he later describes as a 'filthy beggar, guessing), and the capital G God are intertwined almost inseparably. The OG Tortured poet. Fav: Treaty, for the verse "I heard the snake was baffled by his sin... The poison enters everything". I fear I still don't quite get the titular track, You Want It Darker, which I am assuming is on me considering it is the most well known of the album.

fine for grilling burgers , a little samey. i do like simple man

Best one yet Liked that it was international, the story, familiar musical elements but also different

quite good! i wish the french version was listed first

timeless classic sound, which comes with it never sounding terribly adventurous

An excellent album, made more poignant by the fact that it was his last album released before he died (prehumously?) Leonard Cohen has always struck me as an unhappy dude, trying to find peace in religion or a near religious fervor of love & coitus, and ultimately stuggling with how both are deeply human. What I love in 'You Want it Darker" is how the love of his muse, his troubled mentor (whom he later describes as a 'filthy beggar, guessing), and the capital G God are intertwined almost inseparably. The OG Tortured poet. Fav: Treaty, for the verse "I heard the snake was baffled by his sin... The poison enters everything". I fear I still don't quite get the titular track, You Want It Darker, which I am assuming is on me considering it is the most well known of the album.

pretty alright, no complaints. I enjoyed the album but I'd Love to know some context from the guy who made 1001 must listen albums about why this one in particular. My main takeaway is how usually when I say an album doesn't sound like it was made the year it was made, I am talking about how an old album sounds like it could have been made very recently. This didn't sound like a 2010 album because I would have assumed it was a good bit older. Whether that makes it stale or an homage to the Zombies is a matter of taste

Hell yeah 4/5