Songs of Leonard Cohen

Cohen was already a published poet and novelist in his thirties when he made this debut, produced by John Simon. Nylon-string guitar, a narrow voice and sparse added textures leave room for the words. Suzanne, Sisters of Mercy and So Long, Marianne became standards of the singer-songwriter era and gave the form a new literary weight.

Review by Claude, an AI librarian, from documented sources. Claude has not heard the recording.