DomLennox

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Leonard Cohen: Death of a Ladies'Man
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
mocked at the time for Phil Spector's baroque production, it remains for me one of the best records from Lugubrious Len. First of all, because in the folk/depressed version (see "The Famous Blue Raincoat") I didn’t like it as much and then because in my opinion Spector's wall of sound adds a surreal dimension to Leonard's depressed and depressing lyrics. Even the most bleak and desolate love disasters seem less severe when viewed from this perspective.
  • Littlelion
    16 jan 18
    The album has beautiful lyrics (duh!), but personally I can't stand the music and the way he sings (is it just me or does he have a very particular voice here?). Such a shame because the title track is amazing (aside from the music .P)
  • Zimmy
    19 jan 18
    Cohen’s voice is quite particular because, unfortunately, almost all the vocal lines on the album are nothing but demos, since the good Leonard, after listening to the unthinkable arrangements that Spector had created, refused to record the definitive vocal parts, but he couldn’t stop the production of the album, which was nonetheless mixed and released using those temporary tracks. Practically, a catastrophe. The album, of course, is far from unbearable as it has often been portrayed, but it remains, in my opinion, one of the weakest works of the Canadian Maestro already in terms of songwriting: too many divertissements like "Memories," "Fingerprints," and especially the improbable boisterous romp of "Don't Go Home with Your Hard On" (which means literally… don’t go home with a hard dick), lacking substance, few truly memorable songs except for the title track, great lyrics but a definitely syrupy production. The lyrics, however, are not at all depressed or depressing, here they are actually much less so than usual. Personally, I would give it 3 stars, no more. The subsequent "Recent Songs," on the other hand, now that is a great album.
  • Littlelion
    19 jan 18
    I didn't know that, well this explains everything, even though to be honest I don't mind the "particular voice" at all. It's the arrangements that are terrible. Anyway, yes, the next album is a masterpiece, especially "Ballad of the absent mare."
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