The Essential Leonard Cohen je kompilační album kanadského hudebníka Leonarda Cohena, vydané v říjnu 2002 hudebním vydavatelstvím Columbia Records. Všechny na albu zahrnuté písně prošly digitálním remasteringem, který provedli Leonard Cohen a Bob Ludwig. Původní vydání obsahovalo dva disky, na reedici z roku 2008 byl zahrnut ještě třetí disk obsahující sedm dalších skladeb.
Seznam skladeb
| 1. |
Suzanne | Songs of Leonard Cohen (1968) |
3:48 |
| 2. |
The Stranger Song | Songs of Leonard Cohen (1968) |
5:00 |
| 3. |
Sisters of Mercy | Songs of Leonard Cohen (1968) |
3:34 |
| 4. |
Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye | Songs of Leonard Cohen (1968) |
2:54 |
| 5. |
So Long, Marianne | Songs of Leonard Cohen (1968) |
5:39 |
| 6. |
Bird on the Wire | Songs from a Room (1969) |
3:25 |
| 7. |
The Partisan | Songs from a Room (1969) |
3:25 |
| 8. |
Famous Blue Raincoat | Songs of Love and Hate (1971) |
5:09 |
| 9. |
Chelsea Hotel #2 | New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974) |
3:06 |
| 10. |
Take This Longing | New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974) |
4:06 |
| 11. |
Who by Fire | New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974) |
2:34 |
| 12. |
The Guests | Recent Songs (1979) |
6:40 |
| 13. |
Hallelujah | Various Positions (1984) |
4:38 |
| 14. |
If It Be Your Will | Various Positions (1984) |
3:42 |
| 15. |
Night Comes On | Various Positions (1984) |
4:40 |
| 16. |
I'm Your Man | I'm Your Man (1988) |
4:25 |
| 17. |
Everybody Knows | I'm Your Man (1988) |
5:37 |
| 18. |
Tower of Song | I'm Your Man (1988) |
5:37 |
| 19. |
Ain't No Cure for Love | I'm Your Man (1988) |
4:49 |
| 20. |
Take This Waltz | I'm Your Man (1988) |
5:58 |
| 21. |
First We Take Manhattan | I'm Your Man (1988) |
5:50 |
| 22. |
Dance Me to the End of Love (koncertní nahrávka) | Cohen Live (1994) |
6:04 |
| 23. |
The Future | The Future (1992) |
6:40 |
| 24. |
Democracy | The Future (1992) |
7:03 |
| 25. |
Waiting for the Miracle | The Future (1992) |
7:42 |
| 26. |
Closing Time | The Future (1992) |
5:57 |
| 27. |
Anthem | The Future (1992) |
5:59 |
| 28. |
In My Secret Life | Ten New Songs (2001) |
4:53 |
| 29. |
Alexandra Leaving | Ten New Songs (2001) |
5:22 |
| 30. |
A Thousand Kisses Deep | Ten New Songs (2001) |
6:26 |
| 31. |
Love Itself | Ten New Songs (2001) |
5:21 |
| 32. |
Seems So Long Ago, Nancy | Songs from a Room (1969) |
5:38 |
| 33. |
Love Calls You by Your Name | Songs of Love and Hate (1971) |
5:38 |
| 34. |
A Singer Must Die | New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974) |
3:17 |
| 35. |
Death of a Ladies' Man | Death of a Ladies' Man (1977) |
9:19 |
| 36. |
The Traitor | Recent Songs (1979) |
6:14 |
| 37. |
By the Rivers Dark | Ten New Songs (2001) |
5:20 |
| 38. |
The Letters | Dear Heather (2004) |
4:48 |
Reference
Portály: Hudba
