2002 greatest hits album by Leonard Cohen
The Essential Leonard Cohen Released October 22, 2002 Recorded 1967–2001 Genre Folk rock Length 2 :34 :10 Label Producer Digitally remastered by Leonard Cohen and Bob Ludwig
The Essential Leonard Cohen is a career-spanning collection of Leonard Cohen songs released in 2002. It is part of Sony 's The Essential series.
The songs are arranged in chronological order; all studio albums released before 2002 are represented, except the 1977 album Death of a Ladies' Man . All tracks were digitally remastered by Leonard Cohen and Bob Ludwig. All songs on the compilation were chosen by Cohen himself.
The album was re-released in August 2008 with an extra disc of previously not included tracks (presented as the selection of "fans' favorite" songs).
Track listing [ edit ] Disc one [ edit ] "Suzanne " – 3:48 "The Stranger Song" – 5:00 "Sisters of Mercy" – 3:34 "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye " – 2:54 "So Long, Marianne " – 5:39 "Bird on the Wire " (misspelled as "Bird on a Wire" on track list) – 3:25 "The Partisan " – 3:25 "Famous Blue Raincoat " – 5:09 "Chelsea Hotel #2" – 3:06 "Take This Longing" – 4:06 "Who by Fire" – 2:34 "The Guests" – 6:40 "Hallelujah " – 4:38 "If It Be Your Will" – 3:42 "Night Comes On" – 4:40 "I'm Your Man " – 4:25 "Everybody Knows " – 5:37 "Tower of Song " – 5:37 Notes
Disc two [ edit ] "Ain't No Cure for Love " – 4:49 "Take This Waltz " – 5:59 "First We Take Manhattan " – 5:50 "Dance Me to the End of Love " (live) – 6:04 "The Future" – 6:40 "Democracy " – 7:03 "Waiting for the Miracle" – 7:42 "Closing Time" – 5:57 "Anthem" – 5:59 "In My Secret Life " – 4:53 "Alexandra Leaving" – 5:22 "A Thousand Kisses Deep" – 6:26 "Love Itself" – 5:21 Notes
Disc three (The Essential 3.0 re-release) [ edit ] "Seems So Long Ago, Nancy" from Songs from a Room (1969) "Love Calls You by Your Name" from Songs of Love and Hate (1971) "A Singer Must Die" from New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974) "Death of a Ladies' Man" from Death of a Ladies' Man (1977) "The Traitor" from Recent Songs (1979) "By the Rivers Dark" from Ten New Songs (2001) "The Letters" from Dear Heather (2004) Weekly charts [ edit ] Year-end charts [ edit ]
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