Name: Songs from a Room
Brand: Sony Music Distribution (USA)
SKU: 69184906
Price: 14.9 USD
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Songs from a Room

Rating

Album: Songs from a Room
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Bird On the Wire	More Info...	0:03
2)	Story of Isaac	More Info...	0:03
3)	A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes	More Info...	0:03
4)	The Partisan	More Info...	0:03
5)	Seems So Long Ago, Nancy	More Info...	0:03
6)	The Old Revolution	More Info...	0:05
7)	The Butcher	More Info...	0:03
8)	You Know Who I Am	More Info...	0:03
9)	Lady Midnight	More Info...	0:03
10)	Tonight Will Be Fine	More Info...	0:04
11)	Like a Bird (Bird On the Wire) (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:03
12)	Nothing to One (You Know Who I Am) (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02

Album: Songs from a Room
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Bird On the Wire	More Info...	0:03
2)	Story of Isaac	More Info...	0:03
3)	A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes	More Info...	0:03
4)	The Partisan	More Info...	0:03
5)	Seems So Long Ago, Nancy	More Info...	0:03
6)	The Old Revolution	More Info...	0:05
7)	The Butcher	More Info...	0:03
8)	You Know Who I Am	More Info...	0:03
9)	Lady Midnight	More Info...	0:03
10)	Tonight Will Be Fine	More Info...	0:04
11)	Like a Bird (Bird On the Wire) (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:03
12)	Nothing to One (You Know Who I Am) (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

Leonard Cohen's second album maintained the haunting strengths of its predecessor. His hypnotic, murmured voice retains its compelling power and the content on Songs From A Room proves equally resonant. Where another pensive singer-songwriter might warp his craft with bathos, Cohen injects his work with mature insight, using metaphor and poetic insight to enhance his craft. Superb acoustic guitarwork weaves a path throughout the bewitching melodies, enhancing the singer's spell, although Cohen's self-deprecating humour is equally prevalent, particularly on the singalong 'Tonight Will Be Fine'. Songs From A Room captures every facet of Cohen's inestimable talent.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (5/17/69, p.16) - "...a sound portrait of a man and of a mood. A picture of Leonard Cohen: a terribly poetic, sensitive person who is depressed and depressing and capable of a great deal of honesty..."

Q (p.132) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "1969's SONGS FROM A ROOM saw Cohen's scope widening and his voice hardening..."