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grimIy_fiendish
I honestly can't bring myself to like this one very much. There are three songs I like and that's it. It is not objectively bad, of course, but I just can't sit through it without feeling bored.
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MyMediaMusic
This is one of Cohen's best albums. There's a lot of variety on here. Why does OcellatedGod listen to it if he finds it boring?
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OcellatedGod
It's not awful like its predecessor, but it's so boring I still haven't managed to sit through the whole thing.
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TheUselessGolem
I vacillate between Recent Songs and Old Ideas as my favorite Leonard, but either way, this is a tremendous record, so gentle, beautiful and profound.
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TheGreatChupon
The personal articles refer to Leonard and his mother, who died before Recent Songs was released: "When he played her his last album Death of a Ladies' Man, she had asked why he didn’t make songs like the ones they used to sing together around the house, many of these being old Russian and Jewish songs, whose sentimental melodies were often played on violin. So Leonard did." (from Sylvie Simmons' biography)
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TheGreatChupon
Yes, I think so too. It's my second favorite Leonard, behind only Old Ideas. But even in second place, it makes for a listening experience I can't get anywhere else, and that to my mind is one of the best things you can say about an album.
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Gitarrenmeister
No comment about this masterpiece? Sad...anyway, why hasn´t someone uploaded a picture for the cover?
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