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| 1. First We Take Manhattan |
| 2. Bird on a Wire |
| 3. Famous Blue Raincoat |
| 4. Joan of Arc |
| 5. Ain't No Cure for Love |
| 6. Coming Back to You |
| 7. Song of Bernadette |
| 8. Singer Must Die |
| 9. Came So Far for Beauty |
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Since Ella Fitzgerald never produced a songbook of Leonard Cohen songs, Jennifer Warnes's plush 1986 tribute is the next best thing. The sleekly seductive "First We Take Manhattan" is gilded by the guitars of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Robben Ford. Warnes doesn't add much to an evergreen like "Bird on a Wire," but she lays claim to the noirish title song with a confidential vocal that complements the chamber-pop arrangement. "Song of Bernadette" is a ripened gem, and the selection where Warnes lets down her refined vocal technique to reveal deep emotions. More often, Warnes is as professionally accomplished on this well-chosen set as her band of studio pros. --John Milward
Product Description
This album's worth of Leonard Cohen tunes was originally released in 1987. It remains as an audiophile's dream, as the recording is generally regarded as one of the best engineered ever. Many cite this disc as a benchmark to really put a stereo system to the test. Not to mention the fact that the performance is brilliant. Features the guitar work of the late Stevie Ray Vaughan & includes the Cohen staples 'Bird on a Wire', 'Joan of Arc (with L.C. on the guest vocal), and seven others.
Best known for such pop hits as the Oscar- and Grammywinning duets "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," with Bill Medley, from the film Dirty Dancing, and "Up Where We Belong," with Joe Cocker, from the film An Officer and a Gentleman, Jennifer Warnes has earned her greatest acclaim for Farmous Blue Raincoat, considered by many to be one of thebest albums of the '80s
Features four previously unreleased recordings
Digitally remastered from the original analog tapes
Deluxe booklet that tells the story behind one of the most acclaimed albums of all time
"Her voice is like the California weather--filled with sunlight , but there's an earthquake behind it." --Leonard Cohen
This particular CD was manufactured in Germany, and its poor quality really surprised me. I like playing music a little loud, but to get just a middle line volume (like 50% on most CD's) I had to turn the volume on the player to 100% just to get the mid range on this CD. That was not good.
I was familar with the material on the CD because I had a cassette version from when "Raincoat" was first released in the late 80's. I remember it got lukewarm reviews at the time. "An artistic success, but commercial failure" was the general tone. Being a dedicated Cohen fan from way back, I thought the reviewers must be crazy.
Having matured a bit since then, I now understand what they were talking about. Leonard Cohen is an interesting, extraordinary artist (it's recently been said that Phil Spectre held a loaded gun to his head during a studio session saying, "I love you, man" to which Cohen replied, "I hope so.") Anyway, Cohen is the most successful "sensitive" male singer (I'm using "sensitive" interchangeably with "spiritual" these days) & writer in the contemporary cut throat commercial scene. He is uncompromising & often swims against the social current.
On one recent song he states "I'm neither left or right," but there is certainly a conservative element in his work that I personally have found just a little bit irksome--but on the other hand, his imagery that Cohen's sexually propelled religious images really touch a fundamental chord of beauty in the heart. Another element I can relate to is that LC's lrics don't shy away from brutal self-revelation. Cohen never tries to gloss over the many inequalites & unfairness of life. His themes are always adult in nature & delivery.
However, there is a downside too.
Cohen has a tendency to go overboard with social critique & ego-centric bitterness. These are not qualities particulary useful in the pop scene, particularly not in today's resurging political conformity. Despite these observations, Leonard Cohen has consistently worked to forge his success & his songs regularly play on the air. If not exactly a "super star," he is just a breath away.
Judy Collins brought both herself and Cohen into the pop mainstream with her beautiful rendition of "Suzanne." From then on Collins' star rose & she often performed her friend's work. In contrast to Collin's light & delicate voice, Cohen has a deep & mournful sounding voice that only accentuates the darkness of his own material. Although Cohen's LP's weren't consistently popular, his music was popularized many other artists, such as Jennifer Warnes.
This CD contains some of Cohen's most lovely songs: "Famous Blue Raincoat," "Song of Bernadette," and "Joan of Arc." Unfortunately these great tunes are sandwiched between more self-pitying sounding songs such as "Came So Far for Beauty" and "The Singer Must die."
Jennifer Warnes has a great voice, but it doesn't convey the light, airy quality of Judy Collin's. Collins can sing morose material without it sounding...well, morose. Warnes' deeper voice & delivery does not overcome the self-involved bitterness that characterizes some of the songs. However, the three songs mentioned are great enough to purchase the CD, particularly if you are a Leonard Cohen and/or Jennifer warnes fan.
Essential Leonard Cohen
Love Lifts Us Up: A Collection 1968-1983
Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy
My initial impression on first listening was that "Famous Blue Raincoat" and "Joan of Arc" (duet with Leonard Cohen) were the album's peak moments. Time has not diminished that belief. But the program overall is brilliant as are the performances and production. Jennifer Warnes' vocals do these songs justice. But if you listen to any of her earlier albums, you will find that she enhances the quality of all of the songs she sings. This disc is as exciting to listen to twenty years later as it was when it was first released.
P.S.: Just read that an expanded version of this album is to be released in the near future. How fortunate for us!
I first bought this album, shortly after it came out, because I was a self-styled audiophile-in-training and all the boutique audiophile magazines raved on incessantly about the production quality, Warnes' voice, and only incidentally, Cohen's music and lyrics. As usual, the really astonishing thing was mostly ignored - the odd and indelible combination of Jennifer Warnes' highly accomplished and almost preternaturally controlled voice with the utter weariness and inventiveness of Cohen's lyrics, all of it put to some exquisite, adult pop music.
This album should come with a warning: "Kids, Don't Try This At Home." This really is powerful stuff about grown-up themes, emotions and experiences, told from a jaded but still slightly hopeful, adult point of view. Something uncanny happened when this album was made, a true "synergy" (God I hate that word, but...)that transforms musicians and material into something they'd never been before. Jennifer Warnes became a true artist, and Leonard Cohen became a true human being. Practically everyone I've played this CD for in the ensuing years has gone right out and bought their own copy.
I can say without exaggeration that I still listen to this CD every week, after twenty years, and I can't wear out my enjoyment of it. It still retains some reminder of the "shock of the new", and it really hasn't become dated. I'm still moved by the sweetness and the steel of Warnes' voice, and I still shake my head at the subtlety and richness of the lyrics.
Like Joni Mitchell at her height ("Blue", "For The Roses"), The Roches first two albums, Rickie Lee Jones at her best ("Pirates") and most of everything Shawn Colvin's ever done (except for most of her new album), this is one of those times when you can call popular music "art". It's also a great introduction to Warnes" later, also episodically wonderful albums ("The Hunter", "The Well").
And for those of you whose interest has been piqued, check out her website to see why the fact that this CD is out of print is maybe not such a bad thing.
For those of you who are used to Cohen's deeper, masculine voice, it may be harder to find Warnes as accessable...but I actually like her rendition of Famous Blue Raincoat as much as the Cohen original. Listen closely and you'll hear how she takes his songs and makes them unique, not just copies of his.
My favorites include Aint No Cure For Love (from Cohen's I'm Your Man), Coming Back To You (from Various Positions), Came So Far For Beauty (from Recent Songs) and of course the formidable Joan Of Arc where Cohen himself sings some of the verses. Warnes' voice is the perfect vehicle for his poetic lyrics of romantic longing and despair, and my only complaint is that I would have loved to hear her interpretations of Suzanne and Sisters Of Mercy too.
Another great Cohen tribute album is Democracy by Judy Collins, the very first artist who covered his songs. Other tributes of note include I'm Your Fan and Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen by various artists and the 2006 soundtrack compilation Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man.
Imagine a CD that combines one of America's greatest living singers with one of America's greatest living songwriters. The results, you would imagine, would be nothing short of brilliant! And, brilliant is the best way to describe the quintesential Jennifer Warnes Album, "FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT-The Songs Of Leonard Cohen". Rarely has there been a finer coupling of artists within the audio medium-Leonard Cohen's words and music seem to have been written specifically with Jennifer Warnes in mind, so perfect is the fit between writer and singer. The CD opens with a punch, with the biting powerhouse "First We Take Manhattan". From this plateau, we are soothed with the classic "Bird On A Wire", an oft-recorded tune from the 1970's, which is given new life and relevance in this interpretation. The title track, "Famous Blue Raincoat" is more confessional than pop song, executed in half-spoken, half-sung tones, and treated with the poetic reverence it so deserves. The two artists combine forces on the album's stand-out cut "Joan of Arc" and the result is nothing less than chilling. "Myself, I long for love and light/ But must it come so cruel/ Must it burn so bright" Cohen and Warnes sing in "Joan of Arc". This is as much the artistic interpretation of St. Joan's last thoughts as it is a treatise on the modern-day human condition. This magnificent combination of music and poetry not only enthralls with its beauty, but makes the listener think. Rounded out by such other works as "Song of Bernadette" and "A Singer Must Die", "FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT" starts out strong and gains momentum as it progresses. Aside from the fact that this recording is so technologically advanced that it set a new standard by which other CD's are now measured, this album is a rare and important work of two artists at the height of their powers. It is a gift from writer to singer, from singer to writer, and we, the listeners, are so much the richer.
She understands Cohen's music well, having done backing vocals on some of his albums like Various Positions, and she covers his songs with loving dedication. My favorites include Aint No Cure For Love (from Cohen's I'm Your Man), Coming Back To You (from Various Positions), Came So Far For Beauty (from Recent Songs) and of course the formidable Joan Of Arc where Cohen himself sings some of the verses.
Warnes' voice is the perfect vehicle for his poetic lyrics of romantic longing and despair, and my only complaint is that I would have loved to hear her interpretations of Suzanne and Sisters Of Mercy too. Another great Cohen tribute album is Democracy by Judy Collins, the very first artist who covered his songs.
Since Ella Fitzgerald never produced a songbook of Leonard Cohen songs, Jennifer Warnes's plush 1986 tribute is the next best thing. The sleekly seductive "First We Take Manhattan" is gilded by the guitars of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Robben Ford. Warnes doesn't add much to an evergreen like "Bird on a Wire," but she lays claim to the noirish title song with a confidential vocal that complements the chamber-pop arrangement. "Song of Bernadette" is a ripened gem, and the selection where Warnes lets down her refined vocal technique to reveal deep emotions. More often, Warnes is as professionally accomplished on this well-chosen set as her band of studio pros. --John Milward
Product Description
This album's worth of Leonard Cohen tunes was originally released in 1987. It remains as an audiophile's dream, as the recording is generally regarded as one of the best engineered ever. Many cite this disc as a benchmark to really put a stereo system to the test. Not to mention the fact that the performance is brilliant. Features the guitar work of the late Stevie Ray Vaughan & includes the Cohen staples 'Bird on a Wire', 'Joan of Arc (with L.C. on the guest vocal), and seven others.
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Famous Blue Raincoat: 20th Anniversary Edition
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ASIN: B000OPO6WY Release Date: 2007-08-07 |
Tracks:
- First We Take Manhattan
- Bird On a Wire
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- Joan Of Arc
- Ain't No Cure For Love
- Coming Back To You
- Song Of Bernadette
- A Singer Must Die
- Came Do Far For Beauty
- The Night Comes On
- Ballad Of the Runaway Horse
- If It Be Your Will
- Joan Of Arc
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Since Ella Fitzgerald never produced a songbook of Leonard Cohen songs, Jennifer Warnes's plush 1986 tribute is the next best thing. The sleekly seductive "First We Take Manhattan" is gilded by the guitars of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Robben Ford. Warnes doesn't add much to an evergreen like "Bird on a Wire," but she lays claim to the noirish title song with a confidential vocal that complements the chamber-pop arrangement. "Song of Bernadette" is a ripened gem, and the selection where Warnes lets down her refined vocal technique to reveal deep emotions. More often, Warnes is as professionally accomplished on this well-chosen set as her band of studio pros. --John MilwardAlbum Description
On Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen, Jennifer Warnes rearranged and reinterpreted some of Leonard Cohen's greatest songs for a unique album that remains the ultimate tribute to Cohen's music. It was greeted with rave reviews, and made numerous year-end best-of lists. This deluxe new reissue contains four previously unreleased songs and a 24-page booklet with rare photos from Warnes' personal collection.Best known for such pop hits as the Oscar- and Grammywinning duets "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," with Bill Medley, from the film Dirty Dancing, and "Up Where We Belong," with Joe Cocker, from the film An Officer and a Gentleman, Jennifer Warnes has earned her greatest acclaim for Farmous Blue Raincoat, considered by many to be one of thebest albums of the '80s
Features four previously unreleased recordings
Digitally remastered from the original analog tapes
Deluxe booklet that tells the story behind one of the most acclaimed albums of all time
"Her voice is like the California weather--filled with sunlight , but there's an earthquake behind it." --Leonard Cohen
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ASIN: B000024QBF Release Date: 1987-06-09 |
Tracks:
- First We Take Manhattan
- Bird on a Wire
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- Joan of Arc
- Ain't No Cure for Love
- Coming Back to You
- Song of Bernadette
- Singer Must Die
- Came So Far for Beauty
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Since Ella Fitzgerald never produced a songbook of Leonard Cohen songs, Jennifer Warnes's plush 1986 tribute is the next best thing. The sleekly seductive "First We Take Manhattan" is gilded by the guitars of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Robben Ford. Warnes doesn't add much to an evergreen like "Bird on a Wire," but she lays claim to the noirish title song with a confidential vocal that complements the chamber-pop arrangement. "Song of Bernadette" is a ripened gem, and the selection where Warnes lets down her refined vocal technique to reveal deep emotions. More often, Warnes is as professionally accomplished on this well-chosen set as her band of studio pros. --John MilwardAlbum Details
This album's worth of Leonard Cohen tunes was originally released in 1987. It remains as an audiophile's dream, as the recording is generally regarded as one of the best engineered ever. Many cite this disc as a benchmark to really put a stereo system to the test. Not to mention the fact that the performance is brilliant. Features the guitar work of the late Stevie Ray Vaughan & includes the Cohen staples 'Bird on a Wire', 'Joan of Arc (with L.C. on the guest vocal), and seven others.Customer Reviews:
Lovely & Morose.......2007-07-16
This particular CD was manufactured in Germany, and its poor quality really surprised me. I like playing music a little loud, but to get just a middle line volume (like 50% on most CD's) I had to turn the volume on the player to 100% just to get the mid range on this CD. That was not good.
I was familar with the material on the CD because I had a cassette version from when "Raincoat" was first released in the late 80's. I remember it got lukewarm reviews at the time. "An artistic success, but commercial failure" was the general tone. Being a dedicated Cohen fan from way back, I thought the reviewers must be crazy.
Having matured a bit since then, I now understand what they were talking about. Leonard Cohen is an interesting, extraordinary artist (it's recently been said that Phil Spectre held a loaded gun to his head during a studio session saying, "I love you, man" to which Cohen replied, "I hope so.") Anyway, Cohen is the most successful "sensitive" male singer (I'm using "sensitive" interchangeably with "spiritual" these days) & writer in the contemporary cut throat commercial scene. He is uncompromising & often swims against the social current.
On one recent song he states "I'm neither left or right," but there is certainly a conservative element in his work that I personally have found just a little bit irksome--but on the other hand, his imagery that Cohen's sexually propelled religious images really touch a fundamental chord of beauty in the heart. Another element I can relate to is that LC's lrics don't shy away from brutal self-revelation. Cohen never tries to gloss over the many inequalites & unfairness of life. His themes are always adult in nature & delivery.
However, there is a downside too.
Cohen has a tendency to go overboard with social critique & ego-centric bitterness. These are not qualities particulary useful in the pop scene, particularly not in today's resurging political conformity. Despite these observations, Leonard Cohen has consistently worked to forge his success & his songs regularly play on the air. If not exactly a "super star," he is just a breath away.
Judy Collins brought both herself and Cohen into the pop mainstream with her beautiful rendition of "Suzanne." From then on Collins' star rose & she often performed her friend's work. In contrast to Collin's light & delicate voice, Cohen has a deep & mournful sounding voice that only accentuates the darkness of his own material. Although Cohen's LP's weren't consistently popular, his music was popularized many other artists, such as Jennifer Warnes.
This CD contains some of Cohen's most lovely songs: "Famous Blue Raincoat," "Song of Bernadette," and "Joan of Arc." Unfortunately these great tunes are sandwiched between more self-pitying sounding songs such as "Came So Far for Beauty" and "The Singer Must die."
Jennifer Warnes has a great voice, but it doesn't convey the light, airy quality of Judy Collin's. Collins can sing morose material without it sounding...well, morose. Warnes' deeper voice & delivery does not overcome the self-involved bitterness that characterizes some of the songs. However, the three songs mentioned are great enough to purchase the CD, particularly if you are a Leonard Cohen and/or Jennifer warnes fan.
Essential Leonard Cohen
Love Lifts Us Up: A Collection 1968-1983
Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy
Why not ask for more?.......2007-06-18
My initial impression on first listening was that "Famous Blue Raincoat" and "Joan of Arc" (duet with Leonard Cohen) were the album's peak moments. Time has not diminished that belief. But the program overall is brilliant as are the performances and production. Jennifer Warnes' vocals do these songs justice. But if you listen to any of her earlier albums, you will find that she enhances the quality of all of the songs she sings. This disc is as exciting to listen to twenty years later as it was when it was first released.
P.S.: Just read that an expanded version of this album is to be released in the near future. How fortunate for us!
Quite possibly the best album of the 1980s.......2007-05-16
I first bought this album, shortly after it came out, because I was a self-styled audiophile-in-training and all the boutique audiophile magazines raved on incessantly about the production quality, Warnes' voice, and only incidentally, Cohen's music and lyrics. As usual, the really astonishing thing was mostly ignored - the odd and indelible combination of Jennifer Warnes' highly accomplished and almost preternaturally controlled voice with the utter weariness and inventiveness of Cohen's lyrics, all of it put to some exquisite, adult pop music.
This album should come with a warning: "Kids, Don't Try This At Home." This really is powerful stuff about grown-up themes, emotions and experiences, told from a jaded but still slightly hopeful, adult point of view. Something uncanny happened when this album was made, a true "synergy" (God I hate that word, but...)that transforms musicians and material into something they'd never been before. Jennifer Warnes became a true artist, and Leonard Cohen became a true human being. Practically everyone I've played this CD for in the ensuing years has gone right out and bought their own copy.
I can say without exaggeration that I still listen to this CD every week, after twenty years, and I can't wear out my enjoyment of it. It still retains some reminder of the "shock of the new", and it really hasn't become dated. I'm still moved by the sweetness and the steel of Warnes' voice, and I still shake my head at the subtlety and richness of the lyrics.
Like Joni Mitchell at her height ("Blue", "For The Roses"), The Roches first two albums, Rickie Lee Jones at her best ("Pirates") and most of everything Shawn Colvin's ever done (except for most of her new album), this is one of those times when you can call popular music "art". It's also a great introduction to Warnes" later, also episodically wonderful albums ("The Hunter", "The Well").
And for those of you whose interest has been piqued, check out her website to see why the fact that this CD is out of print is maybe not such a bad thing.
For the Love of Leonard.......2007-05-07
Get this one while you can! .......2007-03-13
For those of you who are used to Cohen's deeper, masculine voice, it may be harder to find Warnes as accessable...but I actually like her rendition of Famous Blue Raincoat as much as the Cohen original. Listen closely and you'll hear how she takes his songs and makes them unique, not just copies of his.
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ASIN: B00000DN6J Release Date: 1989-02-06 |
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Haunting interpretations.......2007-06-29
My favorites include Aint No Cure For Love (from Cohen's I'm Your Man), Coming Back To You (from Various Positions), Came So Far For Beauty (from Recent Songs) and of course the formidable Joan Of Arc where Cohen himself sings some of the verses. Warnes' voice is the perfect vehicle for his poetic lyrics of romantic longing and despair, and my only complaint is that I would have loved to hear her interpretations of Suzanne and Sisters Of Mercy too.
Another great Cohen tribute album is Democracy by Judy Collins, the very first artist who covered his songs. Other tributes of note include I'm Your Fan and Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen by various artists and the 2006 soundtrack compilation Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man.
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Famous Blue Raincoat
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Track List: 1. First We Take Manhattan 2. Bird On A Wire 3. Famous Blue Raincoat 4. Joan Of Arc (With Guest Vocal By Leonard Cohen) 5. Came So Far For Beauty 6. Aint No Cure For 7. LoveComing Back To You 8. Song Of Bernadette 9. A Singer Must Die ~~~~~Original cd release~~~~~Customer Reviews:
Jennifer Warnes' FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT Is A Gift From Artist to Artist.......2007-03-28
Imagine a CD that combines one of America's greatest living singers with one of America's greatest living songwriters. The results, you would imagine, would be nothing short of brilliant! And, brilliant is the best way to describe the quintesential Jennifer Warnes Album, "FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT-The Songs Of Leonard Cohen". Rarely has there been a finer coupling of artists within the audio medium-Leonard Cohen's words and music seem to have been written specifically with Jennifer Warnes in mind, so perfect is the fit between writer and singer. The CD opens with a punch, with the biting powerhouse "First We Take Manhattan". From this plateau, we are soothed with the classic "Bird On A Wire", an oft-recorded tune from the 1970's, which is given new life and relevance in this interpretation. The title track, "Famous Blue Raincoat" is more confessional than pop song, executed in half-spoken, half-sung tones, and treated with the poetic reverence it so deserves. The two artists combine forces on the album's stand-out cut "Joan of Arc" and the result is nothing less than chilling. "Myself, I long for love and light/ But must it come so cruel/ Must it burn so bright" Cohen and Warnes sing in "Joan of Arc". This is as much the artistic interpretation of St. Joan's last thoughts as it is a treatise on the modern-day human condition. This magnificent combination of music and poetry not only enthralls with its beauty, but makes the listener think. Rounded out by such other works as "Song of Bernadette" and "A Singer Must Die", "FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT" starts out strong and gains momentum as it progresses. Aside from the fact that this recording is so technologically advanced that it set a new standard by which other CD's are now measured, this album is a rare and important work of two artists at the height of their powers. It is a gift from writer to singer, from singer to writer, and we, the listeners, are so much the richer.
Exquisite interpretations.......2006-02-17
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ASIN: B00005AKQW Release Date: 2002-01-21 |
Tracks:
- First We Take Manhattan
- Bird on a Wire
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- Joan of Arc
- Ain't No Cure for Love
- Coming Back to You
- Song of Bernadette
- Singer Must Die
- Came So Far for Beauty
Album Description
Canadian edition of the hit vocalist's acclaimed 1986 collection of Leonard Cohen covers, currently out-of-print in theU.S.. Highlights include, 'First We Take Manhattan', 'Bird On A Wire' and 'Joan Of Arc' with guest vocal by Leonard Cohen. Standard jeweCustomer Reviews:
Masterpiece.......2006-09-27
She understands Cohen's music well, having done backing vocals on some of his albums like Various Positions, and she covers his songs with loving dedication. My favorites include Aint No Cure For Love (from Cohen's I'm Your Man), Coming Back To You (from Various Positions), Came So Far For Beauty (from Recent Songs) and of course the formidable Joan Of Arc where Cohen himself sings some of the verses.
Warnes' voice is the perfect vehicle for his poetic lyrics of romantic longing and despair, and my only complaint is that I would have loved to hear her interpretations of Suzanne and Sisters Of Mercy too. Another great Cohen tribute album is Democracy by Judy Collins, the very first artist who covered his songs.
A must have for everyone with a sound system.......2001-05-27
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ASIN: B000A2GPES Release Date: 2007-08-07 |
Album Description
On Famous Blue Raincoat; The Songs of Leonard Cohen, Jennifer Warnes rearranged and reinterpreted some of Leonard Cohen's greatest songs for a unique album that remains the ultimate tribute to the Cohen's music. It was greeted with rave reviews, and made numerous yearend best of lists. This deluxe new reissue contains four previous unreleased songs and a 24 page booklet with rare photos from Warnes' personal collection.|
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ASIN: B000GBECI4 Release Date: 2006-05-23 |
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ASIN: B000BRI7IY Release Date: 2002-01-21 |
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