Name: Songs of Love and Hate [LP]
Brand: VINYL
SKU: 100872196
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Songs of Love and Hate [LP]

By Cohen, Leonard

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Vinyl (1 Disc)

Release Date

27 May 2016

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Third studio album by the Canadian singer originally released in 1971. 'Songs of Love and Hate' is one of Leonard Cohen's most emotionally intense albums, which, given the nature of Cohen's body of work, is no small statement. If 'Songs of Love and Hate' isn't Cohen's best album, it comes close enough to be essential to anyone interested in his work.

Album: Songs of Love and Hate [LP]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Avalanche	More Info...	0:05
2)	Last Year's Man	More Info...	0:06
3)	Dress Rehearsal Rag	More Info...	0:06
4)	Diamonds in the Mine	More Info...	0:04
5)	Love Calls You By Your Name	More Info...	0:05
6)	Famous Blue Raincoat	More Info...	0:05
7)	Sing Another Song, Boys	More Info...	0:06
8)	Joan of Arc	More Info...	0:06
9)	Dress Rehearsal Rag (Early Version)	More Info...	0:05

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Album: Songs of Love and Hate [LP]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Avalanche	More Info...	0:05
2)	Last Year's Man	More Info...	0:06
3)	Dress Rehearsal Rag	More Info...	0:06
4)	Diamonds in the Mine	More Info...	0:04
5)	Love Calls You By Your Name	More Info...	0:05
6)	Famous Blue Raincoat	More Info...	0:05
7)	Sing Another Song, Boys	More Info...	0:06
8)	Joan of Arc	More Info...	0:06
9)	Dress Rehearsal Rag (Early Version)	More Info...	0:05

Product Description

EAN

0888751955110

Writer

Cohen, Leonard

Country

USA

Studio/Live

Studio

Guest Artist

Charlie Daniels

Label

VINYL

Dimensions

31.8 x 0.3 x 31.8 centimeters (0.27 kg)

Performer Notes

It doesn't get darker than this. Though Leonard Cohen had already established himself as the doyen of doom with his first two albums, his third, SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE, finds him kicking off the 1970s with the sharpest repudiation of the '60s peace-and-love/flower-power ethic the world had yet seen from the "sensitive troubadour" corner of the music map. Though it's not really a "concept album," SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE feels like a guided tour through one man's battle-scarred love life. The utter emotional degradation of "Avalanche," the suicidal frenzy of "Dress Rehearsal Rag," and the bitter regret of "Last Year's Man" all sound like stops on the same ill-fated journey. The arrangements are wisely based around Cohen's world-weary voice and hypnotic acoustic-guitar patterns, with occasional orchestrations rising like dark clouds in the background. Possibly Cohen's finest album, LOVE AND HATE would stand as a monument to explorers of the musical Dark Side for decades to come--such as Nick Cave, who memorably covered "Avalanche"--and to anyone nursing a bitter, broken heart.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (9/2/71, p.43) - "...the record as a whole has not the charm that his first develops after a long while--it is not as likable, because it is frequently down and out depressing..."

Q (p.132) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The record itself is a masterpiece of bitterness and cynicism....The self-lacerating honesty makes it the most fascinating album of his early career."

NME (Magazine) (8/12/00, p.28) - Ranked #5 in The NME "Top 30 Heartbreak Albums" - "...[His] most vicious, lonely and unforgiving album....Much, much more than the sum of its dark, monumentally crafted parts, and a soundtrack to a generation of bedsit breakups."