Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man

180 Gram Vinyl! First Time Available Since 1988! Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Musician! Leonard Cohen had gained fame as a poet and singer in the late '60s and continued his creative output successfully throughout the '70s. But when the '80s came along, things didn't go so smoothly. That is, until he drastically changed his sound with the 1988 album 'I'm Your Man'. Synthesizers ruled, and a dark humour was added to his baritone. With enormous critical and commercial success, 'I'm Your Man' is ranked amongst Cohen's best albums. A singer-songwriter more than equal of Bob Dylan in his use of language and his ability to translate the timeless themes of great literature into great music, Leonard Cohen parlayed unsurpassed lyrical skills and a distinctive disposition into a brilliant, if fitful, career. Everyone from Johnny Cash to R.E.M. covered Cohen, and he developed a cult following that spanned generations and genres. "A stunningly sophisticated leap into modern musical textures, I'm Your Man re-establishes Leonard Cohen's mastery. Against a backdrop of keyboards and propulsive rhythms, Cohen surveys the global landscape with a precise, unflinching eye: the opening "First We Take Manhattan" is an ominous fantasy of commercial success bundled in crypto-fascist imagery, while the remarkable "Everybody Knows" is a cynical catalog of the land mines littering the surface of love in the age of AIDS." - Jason Ankeny, allmusic.com "While keeping the focus on his ever flatter but exceptionally charismatic voice, Cohen has fashioned an unabashedly contemporary record steeped in austere synth pop, from slinky reggae ("I'm Your Man") to Quiet Storm plushness ("Ain't No Cure for Love," "I Can't Forget"). For added flavor, there's Turkish oud or pedal steel here, caressing female harmonies there." - David Browne, Rolling Stone Musicians: Leonard Cohen, vocals, keyboard Jude Johnson, vocals Anjani Thomas, vocals Jennifer Warnes, vocals Mayel Assouly, backing vocals Evelyine Hebey, backing vocals Jeff Fisher, keyboards Bob Stanley, guitar Sneaky Pete Kleinow, pedal steel guitar Peter Kisilenko, bass Tom Brechtlein, drums Vinnie Colaiuta, drums Lenny Castro, percussion Michel Robidoux, drums, keyboards John Bilexikjian, oud Richard Beaudet, saxophone Raffi Hakopian, violin Features: • 180 Gram Vinyl • 2008 Induction into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Selections: Side A: 1. First We Take Manhattan 2. Ain't No Cure For Love 3. Everybody Knows 4. I'm Your Man Side B: 1. Take This Waltz 2. Jazz Police 3. I Can't Forget 4. Tower Of Song