Famous Blue Raincoat (album)

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For the song with the same name, see Famous Blue Raincoat.

Famous Blue Raincoat
Studio album by Jennifer Warnes
Released	January 1987
Recorded	1986
Genre	Rock
Length	41:32
Label	Private Music
Producer(s)	C. Roscoe Beck, Jennifer Warnes
Professional reviews
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Jennifer Warnes chronology
Shot through the Heart (1979)	Famous Blue Raincoat (1987)	The Hunter (1992)

Famous Blue Raincoat is the 6th album by Jennifer Warnes, and her first with the Private Music label.

Released in 1987, Famous Blue Raincoat is a tribute to Leonard Cohen, whom Warnes had toured with as a backup singer in the 70s. The songs span much of Cohen's career, from his 1969 sophomore album Songs from a Room to his 1984 album Various Positions (which Warnes sang on), and even two tracks from his then-unreleased album I'm Your Man.

Guest performers include guitarists Stevie Ray Vaughan and Robben Ford on the track "First We Take Manhattan", and Cohen himself on "Joan of Arc."

The album is considered one of the best-produced of all time, despite its age, and is often used to test or demonstrate stereo equipment to this day. It was recorded on Sony digital equipment.

[edit] Track listing

• Written by Leonard Cohen except where noted

1. "First We Take Manhattan" – 3:47
2. "Bird on a Wire" – 4:42
3. "Famous Blue Raincoat" – 5:33
4. "Joan of Arc" – 7:57
5. "Ain't No Cure for Love" – 3:21
6. "Coming Back to You" – 3:43
7. "Song of Bernadette" – 3:55 (Jennifer Warnes/Bill Elliott/Leonard Cohen)
8. "A Singer Must Die" – 4:52
9. "Came So Far for Beauty" – 3:37 (Leonard Cohen/John Lissauer)