The Best of Leonard Cohen

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The Best of Leonard Cohen
The Best of Leonard Cohen cover
Greatest hits by Leonard Cohen
Released 1975
Length 46:45
Label Coumbia
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The Best of Leonard Cohen is a greatest hits album by Leonard Cohen, released in 1975. In some territories, it is also known as Greatest Hits. This alternative title was used for the original vinyl release and for CD reissues from the 1980s onwards.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Suzanne" – 3:50
  2. "Sisters of Mercy" – 3:36
  3. "So Long, Marianne" – 5:40
  4. "Bird on the Wire" – 3:27
  5. "Lady Midnight" – 2:58
  6. "The Partisan" – 3:25
  7. "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" – 2:57
  8. "Famous Blue Raincoat" – 5:09
  9. "Last Year's Man" – 5:59
  10. "Chelsea Hotel #2" – 3:07
  11. "Who by Fire" – 2:32
  12. "Take This Longing" – 4:05

[edit] Artwork

The front cover photograph was taken in 1968 in a Montreal hotel room, according to the liner notes written by Leonard Cohen himself.


The band Ween made a parody of this album's cover for their album, The Pod.


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