Tower of Song

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Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen
Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen cover
Studio album by Various Artists
Released October 1995
Genre Rock
Label A&M Records
Professional reviews
Various Artists chronology
I'm Your Fan
(1991)		 Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen
(1995)		 Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
(2006)
"Tower of Song" is also the name of a Leonard Cohen song first released on the I'm Your Man album

Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen is a tribute album to Leonard Cohen, released in 1995 on A&M Records. It takes its name of a song by Cohen, that has been covered by Marianne Faithfull, Robert Forster, Peter Gabriel, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Martha Wainwright and Dax Riggs.

The album was savaged by many music critics, who pointed out that the album's glossy mainstream pop approach badly distorted the context of Cohen's music.[1][2]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Everybody Knows" – Don Henley
  2. "Coming Back to You" – Trisha Yearwood
  3. "Sisters of Mercy" – Sting with The Chieftains
  4. "Hallelujah" – Bono
  5. "Famous Blue Raincoat" – Tori Amos
  6. "Ain't No Cure For Love" – Aaron Neville
  7. "I'm Your Man" – Elton John
  8. "Bird on a Wire" – Willie Nelson
  9. "Suzanne" – Peter Gabriel
  10. "Light as the Breeze" – Billy Joel
  11. "If It Be Your Will" – Jann Arden
  12. "Story of Isaac" – Suzanne Vega
  13. "Coming Back to You" – Martin Gore

[edit] References

  1. ^ allmusic ((( Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen > Overview )))
  2. ^ Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: (various artists) - Tower Of Song
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