The Essential Leonard Cohen

The Essential Leonard Cohen
Greatest hits album by
Leonard Cohen
ReleasedOctober 22, 2002
Recorded1967–2004
GenreFolk rock
Length2:34:10
Label
ProducerDigitally remastered by Leonard Cohen and Bob Ludwig
Leonard Cohen chronology
Ten New Songs
(2001) 		The Essential Leonard Cohen
(2002) 		Dear Heather
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauA[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

The Essential Leonard Cohen is a career-spanning collection of Leonard Cohen songs released in 2002. It is part of Sony's The Essential series.

The songs are arranged in chronological order; all studio albums released before 2002 are represented, except the 1977 album Death of a Ladies' Man. All tracks were digitally remastered by Leonard Cohen and Bob Ludwig. All songs on the compilation were chosen by Cohen himself.

The album was re-released in August 2008 with an extra disc of previously not included tracks (presented as the selection of "fans' favorite" songs).

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Suzanne"3:47
2."The Stranger Song"4:59
3."Sisters Of Mercy"3:33
4."Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye"2:54
5."So Long, Marianne"5:37
6."Bird on the Wire" (misspelled as "Bird on a Wire" on tracklist)3:25
7."The Partisan"3:25
8."Famous Blue Raincoat"5:07
9."Chelsea Hotel #2"3:05
10."Take This Longing"4:05
11."Who By Fire"2:33
12."The Guests"6:39
13."Hallelujah"4:39
14."If It Be Your Will"3:42
15."Night Comes On"4:39
16."I'm Your Man"4:26
17."Everybody Knows"5:34
18."Tower of Song"5:37

Notes

Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Ain't No Cure For Love"4:49
2."Take This Waltz"5:58
3."First We Take Manhattan"5:50
4."Dance Me to the End of Love" (live)6:04
5."The Future"6:41
6."Democracy"7:13
7."Waiting For The Miracle"7:42
8."Closing Time"5:58
9."Anthem"6:06
10."In My Secret Life"4:53
11."Alexandra Leaving"5:22
12."A Thousand Kisses Deep"6:26
13."Love Itself"5:22

Notes

Disc three (The Essential 3.0)
No.TitleLength
1."Seems So Long Ago, Nancy"3:39
2."Love Calls You By Name"5:38
3."A Singer Must Die"3:17
4."Death Of A Ladies' Man"9:19
5."The Traitor"6:14
6."By The Rivers Dark"5:20
7."The Letters"4:48

Notes

Track 1 is from Songs from a Room

Track 2 is from Songs of Love and Hate

Track 3 is from New Skin for the Old Ceremony

Track 4 is from Death of a Ladies' Man

Track 5 is from Recent Songs

Track 6 is from Ten New Songs

Track 7 is from Dear Heather

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[24] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[25] Gold 17,896[25]
Germany (BVMI)[26] Gold 150,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[27] Gold 25,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[28] Platinum 15,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[30] Platinum 47,000[29]
Poland (ZPAV)[31] Platinum 20,000‡
Sweden (GLF)[32] Gold 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[34] Platinum 235,749[33]
United States (RIAA)[35] Gold 500,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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