There's a new Leonard Cohen album coming out this year. It's called Popular Problems, and will be released on September 23 on Columbia in commemoration of the legendary singer's 80th birthday. (Cohen was born on September 21.)
The new album was produced by Patrick Leonard and was recorded and mixed by Jesse E. String, with Bill Bottrell providing additional mixing.
Cohen's last album was 2012's Old Ideas.

New Skin for the Old Ceremony is the fourth studio album by Leonard Cohen. On this album, he begins to evolve away from the rawer sound of his earlier albums, with violas, mandolins, banjos, guitars, percussion and other instruments giving the album a more orchestrated (but nevertheless spare) sound. The album is silver in the UK, but never entered the Billboard Top 200.

The Essential Leonard Cohen is a career-spanning collection of Leonard Cohen songs released in 2002. It is part of Sony BMG'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.
The album was re-released in August 2008, as part of The Essential 3.0 series, with an extra disc of previously not included tracks (presented as the selection of "fans' favorite" songs).
Lenoard cohen比beatles和rolling stone早出生近10年，比猫王还要早一年。30几岁的时候他还没出过唱片，不过他已经成为一名小说家和诗人。他在文学上的造诣要远远盛于Bob Dylan，不过在演唱上的吸引力要逊于Dylan。 《The Favorite Game》 (1963) 和《Beautiful Losers》 (1966)这两本小说奠定了他的名誉，他开始写歌，这些早期的歌曲就吸引了人的注意。
民谣天才Judy Collins在60年代的中期崛起，她翻唱Cohen的Suzanne，受到了极大的欢迎。于是她说服Cohen参加她的巡回民谣演唱。他于1967年的夏天在Newport Folk Festival（新港民谣节）初次登台演出，随后在纽约举办个人演唱会，在CBS网络电视台上朗诵他的诗歌。同时男演员/歌手Noel Harrison凭借“Suzanne”打入排行榜。 之后Cohen签约哥伦比亚唱片公司，在1968年的时候发行了他的第一张专辑《The Songs of Leonard Cohen》，也许因为其中忧伤的主题，他立即在民谣界确立地位。并且在大学中赢得了广大的听众群。《The Songs of Leonard Cohen》是Cohen最为贴近听众的一张专辑。他的下一张专辑《Songs from a Room 》(1969)表达了同样的主题，但是没有被广泛的接受。其中“Bird on a Wire” 和“The Story of Isaac”具有同“Suzanne”一样的水准。《Songs of Love and Hate 》(1971)是他的第三张专集，这张专辑中他对于自己的作品松弛的表现，破坏了他过去的形象与地位。尽管“Joan of Arc”和“Famous Blue Raincoat”这两首作品很出色。《 I'm Your Man 》(1988) 也极受欢迎。
从乡村歌手Johnny Cash到另类摇滚R.E.M.，大家都喜欢翻唱他的歌。Cohen是一代又一代不同流派歌手崇拜与模仿的对象。
《The Essential Leonard Cohen》是SONY在2002年发行的精选唱片。

Various Positions is the seventh studio album by Leonard Cohen, released in December 1984 (and February 1985). It marked not only his turn to the modern sound and use of synthesizers (particularly on the opening track), but also, after his work on harmonies and backing vocals on the previous Recent Songs (1979), an even greater contribution from Jennifer Warnes, who is credited equally to Cohen as vocalist on all of the tracks.

Songs of Leonard Cohen is the debut album by Canadian folk singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, released on December 27, 1967, on Columbia Records. Less successful in the US than in Europe, Songs of Leonard Cohen foreshadowed the kind of chart success Cohen would go on to achieve. It reached number 83 on the Billboard 200, achieving gold status in the US in 1989. It peaked at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart, spending nearly a year and a half on it.

这张专辑是Cohen1988的专辑，而非2006年那部致敬电影的原声。这也是Cohen转型的作品，在这张专辑中，Cohen加入大量电子元素，并在女声chord的映衬下，用他那阴沉、忧郁的“铭牌”嗓音，冷酷的嘲笑所谓的爱情。这张专辑光在美国就发行了五个白金，也是对“Cohen没落”最有效的反击

哪位音乐人忍心让歌迷们为一张专辑苦苦等候9年？ 出版了唱片《The Future》之后，沉迷于东方玄学的Cohen，在自己61岁的时候剃度出家，和音乐完全断绝了关系。《Ten New Songs》，正是他结束僧侣生活、修成正果之后，音乐和精神的回归。和早期那些唱片一样，它有一个简单而又纯粹的名字：《Ten New Songs》。这是一张弥漫着告别气息的歌曲集，充满了个人自白，挽歌式的感叹，一些轻微的抗议声，和禅意。它，看上去就像是个句号。
第一次接触这位老男人的音乐，是在电影《天生杀人狂》片头里的一段插曲《Waiting For The Miracle》。如今，这部电影已经不在，但是里面的歌还会经常响起。不再年轻的Cohen，被上帝赐予了一种极富吸引力、攻无不克战无不胜的声线。我曾经一直以为Cohen只是一位歌手，看过他的传记后才知道，他在诗歌和文学上的成就，丝毫不逊于他的音乐才华。
这张让歌迷们望眼欲穿的专辑，延续着Cohen特有的低沉、忧伤。他和齐豫不同的是，听齐豫的歌会让你陷入沉思，而Cohen能让你的思绪在音乐响起的一瞬凝滞，心如止水。
这是一粒止痛片，是一剂安神药，献给现代人游离躁动的灵魂。

Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Leonard Cohen - Live In Dublin, an extraordinary full-length concert recording and film, on Tuesday, December 2, 2014.
The first (and only) release of a complete Leonard Cohen concert to be shot in high definition, Live In Dublin will be available in 3CD/DVD, 3CD/Blu-ray and digital configurations.
Lensed and recorded at Dublin's 02 Arena on September 12, 2013, Leonard Cohen - Live In Dublin documents a peak performance from the musician's monumental sold-out 2012-2013 world tour, introducing Cohen's then-latest release (2012's Old Ideas) within a major canonical on-stage retrospective.
This state-of-the-art audio-visual HD presentation of a full-length concert from the Old Ideas World Tour delivers this artist's repertoire (backed by a band recognized by critics as his best ever) with the intimacy, intensity and poetic beauty that have become hallmarks of a Leonard Cohen concert. Live In Dublin recreates the deep emotional connection that audiences felt so powerfully and critics praised universally with five-star reviews during Cohen's most recent tour.
Live In Dublin is the singer-songwriter-novelist-performer's second new release this year. On September 23, 2014, two days after Cohen's 80th birthday, Columbia Records released Popular Problems, the Canadian bard's 13th studio album of new material since his 1967 debut, Songs of Leonard Cohen. An international success, Popular Problems reached #1 on the iTunes chart in 31 countries and entered the Billboard 200 at #15 while debuting at #1 on the Austrian, Canadian, Dutch, New Zealand and Swiss album charts; the new album also debuted Top 5 in Belgium (#2), Finland (#2), Germany (#4), Italy (#5) and Sweden (#5)
An immersive viewing experience, Leonard Cohen - Live In Dublin's three hours of music and magic includes an 11-song first set, a 10-song second set and an 8-song encore. The DVD features bonus live tracks recorded in Canada in 2013.

Leonard Cohen, the acclaimed composer of "Hallelujah", continues to astonish his audience. At age 82, he presents his uncompromising and urgent new album, You Want It Darker. Described by early listeners as a "masterpiece" and "classic Cohen," You Want It Darker, is the latest chapter in Leonard's significant contribution to contemporary music and thought. These startling songs have been beautifully realized in this his 14th studio album featuring 9 new tracks including the title track, all produced by his son, Adam Cohen.

2009年3月31日，加拿大民谣诗人莱纳德•科恩（Leonard Cohen）通过Columbia厂牌推出他自2004年以来的首张专辑《Live In London》。
《Live In London》记录的是Leonard Cohen去年的世界巡演中7月17日在伦敦02 Arena的那场演出。据了解，《Live In London》将分别通过CD和DVD形式发行，共收录了包括《If It Be Your Will》、《I'm Your Man》和《Hallelujah》在内的共26首歌曲。《Live In London》是Leonard Cohen自2004年的《Dear Heather》之后推出的第一张正式专辑，是他近八年来推出的第一张现场专辑。
在此之前，Leonard Cohen曾经推出过三张现场专辑，分别是1972年的《Live Longs》、1994年的《Cohen Live》以及2001年面世的《Field Commander Cohen: Tour of 1979》。
Leonard Cohen去年的这次世界巡演是他近10多年来的第一次巡回演出，共举办了80多场演出，大约有70万歌迷去现场观看了演出。另据此前报道，Leonard Cohen已于2月19日在纽约的Beacon Theatre演出。这是Leonard Cohen最近15年来在美国的第一场现场演出。
由于英国选秀大赛“X Factor”的冠军阿莱桑德拉•泊尔克（Alexandra Burke）最近翻唱了Cohen那首著名的《Hallelujah》，Leonard Cohen受到了广大流行乐迷的再次关注。Alexandra Burke翻唱的《Hallelujah》在英国流行音乐单曲榜中获得了冠军，上市两周内共售出了88万8千张。另外，已世的天才唱作人杰夫•巴克利（Jeff Buckley）翻唱的《Hallelujah》此前也在英国榜中获得了亚军。到今年9月，Leonard Cohen将年满75岁。
不以歌唱为事业动机，却因文学创作而被网罗进入唱片界，虽未缔造过任何排行榜畅销单曲，却能在全球卖出超过一千一百万张唱片－当今西洋流行歌坛，仅只Leonard Cohen一人。身兼诗人、歌手、小说家等名头，自幼便对文学创作产生浓烈兴趣，而他理性、冷漠，时而玩世不恭的演唱方式，更让作品深具客观、多角度的欣赏价值。
70岁，对于一个流行歌手来说，实在是个不可理喻的年龄，而在这个时候，Leonard Cohen发表了他的最新创作专辑。也许是一种心理错觉，当Cohen的歌声从舒缓的女合唱和声之中浮现出来，会觉得他的声线更加低沉厚重了，就像声带上又结了一层老茧，这使Cohen的超低音歌声更有了一种摧毁时间的魔力。在这张新作中，阴郁低调的吟唱和性感浪漫的合唱各占一半，除了最后一首“The Tennessee Waltz”现场演出版是首明朗的乡谣之外，其它的新歌都相当舒缓柔和，带着一种正在风化的抒情气息。
他厚实的嗓音，笔挺的西装，干净而整齐的头发，面对这些。就算是他的眼神藏在墨镜的最深处，显露出神秘的派头，但这毕竟可以算得上是标准的中产阶级。最重要的大概就是，这样的他，也许正是女人们所需要的成熟，有女人们所不可缺的安全感。所以他说I’m your man的时候，是不需要怀疑的。
老COHEN擅长的是在比较轻快的舞曲节奏里，保持自己缓慢，低沉的嗓音，从来都不会为跳动的旋律所动。此时此刻倒让人想起歌声平静时的TOM WAITS。只不过老TOM的歌在心平气和与激动时的区别，就像是一碗没有辣椒和放了许多辣椒的牛肉拉面的区别，说到底都是一碗牛肉拉面。而TOM总是要做一个彻底的酒吧客，无论唱歌还是喝酒，情绪是永远的前提。人性里的野性常常都表露无遗。
同是一首In My Secret Life，Leonard Cohen也老了，呵呵，不过他独特的声线依旧让人爱不释耳。

Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss, death and romantic relationships

Leonard Cohen's 1992 release, THE FUTURE, is both a cynical attack on civilization and a spiritual edification, with the gruff-voiced theme "I've seen the future...it's murder." From the sinister whisper of the opening title track, the mood moves to the redemptive optimism of "Light As A Breeze," and the sardonic political march, "Democracy." There's a highly unlikely cover of Irving Berlin's "Always"; peculiar for an artist known more for his lyrical poetry than for his interpretive skills. But Leonard Cohen's voice translates uniquely to interpreting pop standards, and he gives the song a highly original bluesy read. Another unlikely cut is the closing instrumental, "Tacoma Trailer," featuring fine Synclavier work by Bill Ginn.
THE FUTURE is brimming with the tormented poetry for which Cohen is so well-known. His foghorn voice is close to a murmur on many songs, and he sets the mood (dark and foreboding), as he often does, through the able assistance of his omni-present female back-up singers. With the superb lyrics of songs like "Waiting For The Miracle" and "Closing Time," Leonard Cohen remains rock's preeminent poet.

Dear Heather is the eleventh studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, released by Columbia Records in 2004.

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2010年9月14日，集合了08／09年Leonard Cohen全球巡演精华的现场专辑《Songs From The Road（来自路上的歌）》将已DVD＋CD，蓝光和黑胶的形式同步上市。
自2008年全球巡演开始，Leonard Cohen的足迹遍及美欧澳，表演已不下百场。在经历了昏倒事件和扭伤事件后，Cohen于7月25日重返舞台，继续2010年巡演。2009年3月31日，《Live in London》现场专辑发行。专辑完整的呈现了2008年Leonard Cohen在欧洲最大室内场地之一 —— 伦敦O2 Arena—— 的精彩演出。
9月14日发行的《Songs From The Road》则又精挑细选了12首08／09巡演中的现场录音，并辅以DVD的精彩视频记录。在DVD和蓝光中还含有一部20分钟名为《Behind the Scenes（幕后）》的纪录片，囊括了Cohen的女儿Lorca对每一个乐队成员进行的采访。另外，专辑还附赠了丰富的文字资料，包括The New Republic的编辑Leon Wieseltier所写的文章和本次巡演录音及录像总监Ed Sanders对每首歌的花絮记录。专辑封面照片由著名摄影师Dominique Isserman拍摄于苏格兰爱丁堡城堡现场。封面照片的精彩之处在于寓意了Cohen归来（Leonard Cohen's back）。
1. Lover, Lover, Lover (Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel, September 24, 2009)
2. Bird On the Wire (Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Scotland, November 6, 2008)
3. Chelsea Hotel (Royal Albert Hall, London, England, November 17, 2008)
4. Heart With No Companion (Oberhausen King Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany, November 2, 2008)
5. That Don’t Make it Junk (O2 Arena, London, England, November 13, 2008)
6. Waiting for the Miracle (HP Pavilion, San Jose, California, November 13, 2009)
7. Avalanche (Gothenburg Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 12, 2008)
8. Suzanne (MENA Arena, Manchester, England, November 30, 2008)
9. The Partisan (Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland, October 10, 2008)
10. Famous Blue Raincoat (O2 Arena, London, England, November 13, 2008)
11. Hallelujah (Coachella Music Festival, Indio, California, April 17, 2009)
12. Closing Time (John Labatt Centre, London, Ontario, May 24, 2009)
注：此次伦敦现场的选曲不是之前《Live in London》中的。
虽说这只是哥伦比亚唱片公司又一次贪婪敛财的唱片出版，但这其实也是受到目前Cohen财务情况压力所致，不管怎样，希望Leonard Cohen健康顺利。

Tracks 01-13 Recorded Spring 1968 at Paris Theatre, London
Tracks 01-05 Broadcast August 31, 1968 on BBC2 TV ("Leonard Cohen Sings Leonard Cohen")
Tracks 06-13 Broadcast September 7, 1968 on BBC2 TV ("Leonard Cohen Sings Leonard Cohen")
Tracks 14-16 Recorded August 11, 1968 & Broadcast on BBC Radio 1 ("Top Gear with John Peel")
Track 17 Recorded January 27, 1968 & Broadcast on BBC2 TV ("Once More With Felix")
Total Time: 78:14

Songs from a Room is the second album by Canadian musician Leonard Cohen, released in 1969. It reached No. 63 on the US Billboard Top LPs and No. 2 on the UK charts.

Songs of Love and Hate is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen. Produced by Bob Johnston, the album was released on March 19, 1971, through Columbia Records.

1973 album comprised of live recordings made in 1970 & 1972 in London, Brussels, Paris, Berlin, Isle Of Wight and Tennessee. 10 tracks, including 'Minute Prologue', 'Passing Through', 'You Know Who I Am' and 'Bird On The Wire'. A Columbia release.