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.

专辑简介这张选集精选自他之前的三张专辑，充分展现了一个男人声音的深邃，冷酷的歌词预兆着死亡，傲慢但是精确。不过这样的铺排显得刻意的沉重??厌烦??尖嗖嗖的背景女声增添了不寻常的紧张感，迹近滑稽??还好个中感情尚显真实。专辑包含了两首以前从未发表的旧作，Never Any Good和The Great Event，似乎部份表明他这口井快要乾枯了。但无论如何，The Future的萧瑟无情以及Democracy心神不安的庆祝仍然使得这两首名作位列过去十年最具挑战性的流行作品之一。

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

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。

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.

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.