LEONARD COHEN THE COMPLETE STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION
aaamusic | On 01, Oct 2011
LEONARD COHEN
THE COMPLETE STUDIO
ALBUMS COLLECTION
RELEASED OCTOBER 31
BOX SET OF 11 STUDIO ALBUMS
MINI-LP REPLICA CD JACKETS HOUSE EVERY ALBUM
Every album remastered from the original analogue master tapes
ALSO: LIMITED EDITION 17-ALBUM DELUXE BOX SET GATHERS HIS LIFETIME OF STUDIO AND CONCERT RECORDINGS,
FROM 1967 TO 2009 available from October 10th
via www.leonardcohen.com
Spanning 36 years of studio albums released from 1968 to 2004, The Complete Studio Albums Collection box set gathers together a lifetime of recordings from Leonard Cohen in one boxset, for the very first time. Every album has been remastered from the original analogue master tapes and is available via Sony CMG on October 31.
For four decades, Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a figure whose body of work achieves greater depths of mystery and meaning as time goes on, Cohen celebrated his 77th birthday last week. The Complete Studio Albums Collection contains all of Cohen’s 11 studio albums, each in a mini-LP replica CD jacket of the original release. Along with these, a lavish 36-page booklet will include all discographical annotations and recording information, as well as a brilliant 1,300-word essay by Leonard Cohen confidant Pico Lyer.
From the 1960s to the ’00s, the transcendent beauty of Leonard Cohen unfolds over the course of The Complete Studio Albums Collection. Individually, the 11 albums in the box set comprise:
SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN (released December 1967);
SONGS FROM A ROOM (April 1969);
SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE (March 1971);
NEW SKIN FOR THE OLD CEREMONY (August 1974);
DEATH OF A LADIES’ MAN (November 1977);
RECENT SONGS (September 1979);
VARIOUS POSITIONS (February 1985);
I’M YOUR MAN (February 1988);
THE FUTURE (November 1992);
TEN NEW SONGS (October 2001);
DEAR HEATHER (October 2004);
A limited edition 17 album deluxe box set, which also includes live recordings, will be available from www.leonardcohen.com
One of the most fascinating and enigmatic singer/ songwriters of our time, Leonard Cohen has retained an audience across four decades of music-making interrupted by various digressions into personal and creative exploration, all of which have only added to the mystique surrounding him. He commands the attention of critics and younger musicians more firmly than any other musical figure from the 1960’s who is still working at the outset of the 21st century. This is all the more remarkable an achievement for someone who didn’t even aspire to a musical career until he was in his thirties.
