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Originally Posted by Bulldog
I agree with you about none of his albums being consistent and seamless brilliance in the way a lot of the other albums in this part of the list are, but this is as close as he gets for me. The title track is a little weak but as you say, the stronger moments more than make up for it (the last four tracks make for a sublime sequence of songs). As for the 80s effects, except for on the said tracks I've never really found them intrusive on the songs. Then again, I put the Human League's Dare in this list, so I like me a bit of 80s-style production then  |
Oh don't get me wrong, I love 80s style production a lot of the time, it's just I'm not sure it was the best fit for Leonard Cohen. And my comment about all his albums being hit-or-miss isn't meant to disparage him. He's one of my favorites, but for whatever reason his albums usually have a clunker or two on them.
Song of Love and Hate is probably my favorite of his albums but
I'm Your Man is definitely up there too.