Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
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Composer: Leonard CohenEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2006-07-25
Music Label: Verve Forecast
Product features:
- SOUNDTRACK LEONARD COHEN: I`M YOUR MAN
- Tower Of Song - Martha Wainwright
- Tonight Will Be Fine - Teddy Thompson
- I'm Your Man - Nick Cave
- Winter Lady - Martha Wainwright, Kate & Anna McGarrigle
- Sisters Of Mercy - Beth Orton
- Chelsea Hotel No.2 - Rufus Wainwright
- If It Be Your Will - Antony
- I Can't Forget - Jarvis Cocker
- Famous Blue Raincoat - The Handsome Family
- Bird On A Wire - Perla Batalla
- Everybody Knows - Rufus Wainwright
- The Traitor - Martha Wainwright
- Suzanne - Perla Batalla, Nick Cave & Julie Christensen
- The Future - Teddy Thompson
- Anthem - Perla Batalla, Julie Christensen
- Tower Of Song - Leonard Cohen & U2
Music reviews of Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Music Review: A Great Way to Start....
Rating: 4 Stars
Leonard Cohen may well be one of the most celebrated songwriters we have these days, but he sure isn't one of the most prolific. Since 1990, he's released only three albums of new material, so it is only natural (and fitting) that his fans hang on every word. Words are Cohen's currency, but within his relatively small catalog, he tends to be tightfisted, making every syllable count - sort of an `inverse-Dylan, if you will. He's an acquired taste, so a lot of potential fans miss out on him. He has also attracted a significant following among the folk artist cognoscenti, and there have already been a few albums and collaborations dedicated to Cohen's work, but none have been quite as fulfilling as "Leonard Cohen -I'm Your Man." The CD features excerpts from a film of the same name, which itself was a spin-off of a Hal Willner project entitled "Came So Far for Beauty: An Evening of Leonard Cohen Songs" (you may remember Willner as the compiler of other `tribute' projects containing songs for Disney animation, Charles Mingus, and Thelonius Monk, among others).
"Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man" may be Willner's most successful project to date, mostly because he lets the music speak entirely for itself. Rather than juxtapose various artists against one another and allowing them to reinterpret the music, this project allows each individual artist to perform Cohen's songs, usually in a manner that is deeply respectful of the original recordings. The sum effect is truly beautiful. The Wainwrights - Martha and Rufus - lead the pack with devastatingly gorgeous renditions of "Tower of Song" and "Chelsea Hotel No. 2," respectively. Each of their interpretations is respectful and yet incredibly personal and heartfelt, to a point where it becomes literally palpable. They each repeat this trick again later in the disk, with definitive versions of "Everybody Knows" and "The Traitor," adding emotional nuance to songs that already were jam-packed with not-so-subtle innuendo. Nick Cave is also a brilliant interpreter here - his version of "I'm Your Man" has the unfortunate side effect of displaying how is own material is sometimes lacking when compared to the wit and grace of Cohen's song. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of this collection is how nobody fails; Jarvis Cocker sounds like a virtual carbon of Cohen himself, while Beth Orton and Teddy Thompson each render performances that surpass the occasional mediocrity of their own solo work. If you are unfamiliar with the man, "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man" is good enough to serve as a satisfying introduction to the work of Leonard Cohen, especially since Cohen himself appears in tandem with U2, performing an alternate (and extraordinarily effective) version of "Tower of Song." If you respect the art of songwriting, then you owe it to yourself to hear "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man." A Tom Ryan
Description of Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
This soundtrack features powerful performances of Cohen masterpieces by an outstanding array of today's top singer-songwriters. The tracks on the CD were recorded live at Hal Willner's "Came So Far For Beauty: An Evening of Leonard Cohen Songs", at the Brighton Dome as part of the Brighton Festival 2004 and at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Sydney Festival 2005, except "Tower of Song"featuring Leonard Cohen and U2.Already an accomplished poet and novelist before he ambled into the music business in his mid-'30s, Leonard Cohen has remained as musically influential as he is publicly enigmatic for four decades. This celebration of Cohen's songbook began as a free concert that quickly mushroomed into a star-studded live tribute film shot at Sydney's famed Opera House and Brighton Dome. Musically supervised by Hal Willner (who's produced similar recorded tributes to Mingus, Monk, Rota and Weill), it recasts Cohen's evocative, emotionally uncompromising songs in compelling performances by singers who range from fellow cult heroes Nick Cave and Beth Orton to energetic newcomer Teddy Thompson and even rock gods U2. The latter's powerful collaboration with Cohen himself on the signature "Tower of Song" bookends Martha Wainright's solo opening rendition of the composition, deftly underscoring the project's eclectic artisanship in the bargain. Cave somehow channels the title track through Chicago's South Side via Weimar Berlin, while Teddy Thompson ponders "The Future" with exuberance and The Handsome Family informs "Famous Blue Raincoat" with elegant melodrama. Other standouts include Rufus Wainwright's nouveau Tango work-up of "Everybody Knows," Perla Batalla's gorgeous, Norteņo-seasoned "Bird On a Wire" and her collaborations with Cave and Julia Christenson on "Suzanne" and "Anthem." A collection that's both a savvy primer to Cohen's catalog and impressive artistic achievement in its own right. --Jerry McCulley
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