Stranger Music, Leonard Cohen
Stranger Music, Leonard Cohen
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Stranger Music
Selected Poems and Songs

Author: Leonard Cohen

Narrator: Jonathan Davis

Unabridged: 5 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/18/2018

Synopsis

With the appearance of his first record album in 1967, Leonard Cohen—already well known in his native Canada as a poet and novelist—was introduced to audiences in the United States, where he quickly took his place among the preeminent singer–songwriters of the time. Over the years, and through the release of more than a dozen studio albums, Cohen gained a reputation as a dazzlingly literate and consistently daring songwriter. His status as a cult artist grew and solidified, not only in North America but all across Europe; singers of enormously diverse styles recorded his songs; his influence could be charted in every new wave of recording artists that followed his emergence. In 1988 the release of his album I’m Your Man thrust him back into the mainstream spotlight—his last three albums all hit the top twenty charts in the United States, and even after his death in 2016, fans continue to appreciate the musical legacy he left behind. Now Stranger Music brings together, for the first time in one volume, a generous selection of Leonard Cohen’s song lyrics and poetry. Stranger Music reveals the range and depth of Cohen’s work. And it is a long-overdue celebration of his extraordinary gift for language that speaks with rare clarity, passion, and timelessness.

About Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen (1934–2016), a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist, published two novels and eleven books of poetry and released fourteen studio albums. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, and was awarded the Glenn Gould Prize in 2011.

About Jonathan Davis

Jonathan Davis has received widespread critical acclaim for his narration in a variety of genres. He has won the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration in 2009, 2011, and 2012, as well as being a finalist for an Audie in 2007, 2013, and three times in 2014. He has also garnered accolades from Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and AudioFile magazine.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Arah-Lynda on November 10, 2016

Rest in Peace Mr. Cohen. Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don’t really care for music do you? It goes like this The fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled King composing Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah You......more

Goodreads review by tiger on July 18, 2018

Unpopular opinion: I thought most of this was trash. Disjointed, senseless, silly trash. It isn't easy to say that, but wow I was disappointed, this, after all, is Mr. Fucking. Cohen, but I need to be honest, I outright disliked about 70% of it. Is there something wrong with me? Do I have no taste?......more

Goodreads review by M. on October 26, 2019

[URL not allowed] It took me so long to read this book that in the process I read a few biographies and memoirs with Leonard Cohen as the subject. In other words I came to know Leonard too well. Now I had too much information and thus I began to not like him so much. So instead......more

Goodreads review by Erik on November 17, 2020

This arrived in the mail as an unexpected gift from Stockton, a fellow I met at Chicago's Volume II Cafe over our coincidental readings of Hegel. He was studying philosophy at DePaul, while I was doing similarly at Loyola. The friendship was immediate. Years later, Stockton moved to Britain, but stil......more

Goodreads review by Galen on December 30, 2021

Liked this collection bc it has his songs and poetry - interesting bc I think overall his songs are more poetic but there’s a rawness to some of his poetry that’s really cool/not apparent in his songs. Loved some of the excerpts from beautiful losers that’s gonna have to get read soon......more

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