A sad day. We have lost a brilliant poet & musician.
What better way than indulging in his great music ?
Here are some fine “best songs” lists from different magazines & websites.
Rollingstone Magazine
Readers’ Poll: The 10 Best Leonard Cohen Songs
By Andy Greene
November 26, 2014
- Hallelujah
- Suzanne
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- Everybody Knows
- Bird on a Wire
- So Long, Marianne
- Dance Me to the End of Love
- Tower of Song
- Anthem
- I’m Your Man
Hallelujah (live at the Montreal Jazz Festival 2008)
Leonard Cohen: 20 Essential Songs
By Richard Gehr
November 11, 2016
- “Suzanne” (1967)
- “Sisters of Mercy” (1967)
- “Bird on the Wire” (1969)
- “Famous Blue Raincoat” (1971)
- “Is This What You Wanted” (1974)
- “Chelsea Hotel #2” (1974)
- “Lover Lover Lover” (1974)
- “Who By Fire” (1974)
- “Memories” (1977)
- “The Guests” (1979)
- “Hallelujah” (1984)
- “First We Take Manhattan” (1988)
- “I’m Your Man” (1988)
- “Everybody Knows” (1988)
- “The Future” (1992)
- “Waiting for the Miracle” (1992)
- “Anthem” (1992)
- “A Thousand Kisses Deep” (2001)
- “Going Home” (2012)
- “You Want it Darker” (2016)
Suzanna – album version:
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Paste Magazine
The 20 Best Leonard Cohen Songs
By Nate Logsdon
September 21, 2016
- Suzanne
- Hallelujah
- Master Song
- Dress Rehearsal Rag
- Stranger Song
- Diamonds in the Mine
- Chelsea Hotel #2
- Tower of Song
- Memories
- So Long, Marianne
- Love Calls You By Your Name
- Bird on a Wire
- First We Take Manhattan
- Anthem
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- Avalanche
- Story of Isaac
- Who By Fire
- I’m Your Man
- The Future
Master Song – album version:
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Stereogum
The 10 Best Leonard Cohen Songs
James Jackson Toth
October 19, 2012
- “Avalanche” from Songs Of Love And Hate (1971)
- “Famous Blue Raincoat” from Songs Of Love And Hate (1971)
- “I’m Your Man” from I’m Your Man (1988)
- “So Long, Marianne” from Songs Of Leonard Cohen (1967)
- “Hey That’s No Way To Say Goodbye” from Songs Of Leonard Cohen (1967)
- “Who By Fire” from Songs Of Leonard Cohen (1967)
- “Everybody Knows” from I’m Your Man (1988)
- “Bird On A Wire” from Songs From A Room 1969
- “Death Of A Ladies Man” from Death Of A Ladies Man (1977)
- “Tower Of Song” from I’m Your Man (1988)
Avalanche – album version:
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The Guardian
Leonard Cohen: 10 of his best songs
Ben Hewitt
Wednesday 6 May 2015
- Suzanne
- So Long, Marianne
- Bird on the Wire
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- Dance Me to the End of Love
- Hallelujah
- I’m Your Man
- Tower of Song
- The Future
- Almost Like the Blues
So Long, Marianne – album version:
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Uncut Magazine
Leonard Cohen’s 20 Best Songs
His greatest tracks, as chosen by Robert Plant, Mark Kozelek, Antony Hegarty, Judy Collins and Cohen’s bandmates and collaborators
Uncut April 3, 2015
- So Long, Marianne
- Bird On a Wire
- Suzanne
- First We Take Manhattan
- Sisters of Mercy
- Hallelujah
- Tower of Song
- Chelsea Hotel #2
- Anthem
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- Who by Fire
- I´m Your Man
- Dance Me to the End of Love
- Thousand Kisses Deep
- Don´t Go Home With Your Hard-on
- The Future
- If it Be Your Will
- Everybody Knows
- Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
- Come Healing
Bird on the Wire – album version:
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First We Take Manhattan – album version:
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Sisters of Mercy – album version:
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Tower of Song (Live, Sunday Night 1989):
-Egil