After taking a decade-and-a-half vacation from live performance, septuagenarian singer/songwriter/saint Leonard Cohen returned to the stage in 2008 for a European tour. During his absence, his popularity had grown to such a degree that his London concert took place at the city's O2 Arena. With the gathered masses sounding suitably enraptured, Cohen can be heard delivering a long program that serves as both career summary and mission reiteration on this double-length live album (FYI, there's also a DVD companion release).Amazingly, Cohen sounds even more vital and intense than the last time he strode the boards, back in the mid-'90s. For all the high-powered cover versions over the years, his cavernously deep voice remains the most effective instrument for delivering his poetic incantations, looming large over a subtle, sympathetic band. He invests '60s classics like "Suzanne" and "Bird on a Wire" with new energy, underlining their continued relevance, while establishing a place in the canon for latter-day gems like "Anthem" and "Democracy," all the while punctuating his performance with carefully placed quips that show his trademark black humor to be in full effect.
- Format: Vinyl
- Released: 12/15/2017
- Genre: Pop, Rock, Folk
- Black Triple Vinyl
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TRACKS
A1 Dance Me To The End Of Love 6:19
A2 The Future 7:21
A3 Ain't No Cure For Love 6:17
A4 Bird On The Wire 6:14
B1 Everybody Knows 5:53
B2 In My Secret Life 5:03
B3 Who By Fire 6:35
B4 Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye 3:48
C1 Anthem 7:20
C2 Introduction 1:31
C3 Tower Of Song 7:07
C4 Suzanne 3:47
C5 The Gypsy's Wife 6:41
D1 Boogie Street 6:56
D2 Hallelujah 7:20
D3 Democracy 7:09
D4 I'm Your Man 5:41
E1 Recitation w/N.L. 3:53
E2 Take This Waltz 8:38
E3 So Long, Marianne 5:25
E4 First We Take Manhattan 6:16
F1 Sisters Of Mercy 4:56
F2 If It Be Your Will 5:22
F3 Closing Time 6:16
F4 I Tried To Leave You 8:34
F5 Whither Thou Goest 1:26
