Recent Songs

by Leonard Cohen

Recent Songs cover art

Returning to his acoustic folk roots after the chaotic Phil Spector-produced 'Death of a Ladies' Man', Leonard Cohen delivered a profoundly intimate, deeply poetic masterclass. 'Recent Songs' beautifully integrates subtle mariachi brass and eastern instrumentation into incredibly mellow, nocturnal arrangements, highlighting his bittersweet ruminations on love and aging.

Genres

  • Singer-Songwriter
  • Contemporary Folk

Tracklist

  1. The Guests
  2. Humbled in Love
  3. The Window
  4. Came So Far for Beauty
  5. The Lost Canadian (Un Canadien Errant)
  6. The Traitor
  7. Our Lady of Solitude
  8. The Gypsy's Wife
  9. The Smokey Life
  10. Ballad of the Absent Mare - Longer Version