Thanks for the Dance

by Leonard Cohen

Thanks for the Dance cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 November 2019
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 29:21
  • Community rating: 3.87/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A poignant and beautiful posthumous album, 'Thanks for the Dance' was completed by Leonard Cohen's son, Adam Cohen, using vocal outtakes from the 'You Want It Darker' sessions. The album surrounds Cohen's final recorded words with sparse and elegant musical arrangements, featuring contributions from artists like Beck and Feist. It serves as a graceful and deeply moving final bow from one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

Genres

Descriptors: Posthumous, Male Vocalist, baritone, Death, farewell, Folk, Acoustic, folk, male-vocals, spoken-word, minimal, confessional, vocal, storytelling, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Happens to the Heart (4:33)
  2. Moving On (3:11)
  3. The Night of Santiago (4:15)
  4. Thanks for the Dance (4:13)
  5. It's Torn (2:57)
  6. The Goal (1:12)
  7. Puppets (2:39)
  8. The Hills (4:17)
  9. Listen to the Hummingbird (2:00)

Credits

  • Leonard Cohen - primary artist, words by, words by, music by
  • Dave Stone - bass [string bass]
  • Alistair Sung - cello
  • Jacob Braun - cello
  • Georg Paltz - clarinet
  • Andr茅 de Ridder - conductor
  • David Campbell - conductor
  • Caimin Gilmore - double bass

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