The Future
by Leonard Cohen
- Type: Album
- Released: 24 November 1992
- Label: Columbia
- Country: Canada
- Length: 59:41
- Community rating: 3.77/5 from 7 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'The Future' is a highly polished, deeply cynical masterpiece reflecting the sociopolitical unease of the early 90s. Leonard Cohen utilizes sophisticated, synthesizer-driven pop arrangements to deliver incredibly poetic, somber, and lethargic ruminations on apocalypse and bittersweet hope.
Genres
Descriptors: ballad, folk, political, spoken-word, dystopian, male-vocals, piano, orchestral, storytelling, confessional
Tracklist
- The Future (6:42)
- Waiting for the Miracle (7:42)
- Be for Real (4:32)
- Closing Time (6:00)
- Anthem (6:09)
- Democracy (7:14)
- Light as the Breeze (7:16)
- Always (8:04)
- Tacoma Trailer (5:58)
Credits
- Leonard Cohen - primary artist, written-by, producer, arranged by, programmed by, performer, producer, programmed by, performer, producer, arranged by [additional], violin, saxophone
- Dianne Lawrence - artwork [original hummingbird drawing]
- Aladrian Elmore - choir
- Brenda Lee Eager - choir
- Carmen Twillie - choir
- Cynthia Bass - choir
- Dana Stockard - choir
- Evette Andrews - choir
- Gigi Bailey - choir
- Jeralynthia Banks - choir
- Jimmie Frazier - choir
- Julia Waters - choir
- Julie Christensen - choir, backing vocals
- Kevin Shoates - choir
- Lashann Dendy - choir
- Lavan Davis - choir
- Laythan Amot - choir
- Maxine Waters - choir
- Mona Lisa Young - choir
- Nysa Larry - choir
- Oren Waters - choir
- Patricia Finnie - choir
- Perla Batalla - choir, backing vocals
- Raven Kane - choir
- Roseland Parker - choir
- Sonya Griffin - choir
- Stephen Lively - choir
- Steve Berkley - choir
- Theresa Walker - choir
- Michael Petit - design [cover]
- Ben Wallach - engineer [second]
- Chad Blinman - engineer [second]
- Charlie Paakkari - engineer [second]
- Doug DeForest - engineer [second]
- Duane Seykora - engineer [second]
- Enrico De Paoli - engineer [second]
- Eric Anest - engineer [second], engineer [additional]
- Jason Roberts - engineer [second]
- Mark Guilbeault - engineer [second]
- Martin Brumbach - engineer [second]
- Ray Blair - engineer [second]
- Richard Kaplan - engineer [second]
- Robert Hart - engineer [second]
- Talley Sherwood - engineer [second]
- Tom Winslow - engineer [second]
- Bernie Grundman - mastered by
- Berj Garabedian - strings
- Bruce Dukov - strings
- Daniel Smith - strings
- David Campbell - strings, arranged by [strings, backing vocals], conductor [strings, backing vocals], arranged by [additional string arrangements], arranged by [strings]
- Donald V. Ferrone - strings
- Joel Derouin - strings
- Larry Corbett - strings
- Ray Tischer - strings
- Ron Clark - strings
- Sid Page - strings
- Suzie Katayama - strings
- Tom Tally - strings
- Steve Meador - drums
- Leanne Ungar - engineer, mixed by, producer