Got my copy today. Not bad. Five days before the actual release date!

Donata wrote:Yeah!!! I got my Cohen cd today !!!! I have also already put it on my ipod, now I can listen to it everywhere!

I'll have my copy in my hands tomorrow!

Full lyrics here: I noticed a few errors here and there.

http://genius.com/albums/Leonard-cohen/Popular-problems

The music and production just seems to fall far short of the usual genius lyrics. Not only on Popular Problems but on other LC albums as well. But then I listen to LC for the words and not necessarily the music. For me there has always been a huge disconnect between the lyrics and the music. Not on ...

I am almost speechless... The production on this album is so bad it hurts.. And Leonard even ruined one of the most beautiful songs he has ever written: Born in Chains The album is actually so bad and my disappointment so huge that I might not even buy the album... Even "Death of a Ladies' Man" is ...

Just listened to the full stream of the album. My very first impressions are that the production gets in the way of my enjoyment of this record. My big beef is that the backup singers should be used as seasoning, and not as a main course. Maybe some time down the road, we'll get to hear a "Popular ...

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"This first album since Old Ideas, Cohen’s 2008 second coming"

Old Ideas came out in 2012 not 2008.

I'd like to read a review that translates well into English. Other than a description of the songs I'm not getting anything from these reviews.

Another odd review. I still have not read a single definitive review.

So Patrick Leonard co-wrote these songs including lyrics?

So far I have not read a single review that I can understand. Are the above reviews positive or negative?

Sorry but I don't understand the above review at all.

Zimmy66 wrote:I'm just as excited about the Floyd album.

Robert

And Dylan's 6 disc Basement Tapes set.