A short review of "The Essential Cohen"
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 11:51 pm
Here is a review from the major Greek newspaper "TO VIMA"
"Except our picturesque references to the relation of Leonard Cohen with Greece and his house on Hydra, which we like stressing in every occasion as if we hadcontributed in this way to the "Cohen phenomenon", we ought to admitt that the great Canadian poet -primarily-and songwriter has written a couple of dozens of the most important songs of the last 35 years.
His company has made a collection of those and many other songs only a few months after the release of his new studio album "Ten New Songs", from which curiously we find here four tracks.
In this new compilation you can find compositions that cover all his creative period since 1967 up to now, including his turn to the fancy exaltation of "Various Positions" in 1984.
Although his music hasn't always been to the same level as his exquisite lyrics, it has never stopped to be a remarkable presence in the world of music."
"To Vima" 15-12-2002
Demetris
"Except our picturesque references to the relation of Leonard Cohen with Greece and his house on Hydra, which we like stressing in every occasion as if we hadcontributed in this way to the "Cohen phenomenon", we ought to admitt that the great Canadian poet -primarily-and songwriter has written a couple of dozens of the most important songs of the last 35 years.
His company has made a collection of those and many other songs only a few months after the release of his new studio album "Ten New Songs", from which curiously we find here four tracks.
In this new compilation you can find compositions that cover all his creative period since 1967 up to now, including his turn to the fancy exaltation of "Various Positions" in 1984.
Although his music hasn't always been to the same level as his exquisite lyrics, it has never stopped to be a remarkable presence in the world of music."
"To Vima" 15-12-2002
Demetris
