612. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man

Release Date: 1988
Label: Columbia

'If you wanna do it, do it right, right, do it with me.' sang Lenny Cohen and George Michael on the smash hit 'I'm Your Man' - the title track of this album.

Rating: 7/10

229. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love & Hate

Release Date: 1971
Label: Columbia

It's all too easy to dismiss Leonard Cohen as monotous, depressing and dull, but this is all complete bollocks. He was unique, poetic and brilliant - all things that I aspire to me but fail miserably at. Yes, he's never going to win awards for his singing, or his musicianship, but he doesn't need to. Cohen knows what his strengths are and works with them. This is an angrier album than the previous two, but ranks just as high.

Rating: 9/10
Favourite Track: Famous Blue Raincoat

169. Leonard Cohen - Songs From A Room

Release Date: 1969
Label: Columbia

This is the second (of four) Leonard Cohen albums in this book, and the first I haven't heard - although I am familiar with a few of the tracks, namely 'Bird on the Wire' and 'The Partisan'. Of the ones I didn't know, 'Seems So Long Ago, Nancy' must surely rank among Cohen's finest work.

Rating: 8/10
Favourite Track: Seems So Long Ago, Nancy

114. Leonard Cohen - The Songs of Leonard Cohen

Release Date: 1968
Label: Columbia

I already own this album, so I wont bother listening to it again. Believe me when I tell you it's a great album though.

Rating: 9/10
Favourite Song: So Long, Marianne.