Old Ideas
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January 27, 2012 |
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| Label (s) | Columbia | |||
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LP, CD |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
41 min 44 s |
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Studio (s) |
los Angeles |
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Old Ideas is the twelfth studio album by Leonard Cohen and was released in Germany and Europe on January 27, 2012 and January 31, 2012 in the USA. The album was made available for free and legal streaming on various websites on January 22nd and 23rd .
It was produced by Patrick Leonard (previously Pink Floyd and Madonna ), Anjani Thomas , Ed Sanders and Dino Soldo .
Track list
- Going Home - 3:51
- Amen - 7:36
- Show Me the Place - 4:09
- Darkness - 4:30
- Anyhow - 3:09
- Crazy to Love You - 3:06
- Come Healing - 2:53
- Banjo - 3:23
- Lullaby - 4:46
- Different sides - 4:06
Track 1, 3, 5, 7: Leonard Cohen and Patrick Leonard
Track 2, 4, 8, 9, 10: Leonard Cohen
Track 6: Leonard Cohen and Anjani Thomas
reception
The album received mostly very good reviews, which shows a Metascore of 86% as an average of 21 professional reviews.
The Daily Telegraph , for example, gives the album full marks and speaks of "the work of a genius". The Rolling Stone rated the album four and a half out of five, providing in particular the texts out that "according to the power of prayers, hymns and religious mysteries grab" would
Pitchfork Media rates the album 7.4 out of 10 and states that it is not the best album Cohen has ever released, but neither cheap nor unimportant. The songs are neat, but the singing is overwhelming. Stylistically, the album is arranged sparingly and cautiously, rooted in blues and gospel and perhaps closest to folk music , of everything that Cohen has released since the 1970s.
The album was also largely rated positively in German-speaking media, including four out of five points from laut.de and Plattentests.de with eight out of ten points.
"If 'Old ideas' should become Cohen's legacy, it's a worthy one."
People involved
- Vocals, guitar, artwork: Leonard Cohen
- Studio musician: Unified Heart Touring Band
- Production: Patrick Leonard , Anjani Thomas , Ed Sanders , Dino Soldo
- Backing vocals: Dana Glover , Sharon Robinson , The Webb Sisters , Jennifer Warnes
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart sources: DE ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AT CH UK US
- ^ The Guardian Old Ideas Stream
- ↑ a b c Plattentests.de Old Ideas review
- ↑ a b c d e Competition: Fly to Leonard Cohen in Paris! ( Memento of August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Leonard Cohen website
- ↑ Old Ideas at Metacritic
- ↑ Rolling Stone Review: Old Ideas
- ↑ "The lyrics on Old Ideas reach for the stark power of prayers, hymns and religious riddles."
- ^ Pitchfork Media Review: Old Ideas
- ↑ “This is not the best album Cohen has put out. It is also not The Bucket List-- certainly not cheap or trivial or trading on his age alone. The songs are decent, the singing is stunning. "
- ↑ "Old Ideas is a spare, low-key album rooted in blues and gospel - maybe the closest thing he's made to 'folk' music since the early 1970s."
