Gold Foil Embossing / Lyrics On Sleeve
A posthumous Leonard Cohen album called Thanks for the Dance.
Leonard’s son, Adam Cohen, produced and masterminded the project, enlisting a huge cast of musicians including Damien Rice and Leslie Feist (vocals), Arcade Fire bassist Richard Reed Parry, the National’s Bryce Dessner on guitar, Dustin O’Halloran on piano, and Leonard’s bandmate Javier Mas playing the man’s own guitar. Other features include Beck (on guitar and Jew’s harp), Daniel Lanois, Jennifer Warnes, the s t a r g a z e orchestra, and others.
Adam Cohen says in a press release, “In composing and arranging the music for his words, we chose his most characteristic musical signatures, in this way keeping him with us. What moves me most about the album is the startled response of those who have heard it. ‘Leonard lives!’ they say, one after the other.”
Tracklist:
A1 Happens To The Heart
A2 Moving On
A3 The Night Of Santiago
A4 Thanks For The Dance
B1 It's Torn
B2 The Goal
B3 Puppets
B4 The Hills
B5 Listen To The Hummingbird
Label: Columbia
Released: 2019