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Label:    Columbia – 88985346371
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 180g
Country:    Europe
Released:    2016
Genre:    Electronic, Rock
Style:    Pop Rock

A1        First We Take Manhattan
Coordinator [Production] – Roscoe Beck
Mixed By [Studio 55, Los Angeles] – Frank Wolfe*
Performer, Arranged By – Jeff Fisher
5:59
A2        Ain't No Cure For Love
Bass – Peter Kisilenko
Drums – Vinnie Colaiuta
Guitar – Bob Stanley*
Keyboards, Arranged By – Jeff Fisher
Saxophone – Richard Baudet
Vocals [Ad Lib] – Jennifer Warnes
4:49
A3        Everybody Knows
Arranged By, Keyboards – Leonard Cohen
Engineer [Dms Studios, Montreal] – Roger Guérin*
Mixed By [Rock Steady, Second] – Fred Deschamps*
Oud – John Bilezikjian
Producer, Arranged By, Keyboards – Michel Robidoux
Vocals – Jennifer Warnes
Written-By – Sharon Robinson
5:33
A4        I'm Your Man
Coordinator [Production] – Roscoe Beck
Drums – Tom Brechtlein
Engineer [Dms Studios, Montreal] – Roger Guerin
Keyboards – Leonard Cohen
Producer, Drums [Fill] – Michel Robidoux
4:25
B1        Take This Waltz
Arranged By, Performer – Jean-Philippe Rykiel
Engineer [Stagg Street Studio, Los Angeles] – Kevin Beauchamp
Engineer [Studio Montmartre, Paris] – Jean-Jacques Peruchon
Mixed By [Studio 55, Los Angeles] – Frank Wolfe*
Producer – Gean-Michel Reusser*
Violin – Raffi Hakopian
Vocals – Jennifer Warnes
Vocals [With] – Elisabeth Valletti, Evelyine Hebey*, Mayel Assouly
5:58
B2        Jazz Police
Drums [Additional] – Vinnie Colaiuta
Performer, Written-By, Arranged By – Jeff Fisher
3:51
B3        I Can't Forget
Drums – Vinnie Colaiuta
Engineer [Rock Steady, Los Angeles] – Billy Youdelman
Keyboards – Larry Cohen
Percussion – Lenny Castro
Piano – Leonard Cohen
Producer, Arranged By – Roscoe Beck
Steel Guitar – Sneaky Pete Kleinow
Vocals [With] – Jennifer Warnes, Jude Johnstone
4:29
B4        Tower Of Song
Arranged By, Performer – Leonard Cohen
Engineer [With] – François Deschamps
Vocals – Jennifer Warnes
5:37

Record Company – We Are Vinyl
Pressed By – Record Industry – 91027
Coordinator [Production] – Roscoe Beck
Coordinator [Technical] – Leanne Ungar
Design [Jacket] – Orchestra Paris
Engineer – Leanne Ungar (tracks: A3 to B1, B4)
Engineer [Studio Tempo, Montreal] – Ian Terry (2) (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Engineer [Studio Tempo, Second Engineer] – François Deschamps (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Mixed By [Rock Steady, Los Angeles] – Leanne Ungar (tracks: A2 to B4)
Mixed By [Rock Steady, Second Engineer] – Fred Echelard (tracks: A2, A4, B2 to B4)
Photography By [Coverphoto] – Sharon Weisz
Producer – Leonard Cohen (tracks: A1 to B2, B4), Roscoe Beck (tracks: A2, B1, B3)
Vocals – Anjani* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B2)
Vocals, Written-By – Leonard Cohen
Sticker : Legacy Vinyl 180g Superior Audio Quality

Barcode (Text): 8 89853 46371 8

The lyrics to "Take This Waltz" are based on Federico Garcia Lorca's poem "Little Viennese Waltz." Personnel: Leonard Cohen (vocals, arranger, various instruments); Anjani, Jennifer Warnes, Evelyine Hebey, Mayel Assouly, Elisabeth Valletti, Jude Johnstone (vocals); Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Jeff Fisher (arrangers, various instruments); Michel Robidoux (arranger, keyboards, drums); Roscoe Beck (arranger); Bob Stanley (guitar); Sneaky Pete Kleinow (steel guitar); John Bilezikjian (oud); Raffi Hakopian (violin); Richard Baudet (saxophone); Larry Cohen (keyboards); Peter Kisilenko (bass); Vinnie Colaiuta, Tom Brechtlein (drums); Lenny Castro (percussion). Producers: Leonard Cohen, Roscoe Beck, Michel Robidoux, Gean-Michel Reusser. Engineers include: Ian Terry, Roger Guerin, Francois Deschamps. Recorded at Studio Tempo and DMS Studios, Montreal, Canada; Rock Steady, Los Angeles, California; Studio Montmartre, Paris, France; Soundworks, New York, New York. Contemporary music's poet laureate, Leonard Cohen performs in a universe of pessimism, cynicism, spirituality and profound romance, all stirred with a dash of wit. On I'M YOUR MAN, his acid words burn deep to the soul. Cohen's poetry deals with powerful demons--"You loved me as a loser, but now you're worried that I just might win/You know the way to stop me, but you don't have the discipline/How many nights I've prayed for this: to let my work begin." He is obsessed with religion--"Everybody knows what you've been through/From the bloody cross on top of calvary to the beach at Malibu"--and has a love/hate relationship with himself--"My friends are gone and my hair is grey/I ache in places where I used to play." Often, existential dilemmas rear their complex heads ("They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom"), but it is eroticism that truly drives Leonard Cohen--"I'd drive howl at your beauty like a dog in heat/I'd claw at your heart and I'd tear at your sheet/I'd say 'please, please, I'm your man.'" Oh yes, there's music also. Cohen's deep, gruff vocals are offset by female singers, and by moody, textured instrumentation ranging from rock and jazz to classical and folk. Yet it is the language that is the true star of I'M YOUR MAN.

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: FOLK
• RSD Date: n/a
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 10/07/2016