After the release of ˝Live in London˝ in March of last year, and ˝Live at the Isle of Wright 1970˝ in October of last year, Leonard Cohen has just released another, yes ANOTHER, live album/DVD combo.
I have to admit that my first reaction was ˝money grabbing move!!˝ I mean, last year’s ˝Live in London˝ 2CD/DVD combo is a fantastic document from his on-going (never-ending?) world tour.
˝Songs From the Road˝ (12 tracks; 66 min.) brings a collection of tunes recorded all over the world during the 08-09 world tour.
Upon reviewing the set list closer, I was pleasantly surprised that there is only a 4 song overlap (Bird on a Wire; Suzanne; Hallelujah; Closing Time) between this and the ˝Live in London˝ album.
Testament to the depth of Cohen’s catalogue, for one.
There are some really great songs on here, including ˝Lover, Lover, Lover˝ (one of my all-time favorite Cohen songs), but also ˝Famous Blue Raincoat˝ and some lesser-known songs like ˝Heart With No Companhion˝ and ˝That Don’t Make It Junk˝.
So immediately this became a must-have for me, period.
So it may be there a hint of ˝money-grabbing˝ by releasing this collection, but in the end, who would begrudge the legendary Leonard Cohen?