Leonard Cohen 30-Day Tribute ... Day 18: Album #2 - Bird on the Wire

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Day 18: Album #2: Songs from a Room is the second album by Canadian musician Leonard Cohen, Billboard Top LPs and No. 2 on the UK charts. Released in 1969. It reached No. 63 on the U.

Wikipedia: Unlike his augmented debut, Cohen's sophomore effort is austere by comparison, with considerably less drums, and featuring a stripped-down approach that emphasize the words rather than the musical arrangements. In 2001, Cohen admitted to Sylvie Simmons of Mojo, "It's very stark. A lot of my friends who were musical purists had castigated me for the lushness and over-production of my first record and I was determined to do a very simple album."


Side one

1. "Bird on the Wire" – 3:28 **
2. "Story of Isaac" – 3:38
3. "A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes" – 3:18
4. "The Partisan" (Hy Zaret, Anna Marly) – 3:29
5. "Seems So Long Ago, Nancy" – 3:41

Side two

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1. "The Old Revolution" – 4:50
2. "The Butcher" – 3:22
3. "You Know Who I Am" – 3:32
4. "Lady Midnight" – 3:01
5. "Tonight Will Be Fine" – 3:53

Bonus tracks

1. "Like a Bird (Bird on the Wire)" – 3:21
2. "Nothing to One (You Know Who I Am)" – 2:17