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You Want It Darker is the fourteenth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, released on October 21, 2016, by Columbia Records, nineteen days before Cohen's death.[1][2] The album was created towards the end of his life and focuses on death, God, and humor. It was released to critical acclaim. The title track was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance in January 2018. It was the last album released during his lifetime.
Wikipedia: After touring extensively between 2008 and 2013, Leonard Cohen began to suffer "multiple fractures of the spine" among other physical problems, according to his son Adam Cohen.[3] Due to Leonard Cohen's mobility issues, You Want It Darker was recorded in the living room of his home in Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles and then sent by e-mail to his musical collaborators.[4]
Cohen has said his condition helped him eliminate any distractions during the recording of the album: "In a certain sense, this particular predicament is filled with many fewer distractions than other times in my life and actually enables me to work with a little more concentration and continuity than when I had duties of making a living, being a husband, being a father".[4] Despite his medical condition, Adam Cohen said his father "Occasionally, in bouts of joy, he would even, through his pain, stand up in front of the speakers, and we'd repeat a song over and over like teenagers".[3]
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Tracks
| 1. | "You Want It Darker" | Patrick Leonard | Adam Cohen | 4:44 |
| 2. | "Treaty" | L. Cohen | Leonard | 4:02 |
| 3. | "On the Level" | Sharon Robinson | A. Cohen | 3:27 |
| 4. | "Leaving the Table" | L. Cohen | A. Cohen | 3:47 |
| 5. | "If I Didn't Have Your Love" | Leonard | Leonard | 3:35 |
| ***6. | "Traveling Light" |
| A. Cohen | 4:22 |
| 7. | "It Seemed the Better Way" | Leonard | A. Cohen | 4:21 |
| 8. | "Steer Your Way" | L. Cohen | A. Cohen | 4:23 |
| 9. | "String Reprise / Treaty" | L. Cohen | Leonard | 3:26 |
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