

Editors' Notes From his 1967 debut through this handpicked 2002 reckoning, no songwriter confounds the sacred and the profane more poetically than Leonard Cohen. His dark baritone and deceptively simple arrangements lend Biblical authority to early songs like "Suzanne" and "Sisters of Mercy." The life-affirming "Hallelujah" preceded "I'm Your Man" and "The Future," which depicted both life and love as a battlefield. Later songs like "A Thousand Kisses Deep" reflect Cohen's experience as a Zen monk.
Suzanne
1
3:47
The Stranger Song
2
4:58
Sisters of Mercy
3
3:32
Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
4
2:53
So Long, Marianne
5
5:36
Bird on the Wire
6
3:24
The Partisan
7
3:24
Famous Blue Raincoat
8
5:07
Chelsea Hotel #2
9
3:05
Take This Longing
10
4:05
Who By Fire
11
2:32
The Guests
12
6:38
Hallelujah
13
4:38
If It Be Your Will
14
3:41
Night Comes On
15
4:38
I'm Your Man
16
4:25
Everybody Knows
17
5:34
Tower of Song
18
5:36
Ain't No Cure for Love
1
4:49
Take This Waltz
2
5:58
First We Take Manhattan
3
5:50
Dance Me to the End of Love (Live)
4
6:04
The Future
5
6:40
Democracy
6
7:03
Waiting for the Miracle
7
7:42
Closing Time
8
5:57
Anthem
9
5:59
In My Secret Life
10
4:53
Alexandra Leaving
11
5:22
A Thousand Kisses Deep
12
6:26
Love Itself
13
5:21