Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen

On his debut album Leonard Cohen lays the ground work for much of later amazing decades long career.

The album starts off with the classic 'Suzanne'.  It seems pretty minimalist, but with this song less is more and the version that Cohen does on his 1994 live album is a favorite of mine.

I've always kind of liked 'Master Song', it is a little more up-tempo then the rest of the album and has a really dark cool vibe.

There are a few misfires on this album, but that is to be expected from the first album from a new artist.  Like there is one song on the B-side that uses alot of Spanish guitars and stuff and that whole summery Mediterranean style, mixed with Cohens dark mellow-ism doesn't work for me.

Probably the best song of the bunch is the albums closer: 'One of Us Cannot Be Wrong'.  It really sets forth the blue-print for much of Cohen later output and its style can still be heard I think mostly on 'Recent Songs'.