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Linda Thompson (VII), Martha Wainwright, Adam Clayton, Kate McGarrigle, Larry Mullen Jr., Jo Weldon, Leonard Cohen, Beth Orton, Antony Hegarty, Anna McGarrigle - Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

Linda Thompson (VII), Martha Wainwright, Adam Clayton, Kate McGarrigle, Larry Mullen Jr., Jo Weldon, Leonard Cohen, Beth Orton, Antony Hegarty, Anna McGarrigle - Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

Band: Linda Thompson (VII), Martha Wainwright, Adam Clayton, Kate McGarrigle, Larry Mullen Jr., Jo Weldon, Leonard Cohen, Beth Orton, Antony Hegarty, Anna McGarrigle Title: Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man Rating: Release Date: 25 July, 2006 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Tower Of Song - Martha Wainwright 2: Tonight Will Be Fine - Teddy Thompson 3: I'm Your Man - Nick Cave 4: Winter Lady - Martha Wainwright, Kate & Anna McGarrigle 5: Sisters Of Mercy - Beth Orton 6: Chelsea Hotel No.2 - Rufus Wainwright 7: If It Be Your Will - Antony 8: I Can't Forget - Jarvis Cocker 9: Famous Blue Raincoat - The Handsome Family 10: Bird On A Wire - Perla Batalla 11: Everybody Knows - Rufus Wainwright 12: The Traitor - Martha Wainwright 13: Suzanne - Perla Batalla, Nick Cave & Julie Christensen 14: The Future - Teddy Thompson 15: Anthem - Perla Batalla, Julie Christensen 16: Tower Of Song - Leonard Cohen & U2

Editoral Review This celebration of Cohen's songbook began as a free concert that quickly mushroomed into a star-studded live tribute film shot at Sydney's famed Opera House and Brighton Dome. Already an accomplished poet and novelist before he ambled into the music business in his mid-'30s, Leonard Cohen has remained as musically influential as he is publicly enigmatic for four decades. Musically supervised by Hal Willner (who's produced similar recorded tributes to Mingus, Monk, Rota and Weill), it recasts Cohen's evocative, emotionally uncompromising songs in compelling performances by singers who range from fellow cult heroes Nick Cave and Beth Orton to energetic newcomer Teddy Thompson and even rock gods U2. The latter's powerful collaboration with Cohen himself on the signature "Tower of Song" bookends Martha Wainright's solo opening rendition of the composition, deftly underscoring the project's eclectic artisanship in the bargain. Cave somehow channels the title track through Chicago's South Side via Weimar Berlin, while Teddy Thompson ponders "The Future" with exuberance and The Handsome Family informs "Famous Blue Raincoat" with elegant melodrama. Other standouts include Rufus Wainwright's nouveau Tango work-up of "Everybody Knows," Perla Batalla's gorgeous, Norteño-seasoned "Bird On a Wire" and her collaborations with Cave and Julia Christenson on "Suzanne" and "Anthem. " A collection that's both a savvy primer to Cohen's catalog and impressive artistic achievement in its own right. --Jerry McCulley .. You can see a complete list of all Linda Thompson (VII), Martha Wainwright, Adam Clayton, Kate McGarrigle, Larry Mullen Jr., Jo Weldon, Leonard Cohen, Beth Orton, Antony Hegarty, Anna McGarrigle discography, or go back to the Linda Thompson (VII), Martha Wainwright, Adam Clayton, Kate McGarrigle, Larry Mullen Jr., Jo Weldon, Leonard Cohen, Beth Orton, Antony Hegarty, Anna McGarrigle tabs