Leonard Cohen • Old Ideas
Columbia Records 88697986711
33-RPM 180 g LP
Old Ideas is Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen’s twelfth studio album. It consists of ten tracks, including (the self-referential?) Going Home, Amen, and Show Me the Place, the latter of which includes guest lyrics from long-time Cohen friend and collaborator, Jennifer Warnes.
The sound quality is very good, suiting the simple musical arrangements and Cohen’s raspy, almost spoken, singing.
The album includes a copy of the CD, something I wholeheartedly endorse and prefer to the more usual MP3 download codes. Having a CD enables listeners to rip the music to whatever quality they prefer (I, of course, rip only to uncompressed AIFF files!).