... (There be more appropriate "Songs From A Room" or "songs of love and hate") - but not the last. Sooner or later, all you need anyway ... After End-Seventies career setback, Cohen used here gradually more pleasing, "pop" arrangements to, the original sparseness differs warmer sounds. Nevertheless, the food is anything but shallow, on the contrary: The friction between the more complacent band and Cohen's existential statement gives the matter a unique depth. Who does not believe this, just listen "If it be your will" or "Hallelujah" - the latter song coverten way already Bob Dylan, John Cale, Jeff Buckley and Bono. And the well know why ...
