Songs of Leonard Cohen

Songs of Leonard Cohen
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 27, 1967 (1967-12-27)[1]
RecordedOctober – November 1967[2]
StudioColumbia Studio E, New York
GenreContemporary folk[3]
Length41:02. 49:11 (CD reissue with bonus tracks)
LabelColumbia[1]
ProducerJohn Simon
Leonard Cohen chronology
Songs of Leonard Cohen
(1967)
Songs from a Room
(1969)

Songs of Leonard Cohen is the debut album by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, released on December 27, 1967, on Columbia Records. Less successful in the US than in Europe, Songs of Leonard Cohen foreshadowed the kind of chart success Cohen would go on to achieve. It reached number 83 on the Billboard 200. It peaked at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart, spending nearly a year and a half on it.

  1. ^ a b Unterberger, Richie (February 20, 2014). "Introduction – CD Two: 2. Leonard Cohen: Master Song". Jingle Jangle Morning: Folk-Rock in the 1960s. BookBaby. ISBN 9780991589210.
  2. ^ Harvey Kubernik (2014). Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows
  3. ^ "20 Best Folk Music Albums of All Time". NME. Time Inc. UK. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

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