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Leonard CohenYou Want It Darker

Label:

Columbia – 88985365071, Sony Music – 88985365071

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Rock, Pop, Folk, World, & Country

Style:

Folk Rock, Pop Rock, Ballad

Tracklist

A1You Want It Darker
Arranged By [Choral Arrangement]Adam Cohen, Conor O'neil, Roï Azoulay
ConductorRoï Azoulay
DrumsRob Humphreys
Electric Organ [B3 Organ]Neil Larsen, Patrick Leonard
Engineer [Engineers]Bill Bottrell, Howard Bilerman, Michael Chaves
Keyboards [Keyboard Bass]Patrick Leonard
Keyboards [Keys]Michael Chaves
Music ByPatrick Leonard
Producer [Produced By]Adam Cohen
Words ByLeonard Cohen
A2Treaty
BassSean Hurley
Engineer [Engineers]Florian Ammon, Michael Chaves
Producer [Produced By], Piano, Keyboards [All Keyboards]Patrick Leonard
Words By, Music ByLeonard Cohen
A3On The Level
Backing Vocals [Background Vocals]Dana Glover
Bass, Piano, OrganPatrick Leonard
DrumsBrian Macleod
Electric GuitarBill Bottrell
Engineer [Engineers]Bill Bottrell, Florian Ammon, Michael Chaves
Music BySharon Robinson
Producer [Produced By]Adam Cohen
Words ByLeonard Cohen
A4Leaving The Table
DrumsRob Humphreys
Electric Guitar, Pedal Steel GuitarBill Bottrell
Engineer [Engineers]Bill Bottrell, Michael Chaves, Zac Rae
Guitar, Mellotron, Celesta [Celeste], Keyboards [Keys], PianoZac Rae
Producer [Produced By], Classical Guitar [Nylon String Guitar]Adam Cohen
Words By, Music ByLeonard Cohen
A5If I Didn't Have Your Love
Electric GuitarBill Bottrell
Electric Organ [B3 Organ]Neil Larsen, Patrick Leonard
Engineer [Engineers]Bill Bottrell, Florian Ammon, Michael Chaves
Music ByPatrick Leonard
Producer [Produced By], Drum Programming, Keyboards [Keys Bass], PianoPatrick Leonard
Words ByLeonard Cohen
B6Traveling Light
Backing Vocals [Background Vocals]Athena Andreadis
BouzoukiTom Hemby
Cello [Cello Bass]Mai Bloomfield
Drum ProgrammingMichael Chaves, Patrick Leonard
Engineer [Engineers]Bruce Gaitsch, Michael Chaves, Zac Rae
KeyboardsPatrick Leonard
Mandolin [Mandolins], Classical Guitar [Nylon String Guitar], Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Mellotron [Mellotrons], Tom Tom [Floor Tom], Mandola [Octaphone]Zac Rae
Producer [Produced By]Adam Cohen
ViolinDavid Davidson
Words ByLeonard Cohen
B7It Seemed The Better Way
Arranged By [Choral Arrangement]Adam Cohen, Conor O'neil, Jake Smith (19), Roï Azoulay
ConductorRoï Azoulay
Engineer [Engineers]Bruce Gaitsch, Howard Bilerman, Michael Chaves
Keyboards [Keys], Electric Organ [B3 Organ], PercussionPatrick Leonard
Music ByPatrick Leonard
Producer [Produced By]Adam Cohen
ViolinDavid Davidson
Words ByLeonard Cohen
B8Steer Your Way
Acoustic Guitar [Steel String Guitar]Bruce Gaitsch
Backing Vocals [Background Vocals]Alison Kraus*, Dana Glover
DrumsRob Humphreys
Engineer [Engineers]Bruce Gaitsch, Florian Ammon, Michael Chaves
PercussionPatrick Leonard
Producer [Produced By], Classical Guitar [Nylon String Guitar]Adam Cohen
ViolinDavid Davidson
Words By, Music ByLeonard Cohen
B9String Reprise / Treaty
CelloYoshika Masuda
Engineer [Engineers]Florian Ammon, Michael Chaves
Producer [Produced By], Composed By [Strings], Conductor [Strings]Patrick Leonard
Violin [Violin 1]Luanne Homzy
Violin [Violin 2]Etienne Gara
Words By, Music ByLeonard Cohen
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Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanySony Music Entertainment
  • Distributed BySony Music Entertainment
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Sony Music Entertainment
  • Copyright ©Sony Music Entertainment
  • Copyright ©Old Ideas, LLC
  • Copyright ©Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
  • Mastered AtMarcussen Mastering
  • Mastered AtRecord Technology Incorporated – 26790
  • Mastered AtRecord Technology Incorporated – 26765
  • Made BySony Music Entertainment International Services GmbH
  • Published ByOld Ideas, LLC
  • Published ByTwo Word Music
  • Published ByLike A Man Music, LLC
  • Published BySharon Robinson Songs

Credits

  • Design [Album And Booklet Design]Sammy Slabbinck
  • Illustration [Hummingbird Image]Dianne V. Lawrence*
  • Lacquer Cut ByBG*
  • ManagementKory & Rice, LLP, Michelle Rice, Robert Kory
  • Mastered ByStephen Marcussen
  • Mixed ByMichael "Don Miguel" Chaves*
  • Photography By [Cover Photo], Cover [Cover Photo], Producer [Produced By]Adam Cohen
  • Product Manager [Executive Assistant]Kezban Özcan
  • Sleeve Notes [Uncredited]Leonard Cohen

Notes

Contains printed inner sleeve with lyrics and credits
Sticker on the cover "9 Haunting New Songs"
Includes free download code.

Tracks are listed sequentially, regardless of sides.

[Inner sleeve]
Mastered at Marcussen Mastering, Los Angeles
Treaty, Leaving The Table, Steer Your Way, String Reprise / Treaty copyright 2016 Old Ideas, LLC (SOCAN)
You Want It Darker, If I Didn’t Have Your Love, It Seemed The Better Way, copyright 2016 Old Ideas, LLC and Two Word Music (BMI)
Traveling Light, copyright 2016 Old Ideas, LLC, Two Word Music, and Like A Man Music, LLC (ASCAP)
On The Level, copyright 2016 Old Ideas, LLC and Sharon Robinson Songs (ASCAP)
All text, images and photographs © 2016 by Old Ideas, LLC.
All rights administered by Sony / ATV Music Publishing LLC, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37203

[Back]
℗ & © 2016 Sony Music Entertainment. All text, images and photographs © 2016 by Old Ideas, LLC. Made in the EU. Sony Music Entertainment International Service GmbH, PO Box 510, 33311 Gütersloh, Germany. Columbia is the exclusive trademark of Sony Music Entertainment.

[Labels]
℗ & © 2016 Sony Music Entertainment. All text, images and photographs © 2016 by Old Ideas, LLC. Made in the EU. Columbia is the exclusive trademark of Sony Music Entertainment.

Runouts are etched.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 8 89853 65071 2
  • Barcode (Scanned): 889853650712
  • Label Code: LC00162
  • Rights Society: BIEM/GEMA
  • Rights Society (Tracks A3, B6): ASCAP
  • Rights Society (Tracks A1, A5, B7): BMI
  • Rights Society (Tracks A2, A4, B8, B9): SOCAN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): AL88985365071 26790.1(3) 120540 BG
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): BL88985365071 26765.2(3). .120540 BG
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): AL88985365071 26790.1(3)... 120540 BG
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): BL88985365071 26765.2(3)... 120540 BG

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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
You Want It Darker (CD, Album, Digipak)Columbia88985365072US2016
You Want It Darker (CD, Album, Digipak)Columbia, Sony Music88985365072Europe2016
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You Want It Darker (CD, Album, Digipak)Columbia, Sony Music88985365072Canada2016
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You Want It Darker (9×File, AAC, Album, 256 kbps)Columbia889853650722016
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You Want It Darker (CD, Album, Digipak)Sony Records Int'lSICP 5076Japan2016

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Reviews

  • OldRusty's avatar
    OldRusty
    Incredible sounding hot-wax, so 3-dimensional & lifelike it's as though Leonard is 'right there' ya dig? Vinyl on my copy is whisper-quiet as well...
    • Somaz's avatar
      Somaz
      Amazing .
      Sounds mint to me , no noise , beautiful pressing
      • buenasalud's avatar
        buenasalud
        Noisy surface with dimples. Cute in kids nor so much on vinyl.
        Guess I’ll try the Euro version.
        • bowieemma's avatar
          bowieemma
          The songs ... as deep as it can get. Once I have it on the turntable I cannot stop listening to it over and over again. The album sucks be up completely.
          • matthew.walker's avatar
            I've compared the Europe vs 3 US pressings and the European copy comes out a long way ahead - MUCH less surface noise and better separation.
            Amazingly emotional recording...a must.
            • Andrewslattery's avatar
              Good lord this sounds good. Silent wax. Leonard's voice cuts through like gravel (in a good way). Sounds like he's playing right in front of you! You can't really argue with anything really. Bernie Grundman mastering, RTI press. It's a win
              • Mayfield_1's avatar
                Mayfield_1
                Edited 2 years ago
                bad pressing - distorted layers in the intro, later tics and imperfections. I say this w bleeding heart: get the CD.
                • ReinerH's avatar
                  ReinerH
                  When I bought it, just after it came out, I could hardly listen to this album, because of its dark mood. Now, with some distance, I can concentrate on the quality of the songs. And there are quite a few strong compositions. Tasteful arrangements, too.

                  The sound quality is very good, very transparent, Cohen's voice is close, as several others observed. I was lucky with my pressing, it is quiet and except very few of tiniest little crackles (only audible at higher volume on good equipment), nearly perfect. I don't worry about dirt: after two rounds in my Gläss ultrasonic cleaner any possible dirt is gone.
                  • geokarydis's avatar
                    geokarydis
                    Edited 3 years ago
                    My copy is perfect in every way. Perhaps I was lucky...It has good sound with no noise.The dynamics are good.The voice is very deep and all the instruments sound like playing front of you.
                    • head_drummer's avatar
                      head_drummer
                      I rate a release, not the music. Nice print, but the quality of pressing is very bad. Hissing in right channel during whole album. Lots of micro-pops. Very noisy mass. Very disappointed with this pressing of an excellent album.

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