Death of a Ladies’ Man – Leonard Cohen
My utmost respect to anybody who can listen to this more than once. This is anti-music.
- The “music” is flat and dull, without any attempt at dynamics or anything interesting.
- The production is awful – see above
- The singing is OK in parts, but the horrible “let’s get 30 people all singing at once” approach is a mess.
- Worst of all is the lyrics – My God, they are truly awful, embarrassing and in parts misogynistic.
The only positive I can find is that there is a
slight uplift in tempo for the last three tracks, but again, the song are nothing to write home about. That this is from an artist capable of songs as good as “Hallelujah”, “First We Take Manhattan” and “You Want It Darker” is a bit of a mystery.
Sorry
@denislawsbackheel, there is not one single element in this that I can feel positive about. I actually preferred your previous selection,
The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter – I never thought I’d say that, but this album has shown me how truly terrible music can be. 2/10.
