Length 63:03 | Release date 20 February 2001 Genre Folk rock | |
Released February 20, 2001 (copyrighted 2000) Recorded December 4, 5, 6, 1979 at the Hammersmith Odeon, London and December 15, 1979 at the Dome Theatre, Brighton Similar Leonard Cohen albums, Folk rock albums |
Leonard cohen field commander cohen tour of 1979 with lyrics
Field Commander Cohen: Tour of 1979 is a live album by Leonard Cohen released in 2001. Songs were recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, on 4, 5, and December 6, 1979 and at the Dome Theatre, Brighton, on December 15, 1979. Cohen said it was his best tour ever.
Contents
Accompanying Cohen was the jazz band Passenger from Austin, Texas, consisting of members Steve Meador on drums, Roscoe Beck on bass, Mitch Watkins on guitar, Bill Ginn on keyboards and Paul Ostermayer on sax and flute. Other tour members included violinist Raffi Hakopian, oudist John Bilezikjian, and backup singers Jennifer Warnes and Sharon Robinson. Beck would become a stalwart of Cohen's studio and live bands for more than a decade afterwards.
Reception
James Hunter of Rolling Stone called the LP "elaborately, and yet simply, awesome." Mark Deming of AllMusic writes that Field Commander Cohen "presents an especially strong argument for Cohen's gifts as a musician." The New York Observer also praised the album: "Mr. Cohen's voice is warm and strong throughout, and still has some of the high end that is not so evident on his last two studio albums..."
Track listing
- "Field Commander Cohen" – 4:25
- "The Window" – 5:51
- violin solo by Raffi Hakopian
- "The Smokey Life" – 5:34
- duet with Jennifer Warnes
- "The Gypsy's Wife" – 5:20
- violin solo by Raffi Hakopian
- "Lover Lover Lover" – 6:31
- includes two long oud solos by John Bilezikjian
- "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" – 4:04
- violin solo by Raffi Hakopian
- "The Stranger Song" – 4:55
- "The Guests" – 6:05
- violin solo by Raffi Hakopian
- "Memories" – (Cohen, Phil Spector) 4:38
- sax solo by Paul Ostermayer
- "Why Don't You Try" – 3:43
- duet with Sharon Robinson, solo by Paul Ostermayer
- "Bird on the Wire" – 5:10
- guitar solo by Mitch Watkins
- "So Long, Marianne" – 6:44
Songs
1Field Commander Cohen4:26
2The Window5:52
3The Smokey Life5:34