{"product_id":"leonard-cohen-songs-of-love-hate-50th-anniv-reissue","title":"LEONARD COHEN - Songs Of Love \u0026 Hate (50th Anniv. Reissue)","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eLP – Standard 180g Black Vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt doesn’t get darker than this. Though \u003cstrong\u003eLeonard Cohen\u003c\/strong\u003e had already established himself as the doyen of doom with his first two albums, his third, \u003cem\u003eSongs of Love and Hate\u003c\/em\u003e, finds him kicking off the 1970s with the sharpest repudiation of the ’60s peace-and-love \/ flower-power ethic the world had yet seen from the ‘sensitive troubadour’ corner of the music map. Though it’s not really a concept album, it does feel like a guided tour through one man’s battle-scarred love life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe utter emotional degradation of ‘\u003cem\u003eAvalanche\u003c\/em\u003e,’ the suicidal frenzy of ‘dress rehearsal rag,’ and the bitter regret of ‘last year’s man’ all sound like stops on the same ill-fated journey. the arrangements are wisely based around Cohen’s world-weary voice and hypnotic acoustic-guitar patterns, with occasional orchestrations rising like dark clouds in the background. Possibly Cohen’s finest album, ‘\u003cem\u003eLove And Hate\u003c\/em\u003e‘ would stand as a monument to explorers of the musical dark side for decades to come – such as Nick Cave, who memorably covered ‘\u003cem\u003eAvalanche\u003c\/em\u003e‘ – and to anyone nursing a bitter, broken heart..\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SONY","offers":[{"title":"LP - 180g Vinyl","offer_id":41702123438241,"sku":"SDZ-20909","price":24.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/products\/Leonard-Cohen_-_Songs-Of-Love-And-Hate-50th-Anniversary-Edition_b7d5fbdc-a606-4512-89d7-d53cc7e012fd.jpg?v=1647204255","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/leonard-cohen-songs-of-love-hate-50th-anniv-reissue","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}