Rating: 4/5
Review:
Very good performance, adequate sound quality
I keep swearing that I will give up these Leonard Cohen FM
broadcasts because there are so many being released, probably to cash in on his
death…and then I just keep getting one more.
This is a good one from 1988.
The performances are, of course, very good. Cohen himself is in fine voice and his band
play and sing very well. There's a lot
of material from I'm Your Man, which suites me just fine and I like the
versions here; they're generally a little quicker than the album originals but
they still work well. And, of course,
there's a good smattering of other fine songs.
The balance is pretty good and overall it's a good live performance.
The issue with all these old FM broadcasts is the sound
quality. It's not bad on this
album. There are some moments when the treble
sounds unpleasantly harsh - almost to the point of distortion - and there is
audible FM hiss throughout, but none of this is bad enough to spoil my
enjoyment. If you want a record of the
Great man performing in the late '80s, this will serve you well, I think.
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