{"product_id":"songs-of-love-and-hate-black-friday-2021","title":"Songs Of Love And Hate (Black Friday 2021)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e50th Anniversary Edition\u003c\/em\u003e on opaque white vinyl, with updated \/ re-typeset embossed packaging that includes a brand new 8 page 12x12 lyric booklet. The audio has been sourced from the original analogue tapes via a new direct digital transfer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThough it's not really a concept album, it does feel like a guided tour through one man's battle-scarred love life. The utter emotional degradation of \"\u003cem\u003eAvalanche\u003c\/em\u003e\", the suicidal frenzy of \"\u003cem\u003eDress Rehearsal Rag\u003c\/em\u003e\", and the bitter regret of \"\u003cem\u003eLast Year's Man\u003c\/em\u003e\" all sound like stops on the same ill-fated journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePossibly Cohen's finest album, it would stand as a monument to explorers of the musical dark side for decades to come - such as \u003cstrong\u003eNick Cave\u003c\/strong\u003e, who memorably covered \"\u003cem\u003eAvalanche\u003c\/em\u003e\" - and to anyone nursing a bitter, broken heart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sony","offers":[{"title":"White | LP","offer_id":50500956160331,"sku":"1132466","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/966b16ad-aa65-4d15-aa6d-8ac24290fb5b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727780838","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/songs-of-love-and-hate-black-friday-2021","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}