Tower of Song

Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen is a tribute album to Leonard Cohen, released in 1995 on A&M; Records. It takes its name of a song by Cohen, that has been covered by Marianne Faithfull, Robert Forster, Peter Gabriel, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Martha Wainwright and Dax Riggs. The album was savaged by many music critics, who pointed out that the album's glossy mainstream pop approach badly distorted the contex... more

Release Date:

  • Oct 1995

Genre:

Musical Album

Label

A&M Records

A&M; Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group which operates through the Interscope-Geffen-A&M; division. A&M; Records was formed in 1962 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. Their first choice for a name was “Carnival Records,” under which they released two singles before...
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