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Jennifer Warnes, Famous Blue Raincoat

Audio CD

Disk ID: 397106

Disk length: 41m 34s (9 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 1987

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. First We Take Manhattan 3:46
2. Bird On A Wire 4:42
3. Famous Blue Raincoat 5:33
4. Joan Of Arc (With Leonard Cohen) 7:59
5. Ain't No Cure For Love 3:21
6. Coming Back To You 3:44
7. Song Of Bernadette 3:55
8. A Singer Must Die 4:52
9. Came So Far For Beauty 3:36

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Review

Since Ella Fitzgerald never produced a songbook of Leonard Cohen songs, Jennifer Warnes's plush 1986 tribute is the next best thing. The sleekly seductive "First We Take Manhattan" is gilded by the guitars of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Robben Ford. Warnes doesn't add much to an evergreen like "Bird on a Wire," but she lays claim to the noirish title song with a confidential vocal that complements the chamber-pop arrangement. "Song of Bernadette" is a ripened gem, and the selection where Warnes lets down her refined vocal technique to reveal deep emotions. More often, Warnes is as professionally accomplished on this well-chosen set as her band of studio pros. --John Milward This album's worth of Leonard Cohen tunes was originally released in 1987. It remains as an audiophile's dream, as the recording is generally regarded as one of the best engineered ever. Many cite this disc as a benchmark to really put a stereo system to the test. Not to mention the fact that the performance is brilliant. Features the guitar work of the late Stevie Ray Vaughan & includes the Cohen staples 'Bird on a Wire', 'Joan of Arc (with L.C. on the guest vocal), and seven others.

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

Famous Blue Raincoat

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 41m 35s (+0m 1s)

Famous Blue Raincoat

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 41m 38s (+0m 4s)

Famous Blue Raincoat

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 41m 30s (-1m 56s)

Famous Blue Raincoat

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 41m 38s (+0m 4s)

Famous Blue Raincoat

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 41m 39s (+0m 5s)

Famous Blue Raincoat

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 41m 29s (-1m 55s)

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