Suzanne (track) by Leonard Cohen

Suzanne by Leonard Cohen
Year: 1967
From the album Songs Of Leonard Cohen (track #1)
Average Rating: 
91/100 (from 337 votes)
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Suzanne appears on the following album(s) by Leonard Cohen:


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91/100 (from 337 votes)
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 91.1/100, a mean average of 90.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.5.

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75/100
From 01/30/2021 15:00
I like this song - the production is good and I like it's sparseness. I particularly like the Oooohing backing vocals. I agree some of the poetic lyrics are a bit mmmmh. Just read that he was a bit unhappy with the orchestration which he felt was overblown - not on my version - it's good and subtle
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70/100
From 08/11/2020 19:36
A nice tune, no doubt, but the lyrics are pseudo art.

For you've touched her perfect body with your mind. Really?

And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water. – To my simple mind, he was no sailor at all. Just an on-water-walker.
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100/100
From 04/15/2018 20:13
When I first heard this I had to turn off my media player because any other song would sound horrible after listening to this.
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95/100
From 03/04/2017 15:08
One of Cohen's best tracks, showcasing some of the finest songwriting of all time. It's made more powerful by the sparseness of the music behind it.
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From 01/05/2016 17:00
Beautiful
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From 12/26/2014 17:15
most like a beautiful song, really good
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