Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas

Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas

Old Ideas marked a late-career resurgence for Leonard Cohen, arriving after years of touring and renewed creative energy. The album is steeped in reflection, mortality, humour, and spiritual contemplation, delivered through Cohen’s unmistakable baritone and stripped-back arrangements. Working with long-time collaborators and a small circle of musicians, he crafts a record that feels both intimate and worldly - philosophical without ever losing its dry wit or emotional weight.

It is a meditation on ageing, faith, desire, and acceptance, presented with remarkable clarity and restraint. Rather than reinventing himself, Cohen refines everything to its essence, resulting in one of his most grounded and quietly powerful later works.

Tracklist:

1. Going Home – 3:50
2. Amen – 7:39
3. Show Me The Place – 4:08
4. Darkness – 4:30
5. Anyhow – 3:09
6. Crazy To Love You – 3:08
7. Come Healing – 2:53
8. Banjo – 3:26
9. Lullaby – 4:48
10. Different Sides – 4:10