| I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen [1][2] | |
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| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | September 30, 1991 |
| Genre | Folk rock |
| Length | 1:15:41 |
| Label | Atlantic (U.S.), EastWest (Europe) |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly |   (C+)[5] |
| Los Angeles Times | [6] |
I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen is a tribute album to Leonard Cohen, released in 1991, produced by the French music magazine Les Inrockuptibles.[7] The album features Cohen's songs interpreted by some of the most respected rock acts of the time.[8] Its name is a play on the title of Cohen's album I'm Your Man.
For the album's American release on Atlantic Records, R.E.M.'s rendition of "First We Take Manhattan" and House of Love's "Who by Fire" (the lead tracks on each side of the vinyl and cassette versions) were swapped so that R.E.M., one of the most popular American rock bands of the era, led the album. In all other countries where the album was released, however, the R.E.M. track appears on Side Two. In the United Kingdom, the album was distributed by record label EastWest Records, in France by Sony Music.
The album includes two different covers of "Tower of Song", one by Robert Forster and another by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The latter version is a radical deconstruction of the song, edited from an hour-long jam session held by the band.
- ^ Discogs - I'm Your Fan • The Songs Of Leonard Cohen By... Images, 1-CD 1991 - Atlantic 7 82349-2 US
- ^ Discogs - I'm Your Fan • The Songs Of Leonard Cohen By... Images, 2-vinyl 1991-September-30th - EastWest WX444 Europe
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. I'm Your Fan at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
- ^ Dretzka, Gary (1992-01-02). "Various artists I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Atlantic)". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
- ^ Browne, David (1991-12-13). "I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen Review". Entertainment Weekly. Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 18, 2007. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
- ^ Willman, Chris (1992-03-01). "Record Rack: In Brief". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ^ I'm Your Fan at The leonard Cohen Files
- ^ Rock and Roll hall of Fame - Inductee - Leonard Cohen