Songs of Leonard Cohen | ||||
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Released | December 27, 1967[1] | |||
Recorded | October – November 1967[2] | |||
Studio | Columbia Studio E, New York | |||
Genre | Contemporary folk[3] | |||
Length | 41:02. 49:11 (CD reissue with bonus tracks) | |||
Label | Columbia[1] | |||
Producer | John Simon | |||
Leonard Cohen chronology | ||||
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Songs of Leonard Cohen is the debut album by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, released on December 27, 1967, on Columbia Records. More successful in Europe than in North America, Songs of Leonard Cohen foreshadowed the kind of chart success Cohen would go on to achieve. It peaked at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart, spending nearly a year and a half on it. In the US, it reached number 83 on the Billboard 200.