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Famous Blue Raincoat: 20th Anniversary Edition
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0766486135024
Format: Collector's Edition
Label: Shout Factory
Manufacturer: Shout Factory
MPN: 10490
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Shout Factory
Release Date: August 07, 2007
Studio: Shout Factory
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Editorial 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
On Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen, Jennifer Warnes rearranged and reinterpreted some of Leonard Cohen's greatest songs for a unique album that remains the ultimate tribute to Cohen's music. It was greeted with rave reviews, and made numerous year-end best-of lists. This deluxe new reissue contains four previously unreleased songs and a 24-page booklet with rare photos from Warnes' personal collection.
Best known for such pop hits as the Oscar- and Grammywinning duets "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," with Bill Medley, from the film Dirty Dancing, and "Up Where We Belong," with Joe Cocker, from the film An Officer and a Gentleman, Jennifer Warnes has earned her greatest acclaim for Farmous Blue Raincoat, considered by many to be one of thebest albums of the '80s
Features four previously unreleased recordings
Digitally remastered from the original analog tapes
Deluxe booklet that tells the story behind one of the most acclaimed albums of all time
"Her voice is like the California weather--filled with sunlight , but there's an earthquake behind it." --Leonard Cohen
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - A fabulous album
I can't believe I had never heard of this album until I just stumbled across it while browsing music online. The first time I listened to it, I was simply amazed. This is truly one of the greatest albums I own. The combination of Leonard Cohen's songwriting genius and Jennifer's rich voice make for an unforgettable album that stands up to repeated listenings.
Rating: - THE Leonard Cohen record to buy
I will echo what one of the other reviewers has said: sometimes you want a real singer to sing real songs. Cohen is a much better poet than we can ever hope to get in pop music, but Warnes has a real voice. Cohen is prone to sing flat at times. His voice drifts downward. Warnes has a better instrument. And even if you didn't know who Cohen or Warnes were, this is a great record anyway.
Rating:  - Famous Blue Raincoat Jennifer Warnes
If you liked the original release and you have the equipment to realise the benefit of the remastering then this is a well worth while addition to your collection.
The sound quality over the original is spectacular I could hear things that never existed in the original standard release Jennifers voice and the backing vocals present themselves as if it were a personal performance.
I would like to see the same done to the Hunter album or maybe an SACD 5.1 version of both of ... Read More
Rating: - Desert Island Selection - Seven Stars
With this collection, Jennifer Warnes helped many people to discover the songwriting brillaince of Leonard Cohen. Many also realized that they had missed just how incredible of a vocalist Jennifer is. But it all starts with the songs and these are outstanding. It's kind of funny that I got to know Cohen through Joe Cocker's version of Bird on a Wire and I got to know Jennifer through her duet with Joe on Up Where We Belong. It's like there is proof of Zappa's Conceptual Continuity everywhere if ... Read More
Rating: - I LOVE this CD!
This is the best CD I've ever purchased. No one can top Jennifer Warnes' voice and her interpretation of Leonard Cohen's music is beyond belief. I love the song Ballad of the Runaway Horse. I had never heard that song. Now I'm eager to find Leonard's rendition of it too! You can't go wrong with Jennifer Warnes. She can sing anything!
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