Montreal's answer to Bobby D, Songs Of Love And Hate, recorded in Nashville by famous producer Bob Johnson. Cohen's usual folk sounds has the addition of string arrangements on the record making the mood moodier. His words seem to speak straight to the heart, poignant lyrics emulating feeling, spearheading itself to everyman. Even the tunes that I'd consider bad,
Diamonds in the Mine and
Sing Another Song, Boys, have a pre-John Cooper Clarke quality to it. I just wonder why they didn't put any effort for the cover, they didn't have an artist friend hanging around to pick up the slack, oh well f*uck it, let's sing a song for
Last Year's Man .... "Sincerely, L." Jerm-man!
