Ten New Songs [Import] 09/27/2011 " the driving sting of

" the driving sting of "Up Around The Bend

this may be Lennon's finest solo album

and the intoxicating power of wordplay

"Only A Northern Song" and "It's All Too Much" mark the adventurously experimental phase the Beatles were in at that time and dabble in woozy psychedelic shadings laced with orchestrations that continued to influence cutting-edge pop artists for decades to come

Additional personnel: Glen Phillips (vocals)

Ten New Songs [Import] 09/27/2011 " the driving sting ofPersonnel: Leonard Cohen (vocals); Sharon Robinson (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Bob Metzger (guitar). The nine year gap separating THE FUTURE and TEN NEW SONGS was by far the longest in Leonard Cohen's recording career. The surprising thing is that after all that interim time spent on a mountain in Zen meditation (no, really) the tone and outlook of Cohen's work seems hardly altered. Most importantly, his masterful songwriting acumen