It is Cohen's second American top 10 album. In the United States, You Want It Darker debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200 with 25,000 units, 24,000 of which were pure album sales. The album occupied the top position for three consecutive weeks and sold 106,000 units by the end of the year in Canada. In Canada, You Want It Darker debuted atop the album charts, with 19,400 in traditional sales and a total of 20,000 units. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 92, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 28 reviews. You Want It Darker received widespread acclaim from music critics. Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores Musically, the album is "a little bit more sparse and acoustic" compared to his recent albums, according to Adam Cohen. Despite his medical condition, Adam Cohen said that "occasionally, in bouts of joy, he would even, through his pain, stand up in front of the speakers, and we'd repeat a song over and over like teenagers". Ĭohen has said his condition helped him eliminate any distractions during the recording of the album: "In a certain sense, this particular predicament is filled with many fewer distractions than other times in my life and actually enables me to work with a little more concentration and continuity than when I had duties of making a living, being a husband, being a father". Due to Leonard Cohen's mobility issues, You Want It Darker was recorded in the living room of his home in Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles and then sent by e-mail to his musical collaborators.
It was Cohen's last album released during his lifetime and was followed by the posthumous album Thanks for the Dance in November 2019.Īfter touring extensively between 20, Leonard Cohen began to suffer "multiple fractures of the spine" among other physical problems, according to his son Adam Cohen. The title track was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance in January 2018. The album was created at the end of his life and focuses on death, God, and humor. You Want It Darker is the fourteenth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, released on October 21, 2016, by Columbia Records, 17 days before Cohen's death.
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