On 'More Fans', the John Cale track 'The Queen and Me' covers the Cohen track 'Queen Victoria' found on Cohen's album Live Songs. Nick Cave once described the track ‘Avalanche’ as a hidden song. 'More Fans', a free promotional bonus CD, was released in France by FNAC along with the main album. 'Paperthin Hotel' – The Fatima MansionsĪll songs written by Leonard Cohen with the exceptions of 'Don't Go Home with Your Hard-On' and 'True Love Leaves No Traces', both cowritten by Phil Spector.' Suzanne' (instrumental) – Geoffrey Oryema.'Tower of Song' – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.'A Singer Must Die' – The Fatima Mansions.'True Love Leaves No Traces' – Dead Famous People His influence has been cited by Nick Cave, Suzanne Vega and Rufus Wainwright, who said recently: 'I really believe he's the greatest living poet on earth.' 5 Cohen's albums regularly go to no.'Don't Go Home with Your Hard-On' – David McComb & Adam Peters.'Stories of the Street' – That Petrol Emotion.'Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye' – Ian McCulloch.

The latter version is a radical deconstruction of the song, edited from an hour-long jam session held by the band. The album includes two different covers of 'Tower of Song', one by Robert Forster and another by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

In the United Kingdom, the album was distributed by record label EastWest Records, in France by Sony Music. In all other countries where the album was released, however, the R.E.M. Its name is a play on the title of Cohen's album I'm Your Man.įor the album's American release on Atlantic Records, R.E.M.'s rendition of 'First We Take Manhattan' and House of Love's 'Who by Fire' (the lead tracks on each side of the vinyl and cassette versions) were swapped so that R.E.M., one of the most popular American rock bands of the era, led the album. The album features Cohen's songs interpreted by some of the most respected rock acts of the time. I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen is a tribute album to Leonard Cohen, released in 1991, produced by the French music magazine Les Inrockuptibles.

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