The Collection

Original Release Date:  July 1, 2008

Track Listing

• 1. Suzanne
• 2. Master Song
• 3. Winter Lady
• 4. The Stranger Song
• 5. Sisters of Mercy
• 6. So Long, Marianne
• 7. Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
• 8. Stories of the Street
• 9. Teachers
• 10. One of Us Cannot Be Wrong
• 11. Dance Me to the End of Love
• 12. Coming Back to You
• 13. The Law
• 14. Night Comes On
• 15. Hallelujah
• 16. The Captain
• 17. Hunter's Lullaby
• 18. Heart with No Companion
• 19. If It Be Your Will
• 20. First We Take Manhattan
• 21. Ain't No Cure for Love
• 22. Everybody Knows
• 23. I'm Your Man
• 24. Take This Waltz
• 25. Jazz Police
• 26. I Can't Forget
• 27. Tower of Song
• 28. The Future
• 29. Waiting for the Miracle
• 30. Be for Real
• 31. Closing Time
• 32. Anthem
• 33. Democracy
• 34. Light as the Breeze
• 35. Always
• 36. Tacoma Trailer
• 37. In My Secret Life
• 38. A Thousand Kisses Deep
• 39. That Don't Make It Junk
• 40. Here It Is
• 41. Love Itself
• 42. By the Rivers Dark
• 43. Alexandra Leaving
• 44. You Have Loved Enough
• 45. Boogie Street
• 46. The Land of Plenty

Credits

• Leonard Cohen: Guitar, Piano, Violin, Arranger, Composer, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals, Producer, Associate Producer, Photography
• Irving Berlin: Composer
• Frederick Knight: Composer
• Jennifer Warnes: Vocals, Vocals (Background), Performer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Ad-Libs
• John Bilezikjian: Oud
• Bruce Dukov: Strings
• Tom Winslow: Engineer
• Sid Page: Strings
• Tony Warren: Vocals (Background)
• Edna Wright: Vocals (Background)
• Sneaky Pete Kleinow: Guitar (Steel)
• Airiq Anest: Engineer
• Cynthia Bass: Choir, Chorus
• Richard Beaudet: Saxophone
• Roscoe Beck: Arranger, Producer, Associate Producer, Production Coordination
• Ray Blair: Engineer
• Tom Brechtlein: Drums
• Lenny Castro: Percussion, Tambourine
• Julie Christensen: Vocals (Background), Choir, Chorus
• Ronald Clark: Strings
• Vinnie Colaiuta: Drums
• Larry Corbett: Strings
• Jim Cox: Piano
• Steve Croes: Synclavier
• John Crowder: Bass, Vocals (Background)
• LaVan Davis: Choir, Chorus
• Rebecca de Mornay: Arranger, Producer
• Enrico DePaoli: Engineer
• Joel Derouin: Strings
• François Deschamps: Engineer
• Erin Dickens: Vocals (Background)
• Brenda Lee Eager: Choir, Chorus
• Aladrain Elmore: Choir, Chorus
• Chrissy Faith: Vocals (Background)
• Brandon Fields: Sax (Tenor)
• James Gadson: Drums
• Berj Garabedian: Strings
• Ron Getman: Harmonica, Vocals (Background)
• Bill Ginn: Programming, Producer, Synclavier, Performer
• Bob Glaub: Bass, Introduction
• Yoav Goren: Arranger, Programming, Producer, Performer
• Ed Greene: Drums
• Lani Groves: Vocals (Background)
• Mark Guilbeault: Engineer
• Dennis Herring: Guitar (Electric)
• Paul Jackson, Jr.: Guitar
• Jean Johnson: Vocals (Background)
• Jude Johnstone: Vocals
• Raven Kane: Choir, Chorus
• Richard Kaplan: Engineer
• Randy Kerber: Keyboards
• Peter Kisilenko: Bass
• Yvonne Lewis: Vocals (Background)
• Steve Lindsey: Organ, Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, Mellotron, Wurlitzer
• John Lissauer: Piano, Arranger, Vocals (Background), Producer
• Steve Meador: Drums
• Bob Metzger: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Pedal Steel, Guitar (Electric)
• Merle Miller: Vocals (Background)
• Charles Paakkari: Engineer
• Dean Parks: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Mandolin, Weissenborn
• Greg Phillinganes: Piano
• Lon Price: Sax (Tenor)
• Duane Seykora: Engineer
• Talley Sherwood: Engineer
• David Shoeber: Engineer
• Lee Sklar: Bass
• Greg "Frosty" Smith: Sax (Baritone)
• Ian Terry: Engineer
• Anjani Thomas: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Lee Thornburg: Trombone, Trumpet, Horn Arrangements
• Carmen Twillie: Choir, Chorus
• Leanne Ungar: Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Technical Coordinator
• Maxine Willard Waters: Choir, Chorus
• Oren Waters: Choir, Chorus
• Billy Youdelman: Engineer
• Perla Batalla: Vocals (Background), Choir, Chorus
• Bob Furgo: Violin
• Thomas Tally: Strings
• Elisabeth Valletti: Vocals
• Lashanna Dendy: Choir, Chorus
• Suzie Katayama: Strings
• Freddie "Ready Freddie" Washington: Bass
• Gigi Bailey: Choir, Chorus
• Sonya Griffin: Choir, Chorus
• Ben Wallach: Engineer
• Mayel Assouly: Vocals
• Kevin Beauchamp: Engineer
• Chad Blinman: Engineer
• Patricia Finnie: Choir, Chorus
• Raffi Hakopian: Violin
• Nysa Larry: Choir, Chorus
• Frank Wolfe: Mixing
• Sharon Weisz: Photography
• Lee Friedman: Assistant Engineer
• Jo Smith: Engineer
• Rob Hart: Engineer
• Peggy Blue: Vocals (Background)
• Michael Petit: Cover Design
• Roger Guerin: Engineer
• David Paul Campbell: Strings, Vocal Arrangement, String Arrangements, Choir Arrangement, String Conductor, Vocal Conductor
• John Barnes: Synthesizer Bass
• Donald Ferrone: Strings
• Sharon Robinson: Composer, Producer