Jennifer Warnes – Famous Blue Raincoat (The Songs Of Leonard Cohen) (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1987

Famous Blue Raincoat (The Songs Of Leonard Cohen) is an LP by Jennifer Warnes from 1987 released on the RCA Victor label.

About this album

Famous Blue Raincoat stands as one of the finest Leonard Cohen tribute albums, with Jennifer Warnes bringing rare authority and emotional precision to his songs. Released in 1986, it paired her supple, expressive voice with carefully chosen material, including First We Take Manhattan, Bird on a Wire and the title track. The album’s polished soft rock setting never blunts Cohen’s lyricism; instead, it frames the songs in a way that helped bring them to a wider audience. Warm, disciplined and deeply respectful, it became a signature record in Warnes’ career and a lasting reference point for Cohen interpreters.

Genre: Pop & Rock