It shows a further departure from that of Ten New Songs, with more female lead singing and a marked increase in read poetry over sung lyrics, two of these poems being written by other writers.
"On That Day" is a song about the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City. The last track is a live recording of "Tennessee Waltz", from a tour in 1985.
Track listing
All lyrics and music written by Leonard Cohen, unless otherwise noted.
"Go No More A-Roving" (words by Lord Byron, poem "So We'll Go No More A-Roving")
DearHeather is Cohen's highest tide yet, his most exquisite marriage of song and poetry and ambiguous grace.
During DearHeather, it becomes hard to escape the sensation that Cohen is expending all his energy on the words and losing interest in music.
Pretty much nothing from DearHeather is without some kind of significant flaw, and the only thing saving it from being below average---at least in a general sense, and not kept strictly to his own discography----are the few moments that Cohen is kept solitary with as little outside interference as possible.
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