Popular Problems, released on Sept. 22, is a low-key pop-folk album by 80-year-old Leonard Cohen. Naturally, the album offers a few unique perspectives on life, coming from someone who, I want to reiterate, is 80 years old. The album has some good production, but issues such as inconsistently interesting sounds, genre archetypes, and odd instrumental decisions keep this album from being a great pop album.
The lyrical content here ranges from completely boring to rather insightful. On the song “Almost Like the Blues,” Cohen muses about life after death, singing in his characteristically gruff and sultry voice, “There is no God in heaven/ And there is no Hell below/ So says the great professor of all there is to know/ But I’ve had the invitation that a sinner can’t refuse/ And it’s almost like salvation; it’s almost like the blues.” The idea that there is no Heaven and Hell, except here on Earth, where Cohen gets his “salvation” from music, is rather interesting despite the cliché.
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