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Leonard Cohen Art Print | Discography Tube Map

Studio albums are stations, musicians are transit lines | Discographies mapped more deeply than anywhere else | Researched and plotted for fans of real music.

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Why is this Leonard Cohen Music Art Print a perfect gift for Leonard Cohen fans?

Leonard Cohen fans tend to picture him alone with a guitar. This Leonard Cohen art print shows how crowded some of those records really were, with each credited musician running their own line through the albums in order. Songs of Leonard Cohen is already on their shelf. This is the company he kept.

Giclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper, textured matte, archival and acid-free. Produced unframed or framed. Deeply researched and designed by me in East Sussex.

I plot these in CAD software. Every credited musician becomes a transit line, every album becomes a station, and anyone who appears only once gets a branch line of their own.

The stations run chronologically from Songs of Leonard Cohen in 1967 to Thanks for the Dance in 2019. One-off contributors branch off as short spurs.

The shape of this map is a surprise even to people who know the songs. It runs narrow and quiet for a decade, swells enormously in 1977, then thins out again for the rest of his life.

Not an algorithm. Every connection on this map was plotted by an obsessive fan, album by album. The clustering is the whole point, and it is only visible when the credits are drawn rather than listed.

Contributing musicians on the discography tube map

Death of a Ladies' Man in 1977 is the busiest station by a long way, with more than forty credited musicians. That is Phil Spector's production, and it pulls in session players like Hal Blaine and Jim Keltner alongside two names nobody expects on a Cohen record: Bob Dylan and Allen Ginsberg, both on backing vocals.

Jennifer Warnes has the longest line on the map. She first appears on Recent Songs in 1979 and turns up again as late as Thanks for the Dance, forty years later.

A small group of players give the later records their particular sound. John Bilezikjian's oud and Raffi Hakopian's violin recur across three albums each, and Garth Hudson of The Band appears on two.

Anjani Thomas sings across four albums from Various Positions onward. The early records are far sparser: Songs from a Room leans on Charlie Daniels, Ron Cornelius and Elkin Bubba Fowler, and Songs of Love and Hate adds Paul Buckmaster's arrangements and the children's voices of the Corona Academy in London.

The final album is its own small gathering. Beck plays Jew's harp and acoustic guitar, Damien Rice and Jessica Staveley-Taylor sing, Daniel Lanois plays piano, and Cohen's son Adam appears on acoustic guitar.

Alison Krauss sings on Steer Your Way, from You Want It Darker in 2016.

Art Print Specifications:

Each one is a Giclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper with a textured matte finish, archival and acid-free, so the colours hold for years. Choose A3, A2 or A1 unframed or framed, ready to hang in a hallway, living room or studio.

Size UK USA / CAN / AUS equivalent Orientation
A3 420 x 297 mm (16 x 12 in) 16 x 12 in Landscape
A2 594 x 420 mm (23 x 16 in) 24 x 18 in Landscape
A1 841 x 594 mm (33 x 23 in) 36 x 24 in Landscape

FAQ

How many albums are on the map?
15, from Songs of Leonard Cohen in 1967 to Thanks for the Dance in 2019.

Which album has the most musicians?
Death of a Ladies' Man in 1977, with more than forty credited players, is by far the busiest station on the map.

Did Bob Dylan really appear on a Leonard Cohen album?
Yes, on backing vocals on Death of a Ladies' Man, alongside Allen Ginsberg on the same record.

Who is the longest-serving collaborator?
Jennifer Warnes, whose line runs from Recent Songs in 1979 through to Thanks for the Dance in 2019.

Is Beck really on the last album?
Yes, playing Jew's harp and acoustic guitar on Thanks for the Dance, alongside Damien Rice and Daniel Lanois.

What are the framing options?
Unframed, or supplied framed and ready to hang.

How is this different from a Leonard Cohen poster?
A standard poster is printed fast on thin, glossy stock. This is a Giclée art print on 230gsm archival acid-free fine art paper with a textured matte finish, so the fine line work stays sharp and the colours hold. It is available in A3, A2 or A1, unframed or in a wood frame.

Explore Leonard Cohen’s Discography for FREE

I am turning the research behind these maps into FREE interactive radar charts, where you pick a musician and follow their line around the albums. I have not charted Leonard Cohen yet, so request it here and I will research the most requested artists first. The David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Rolling Stones, and Steely Dan charts are free to use now.

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Ideal gift for Leonard Cohen fans - A1 framed Giclée music art print propped against a wall on the floor, showing the studio albums in order across five decades of recordings, designed by Mike Bell at mikebellmaps.com.
Discography transit map poster showing the albums and credited artists connected as a tube map, designed by Mike Bell at mikebellmaps.com.
Music wall art gift for Leonard Cohen fans - albums in order music art print in A2 landscape unframed, Giclée print from Mike Bell&
Leonard Cohen discography map in 24x18in, framed Giclée wall art print sized for US framing, designed by Mike Bell.
Close-up detail of the Leonard Cohen discography tube map showing musician lines across five decades of recordings, ideal present for fans of Leonard Cohen, designed by Mike Bell.
Leonard Cohen discography tube map hung in an A1 wooden frame on a plain wall, landscape Giclée wall art print, designed by Mike Bell.
Leonard Cohen discography tube map in A2 (594 x 420 mm) unframed, Giclée art print showing each studio album as a station on the line, by Mike Bell.
Leonard Cohen discography tube map in A1 (841 x 594 mm) unframed, Giclée art print on 230gsm textured matte fine art paper, by Mike Bell.
Leonard Cohen discography map in 36x24in unframed, Giclée art print with one-off contributors branching off as short spurs, by Mike Bell.
Leonard Cohen discography tube map in A2 (594 x 420 mm), framed Giclée wall art print in a wooden frame, designed by Mike Bell.
Close-up detail of the Leonard Cohen discography tube map, designed by Mike Bell.
Leonard Cohen discography map in 24x18in unframed, Giclée art print with every credited musician running as a named line, by Mike Bell.
Leonard Cohen discography map in 36x24in, framed Giclée wall art print of the studio albums, designed by Mike Bell.
Leonard Cohen discography tube map, framed Giclée wall art print showing the studio albums across five decades of recordings, designed by Mike Bell.
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