I’m Your Man

 

 

Released: February 1988
Chart position: UK: #48
Platinum: Norway, Spain
Gold: Canada (11.5.1989), Sweden
Producers: Leonard Cohen, with Roscoe Beck, Michel Robidoux, and Jean-Michel Reusser

01. First We Take Manhattan (5:59)
02. Ain’t No Cure For Love (4:49)
03. Everybody Knows (5:33)
04. I’m Your Man (4:25)
05. Take This Waltz (5:57)
06. Jazz Police (3:51)
07. I Can’t Forget (4:29)
08. Tower Of Song (5:37)
Total time: 40:58 / COL 460642

Engineers: Ian Terry, Leanne Ungar, Jean-Jacques Peruchon, Roger Guérin, Kevin Beauchamp, Billy Youdelman, François Deschamps
Recorded: August-November 1987
Venues: Studio Tempo, Montreal; DMS Studios, Montreal; Soundworks, New York; Stagg Street Studio, Los Angeles; Studio 55, Los Angeles; Rock Steady, Los Angeles; Studio Montmartre, Paris
 
Musicians:
1. First We Take Manhattan
Arranged and played by Jeff Fisher
Written and produced by Leonard Cohen
Production co-ordinated by Roscoe Beck
Vocals by Leonard Cohen and Anjani
Engineered by Ian Terry, Studio Tempo, Montreal
Second engineer: François Deschamps
Mixed by Frank Wolfe, Studio 55, Los Angeles
2. Ain’t No Cure For Love
Written by Leonard Cohen
Produced by Leonard Cohen with Roscoe Beck
Arranged by Jeff Fisher
Vocals by Leonard Cohen with Anjani (ad lib by Jennifer Warnes)
Keyboards: Jeff Fisher
Sax: Richard Baudet
Drums: Vinnie Colaiuta
Bass: Peter Kisilenko
Guitar: Bob Stanley
Engineered by Ian Terry, Studio Tempo, Montreal
Second engineer: François Deschamps
Mixed by Leanne Ungar, Rock Steady, Los Angeles
Second Engineer: Fred Echelard
3. Everybody Knows
Written by Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson
Produced and arranged by Leonard Cohen and Michel Robidoux
Vocals by Leonard Cohen with Jennifer Warnes
Oud: John Bilezikjian
Keyboards: Leonard Cohen and Michel Robidoux
Engineers: Roger Guérin, DMS Studios, Montreal; Leanne Ungar, Rock Steady, Los Angeles
Mixed by Leanne Ungar, Rock Steady, Los Angeles
Second engineer: Fred Echelard
4. I’m Your Man
Written and arranged by Leonard Cohen
Produced by Leonard Cohen and Michel Robidoux
Production co-ordinated by Roscoe Beck
Vocals: Leonard Cohen with Anjani
Keyboards: Leonard Cohen
Drums: Tom Brechtlein
Drum fill: Michel Robidoux
Engineers: Roger Guérin, DMS Studios, Montreal; Leanne Ungar, Rock Steady, Los Angeles
Mixed by Leanne Ungar, Rock Steady, Los Angeles
Second engineer: Fred Echelard
5. Take This Waltz
Arranged and played by Jean-Phillipe Rykiel
Written by Leonard Cohen, lyrics based on a poem by Federico Garcia Lorca (Little Viennese Waltz)
Produced by Jean-Michel Reusser with Leonard Cohen and Roscoe Beck
Vocals by Leonard Cohen and Jennifer Warnes with Evelyine Hebey, Mayel Assouly, Elisabeth Valletti
Violin: Raffi Hakopian
Engineers: Jean-Jacques Peruchon, Studio Montmartre, Paris; Leanne Ungar, Soundworks, New York; Kevin Beauchamp, Stagg Street Studio, Los Angeles
Mixed by Frank Wolfe and Leanne Ungar, Studio 55, Los Angeles
6. Jazz Police
Arranged and played by Jeff Fisher
Written by Leonard Cohen and Jeff Fisher
Produced by Leonard Cohen
Vocals by Leonard Cohen and Anjani
Additional drums: Vinnie Colaiuta
Engineered by Ian Terry, Studio Tempo, Montreal
Second engineer: François Deschamps
Mixed by Leanne Ungar, Rock Steady, Los Angeles
Second Engineer: Fred Echelard
7. I Can’t Forget
Written by Leonard Cohen
Produced by Roscoe Beck
Arranged by Leonard Cohen and Roscoe Beck
Vocals by Leonard Cohen with Jennifer Warnes and Jude Johnstone
Keyboards: Larry Cohen
Piano: Leonard Cohen
Steel guitar: Sneaky Pete Kleinow
Percussion: Lenny Castro
Drums: Vinnie Colaiuta
Engineered by Billy Youdelman, Rock Steady, Los Angeles
Mixed by Leanne Ungar, Rock Steady, Los Angeles
Second engineer: Fred Echelard
8. Tower Of Song
Written, produced, arranged and played by Leonard Cohen
Vocals by Leonard Cohen and Jennifer Warnes
Engineers: Ian Terry with François Deschamps, Studio Tempo, Montreal; Leanne Ungar, Rock Steady, Los Angeles
Mixed by Leanne Ungar, Rock Steady, Los Angeles
Second engineer: Fred Echelard
 
Other credits:
Produced by Leonard Cohen
Production co-odination: Roscoe Beck
Technical co-ordination: Leanne Ungar
Cover photo: Sharon Weisz
Inside photos: Dominique Issermann
Jacket design: Orchestra Paris
I want to thank Henry Lewy and Claudia Kim, for their help; Avril and Martin Machat, Esther and Victor Cohen, for their support during this project and over the years; Jennifer Warnes and Roscoe Beck for keeping it all going; Kelly Lanch, for the shining details; and Robert, the perfect witness.
All these songs are for you, D. I.