lionel Cohen:
The (almost) Complete Covers Catalog

A 1967 protest landmark written about the Sunset Strip curfew riots, gaining an eerie, dusty intimacy here.

Fogerty's class-war fury from 1969, translated into something raw and plaintive on acoustic strings.

The Stones' 1966 dark psychedelic classic, its sitar melody reimagined as a brooding acoustic meditation.

The 1964 Motown smash, stripped of its pop gloss to leave something tender and searching.

Written about the end of the band itself — its elegiac mood translates naturally to solo acoustic.

Written for the 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid; its quiet resignation feels newly intimate.

A 1967 teen-pop song, given a wistful, almost melancholy acoustic makeover.

The album's longest track — the Stones' 1968 samba-rock epic recast as a slow, hypnotic confessional.

A 1965 folk-pop standard about longing for warmth, right at home in an acoustic setting.

The relentless 1965 Motown classic, transformed into a quiet, cornered lament.

CCR's 1970 closer about idealism worn thin — a fitting, aching end to the volume.

The soaring 1986 Top Gun love theme, becoming a hushed, moonlit acoustic ballad.

The 2013 emotional tour de force reborn as a stripped folk lament.

One of the most quietly devastating songs ever written, treated here with deep reverence.

Bowie's brooding 1979 new-wave deep cut, reimagined as introspective acoustic rock.

Written by Bret Michaels in a laundromat — this version returns it to its campfire roots.

The shimmering 1978 title song, reimagined as a gentle acoustic reverie.

The only original song on this volume — folk-songwriting instincts behind all of lionel's cover choices.

The 1981 synth-pop classic, given a sultry acoustic reinterpretation.

A haunting set of verses centered on longing and regret.

A tender love song, delivered in the intimate style that defines the Sessions series.

One of rock's great stand-your-ground songs, becoming quietly resilient on acoustic guitar.

Closes the album with aching beauty — Hutchence's melody undimmed.

A quietly devastating 1972 song, even more unsettling and gorgeous in acoustic form.

The pulsing 1982 synth-pop hit, reimagined as a taut, prowling acoustic number.

A song about loss and disappearance, performed here in understated folk style.

Phil Spector's Wall of Sound reduced to its bare emotional core.

The Leon Russell / Bonnie Bramlett song, already intimate, made even quieter here.

An original ballad between the classic covers.

The 1983 synth-pop ballad, translating effortlessly to acoustic folk.

Its electronic sheen peeled back to reveal a melancholy acoustic heart.

Stripped to a quiet, philosophical acoustic confessional.

Cohen's most ambitious original — a cosmic folk meditation.

A haunting closer of eerie contradictions.

The album's longest track — an epic 1991 power ballad rendered as an intimate acoustic suite.

Soulful and reflective, at home among the iconic covers around it.

A surprising choice — its theme of restless wandering suits fingerpicked folk well.

Quietly timeless, in the tradition of classic acoustic love songs.

Bowie's 1971 song of existential crisis, stripped to bare bones from Hunky Dory.

The 1987 power ballad, distilled into a wistful acoustic moment.

A contemplative folk song about presence and impermanence.

Already one of rock's great acoustic moments, played with the reverence it deserves.

Understated and warm — a breath before the album's unexpected closer.

The 2007 global phenomenon, transformed into something delicate, folk, and hauntingly tender.