The off-kilter mix of folk instrumentation, rock swagger and Cohen's lyrical content ensured this didn't receive a lick of airplay in 1974, but it holds up as one of Cohen's best LPs. It contains a number of his most enduring -- and endearing -- songs: "A Singer Must Die," "Lover, Lover, Lover," "Who By Fire" and best of all, the doomed romance of "Chelsea Hotel #2."