You Want It Darker: Difference between revisions

'''''You Want It Darker''''' is the fourteenth [[studio album]] by Canadian singer-songwriter [[Leonard Cohen]], released on October 21, 2016, by [[Columbia Records]], nineteen days before Cohen's death.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/67496-leonard-cohen-announces-new-album-you-want-it-darker/ |title=Leonard Cohen Announces New Album You Want It Darker |work=Pitchfork |date=August 12, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016 |author=Monroe, Jazz}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=LEONARD COHEN'S YOU WANT IT DARKER IN STORES OCTOBER 21|url=http://www.columbiarecords.com/news/1035|publisher=[[Columbia Records]]|accessdate=October 21, 2016|date=September 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022025433/http://www.columbiarecords.com/news/1035|archive-date=October 22, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The album was created towards the end of his life and focuses on death, God, and humor. It was released to critical acclaim. The title track was awarded a [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance]] in January 2018. It was the last album released during his lifetime, thoughfollowed by the posthumous album ''[[Thanks for the Dance]]'' which was released in November 2019.