{"product_id":"9781501355066","title":"Various Artists' I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen","description":"Author: Ray Padgett\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781501355066\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 Nov 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 152 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen \u003ci\u003eI'm Your Fan- The Songs of Leonard Cohen \u003c\/i\u003ehit stores in 1991, Leonard Cohen's career had plummeted from its revered 1960s high. Cohen's record label had refused to release his 1984 album \u003ci\u003eVarious Positions\u003c\/i\u003e--including the song \"Hallelujah\"--in the United States. Luckily, Velvet Underground founder John Cale was one of the few who \u003ci\u003edid\u003c\/i\u003e hear \"Hallelujah,\" and he covered it for \u003ci\u003eI'm Your Fan\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of Cohen's songs produced by a French fanzine. Jeff Buckley adored the tribute album and covered Cale's cover in 1994, never having heard Cohen's still-obscure original version.\u003cbr\u003eIn 2016, \u003ci\u003eStereogum\u003c\/i\u003e labeled the tribute album \"possibly the most universally derided format in pop music.\" However, without a tribute album, you wouldn't know the song \"Hallelujah.\" Through Buckley through Cale, \"Hallelujah\" is now one of the most often-performed songs in the world--and it wouldn't be without this tribute album. \u003ci\u003eI'm Your Fan \u003c\/i\u003ethus offers a particularly notable example of a much broader truth- Despite all the eye-rolling they inspire, tribute albums matter. They can resuscitate legends' fading careers, or expose obscure artists who never had much of a career to begin with.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46629790417054,"sku":"UBD-9781501355066","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781501355066.jpg?v=1774221046","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781501355066","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}