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Leonard Cohen
Avalanche
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Cohen cut "Avalanche" himself in 1971, and Nick Cave kept circling back to it, with the Bad Seeds in the eighties and again on his own decades later. A song that keeps one man returning for that long is worth hearing in both hands.
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Written by Leonard Cohen.
First recorded by Leonard Cohen in 1971.
Also recorded by Nick Cave featuring the Bad Seeds (1984), Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (1985), Nick Cave (2011).
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Leonard Cohen wrote "Avalanche" and recorded it himself in 1971. Which act later took the song on and made it their own?Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
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