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1-1	Is This What You Wanted	4:17
1-2	Chelsea Hotel #2	3:07
1-3	Lover Lover Lover	3:21
1-4	Field Commander Cohen	4:02
1-5	Why Don't You Try	3:53
1-6	There Is A War	3:01
1-7	A Singer Must Die	3:20
1-8	I Tried To Leave You	2:42
1-9	Who By Fire	2:35
1-10	Take This Longing	4:08
1-11	Leaving Green Sleeves	2:41
2-1	Bird On The Wire	3:26
2-2	Story Of Isaac	3:35
2-3	A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes	3:13
2-4	The Partisan Written-By – A. Marly*, H. Zaret*	3:26
2-5	Seems So Long Ago, Nancy	3:39
2-6	The Old Revolution	4:46
2-7	The Butcher	3:17
2-8	You Know Who I Am	3:28
2-9	Lady Midnight	2:57
2-10	Tonight Will Be Fine	3:49

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc.
• Copyright (c) – CBS Records Inc.

Credits

• Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar, Trumpet – Jeff Layton (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
• Bass – Don Payne (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11), John Miller (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
• Co-producer – Leonard Cohen (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
• Co-producer, Arranged By – John Lissauer (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
• Cover [New Skin] – Teresa Alfieri
• Drums – Roy Markowitz (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
• Engineer – Frank Laico (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11), Neil Wilburn (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10)
• Engineer, Mixed By – Rick Rowe (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
• Guitar – Leonard Cohen (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11), Ralph Gibson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
• Musical Assistance – Leanne Ungar (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
• Percussion – Armen Halburian (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11), Barry Lazarowitz (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
• Producer – Bob Johnston (tracks: 2-1 to 2-10)
• Trombone – Gerald Chamberlain (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
• Viola – Lewis Furey (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
• Vocals – Emily Bindiger (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11), Erin Dickins (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11), Leonard Cohen
• Woodwind, Keyboards, Vocals – John Lissauer (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
• Written-By – Leonard Cohen (tracks: 1-1 to 2-3, 2-5 to 2-10)

Notes

The cover of "New Skin": symbolic representation of the "coniunctio spirituum", or the spiritual union of the male and female principle, from the alchemical text Rosararium philosophorum , reprinted in Artis Auriferae , Bibliotheca chemica curiosa and, most recently, Psychology and Alchemy by C.G. Jung .

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5 099746 101220
• Label Code: LC 0149
• Other: CB 821
• Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
461012 9, COL 461012 9	Leonard Cohen	New Skin For The Old Ceremony / Songs From A Room ‎(2xCD, Comp, RE)	CBS, CBS	461012 9, COL 461012 9	Europe	1994
CBS 461012 1, 01-461012-20	Leonard Cohen	New Skin For The Old Ceremony / Songs From A Room ‎(2xLP, Comp)	CBS, CBS	CBS 461012 1, 01-461012-20	Europe	1988
CBS 461012 2	Leonard Cohen	New Skin For The Old Ceremony / Songs From A Room ‎(2xCD, Comp)	CBS	CBS 461012 2	Europe	1988
461012 1	Leonard Cohen	New Skin For The Old Ceremony - Songs From A Room ‎(2xLP, Comp, Gat)	CBS	461012 1	UK	Unknown