The Essential Leonard Cohen is a career-spanning collection of Leonard Cohen songs released in 2002. It is part of Sony's The Essential series.
The songs are arranged in chronological order; all studio albums released before 2002 are represented, except the 1977 album Death of a Ladies' Man. All tracks were digitally remastered by Leonard Cohen and Bob Ludwig. All songs on the compilation were chosen by Cohen himself.
The album was re-released in August 2008 with an extra disc of previously not included tracks (presented as the selection of "fans' favorite" songs).
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Weekly charts Chart (2002)Peakposition Chart (2008)Peakposition Chart (2009)Peakposition Chart (2016)Peakposition Chart (2018)Peakposition Chart (2019)Peakposition Chart (2025)Peakposition Greek Albums (IFPI) 40
Year-end charts Chart (2002) Position Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)51 Chart (2008) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)96 Chart (2009) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)87 Chart (2019) Position Polish Albums (ZPAV)33
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