Song · Leonard Cohen
“Almost Like the Blues” by Leonard Cohen
From the album Popular Problems (2014)
“Almost Like the Blues” by Leonard Cohen appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2014 and 2025. It was first released in 2014 on the album Popular Problems. Its best result is #79 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #273 indie & aaa song of 2014 and #5,145 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Leonard Cohen made "Almost Like the Blues" with Patrick Leonard for Popular Problems, his thirteenth studio album, which arrived in September 2014, deep into a long career. The two share the writing credit, and Leonard also produced the track and played on it, so the music around Cohen's voice carries his stamp.
Charlene Carmon sings behind him, Jesse String recorded and mixed the song, and Bill Bottrell was brought in for additional mixing. The record it belongs to was made up mostly of new songs, though one of them, "Born in Chains", had been kicking around in some form since a soundcheck in 1985.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 79 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2014 | 89 |
| 2014 | 139 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014 | 200 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 457 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
Also listed as: Almost Like The Blues.
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