Can't Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour

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Can't Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour
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Live album by
ReleasedMay 12, 2015
RecordedAugust 25, 2012 – December 21, 2013
Genre Folk rock
Length48:35
Label Columbia Records
Leonard Cohen chronology
Live in Dublin
(2014)
Can't Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour
(2015)
You Want It Darker
(2016)
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Can't Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour is a live album by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, released in May 2015. It contains live recordings from concerts and sound-checks. [4]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Leonard Cohen, except where noted. [5]

No.TitleWriter(s)RecordedLength
1."Field Commander Cohen" November 3, 2012, 1stBank Center, Denver, Colorado, United States sound check4:24
2."I Can't Forget" August 25, 2012, Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark 4:17
3."Light as the Breeze" September 11, 2012, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland 6:33
4."La Manic" Georges Dor December 2, 2012, Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada 4:14
5."Night Comes On" 6 September 2012, Warsteiner HockeyPark, Mönchengladbach, Germany 5:55
6."Never Gave Nobody Trouble" (New composition) August 17, 2013, The King's Garden, Odense, Denmark sound check4:51
7."Joan of Arc" December 2, 2012, Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada sound check6:30
8."Got a Little Secret" (New composition) December 21, 2013, Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand sound check4:35
9."Choices"Mike Curtis, Billy Yates December 14, 2013, CBS Canterbury Arena, Christchurch, New Zealand sound check3:31
10."Stages" December 2, 2013, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia3:42

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