Leonard Cohen was a songwriter.
Leonard Cohen . His first album , Songs of Leonard Cohen ( 1967 ) , was followed by three more albums of folk music : Songs from a Room ( 1969 ) , Songs of Love and Hate ( 1971 ) and New Skin for the Old Ceremony ( 1974 ) . Old Ideas is the twelfth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen , released in January 2012 . Songs of Leonard Cohen is the debut album by Canadian folk singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen , released in December 1967 on Columbia Records .