100 best albums of the 1980s. Tom Waits has named it one of his favourite albums. Slant Magazine listed the album at number 29 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s". In a Rolling Stone top ten readers poll, three songs from the album – "I'm Your Man", "Tower of Song", and "Everybody Knows" – were voted the best Leonard Cohen songs of all time, ranking #10, #8 and #4, respectively. The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It was voted number 495 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000). Track listing All songs were written by Leonard Cohen, except where noted. Side one "First We Take Manhattan" – 6:01 "Ain't No Cure for Love" – 4:50 "Everybody Knows" (Cohen, Sharon Robinson) – 5:36 "I'm Your Man" – 4:28 Side two "Take This Waltz" (Federico García Lorca, Cohen) – 5:59 "Jazz Police" (Cohen, Jeff Fisher) – 3:53 "I Can't Forget" – 4:31 "Tower of Song" – 5:37 Personnel Musicians Leonard Cohen – keyboards, vocals Jude Johnstone – vocals Anjani Thomas – vocals Jennifer Warnes – vocals Mayel Assouly – backing vocals Evelyine Hebey – backing vocals Elisabeth Valletti – backing vocals Jeff Fisher – arrangements/all music on tracks 1, 6 (with additional drums from Vinnie Colaiuta), and arrangements/keyboards on track 2 Jean-Philippe Rykiel – arrangements and keyboards on track 5 Bob Stanley – guitar Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar Peter Kisilenko – bass Tom Brechtlein – drums Vinnie Colaiuta – drums Lenny Castro – percussion Michel Robidoux – drums, keyboards John Bilezikjian – oud Richard Beaudet – saxophone Raffi Hakopian – violin Liner notes:Written, produced, arranged and played by Leonard Cohen.Vocals by Leonard Cohen and Jennifer Warnes.Engineers:Ian Terry with François Deschamps at Studio Tempo in Montreal, Leanne Ungar at Rock Steady in Los Angeles.Mixing engineer:Leanne Ungar at Rock Steady in Los Angeles, second engineer: Fred Echelard. Production by Leonard Cohen.Production co-ordination: Roscoe Beck.Technical co-ordination: Leanne Ungar. Charts Certifications and sales References External links I'm Your Man (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed) 1988 albums Leonard Cohen albums Columbia Records albums