Leonard Cohen Discography - Compilation Albums

Compilation Albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
CAN
 AUS
 AUT
 FIN
 GER
 IRE
 NLD
 NOR
 SWE
 SWI
 UK
1975 The Best of Leonard Cohen /
Greatest Hits
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 — — — — 43 — 86
 — — — 88
  • UK: Silver
  • GER: Gold
  • AUS: 2× Platinum
1980 Liebesträume – Leonard Cohen singt seine schönsten Lieder
  • Released in Germany only
  • Label: CBS
  • Formats: LP
 — — — — 3 — — — — — —
1989 So Long, Marianne
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD
 — — — — — — — — — — —
1997 More Best of Leonard Cohen
  • Released: October 7, 1997
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
 90
 — 41 19 — — 69 7 22 — 82
  • US: Gold
2002 The Essential Leonard Cohen
  • Released: October 22, 2002
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD, LP
 — 9
 23 6 76 16 10 3 8 98 57
  • AUS: Gold
  • FIN: Gold
  • NOR: Platinum
  • SWE: Gold
2008 The Collection
  • Released: June 27, 2008
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD
  • Box set
 — — — 17 — — — — — — —
2009 Greatest Hits
  • Released: July 13, 2009
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD
  • Remastered version with new tracklisting
 — — 28 34 51 6 — — — — 29
2011 The Complete Studio Albums Collection
  • Released: October 10, 2011
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: CD
  • Box set
 — — — — — — — 33 — — —
" — " denotes releases that did not chart.
Notes
  • A ^ The Best of Leonard Cohen, or Greatest Hits as it was released in Europe, didn't chart in Netherlands and UK when it was released in 1975, but the album did chart when re-issued on CD in 1988–1989. In UK it initially reached a peak at # 99 in 1988 and then at # 88 in 1995. In Netherlands it reached #86 in April 1989.
  • B ^ The Essential Leonard Cohen was re-released in 2008 as The Essential Leonard Cohen 3.0, a 3-Disc Edition which charted in Australia in February 2009
  • C ^ The Essential Leonard Cohen initially peaked at #70 in 2003. The album re-entered the charts in 2008 when it reached its chart peak #57

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