{"product_id":"various-artists-im-your-fan-the-songs-of","title":"Various Artists Im Your Fan The Songs Of","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003ci\u003eI''m Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen \u003c\/i\u003ehit stores in 1991, Leonard Cohen''s career had plummeted from its revered 1960s high. Cohen''s record label had refused to release his 1984 album \u003ci\u003eVarious Positions\u003c\/i\u003e--including the song \"Hallelujah\"--in the United States. Luckily, Velvet Underground founder John Cale was one of the few who \u003ci\u003edid\u003c\/i\u003e hear \"Hallelujah,\" and he covered it for \u003ci\u003eI''m Your Fan\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of Cohen’s songs produced by a French fanzine. Jeff Buckley adored the tribute album and covered Cale''s cover in 1994, never having heard Cohen''s still-obscure original version.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2016, \u003ci\u003eStereogum\u003c\/i\u003e labeled the tribute album \"possibly the most universally derided format in pop music.\" However, without a tribute album, you wouldn''t know the song \"Hallelujah.\" Through Buckley through Cale, \"Hallelujah\" is now one of the most often-performed songs in the world--and it wouldn''t be without this tribute album. \u003ci\u003eI''m Your Fan \u003c\/i\u003ethus offers a particularly notable example of a much broader truth: Despite all the eye-rolling they inspire, tribute albums matter. They can resuscitate legends'' fading careers, or expose obscure artists who never had much of a career to begin with.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57554942820734,"sku":"NW9781501355066","price":10.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781501355066.jpg?v=1781596050","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/various-artists-im-your-fan-the-songs-of","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}