The release will contain all of Cohen’s 17 albums, including live material and studio recordings. Throw in a 36-page booklet and an essay written by Pico Iyer, who’s contributed liner notes to four of Cohen’s albums, and who needs Christmas this year?

The whole bundle will be out October 11—both as a 17-disc set and as an 11-disc one that includes only Cohen’s studio releases.

And here’s the list of albums included:

Songs of Leonard Cohen
Songs From a Room
Songs of Love and Hate
Live Songs
New Skin for the Old Ceremony
Death of a Ladies’ Man
Recent Songs
Various Positions
I’m Your Man
The Future
Cohen Live – Leonard Cohen in Concert
Field Commander Cohen – Tour of 1979
Ten New Songs
Dear Heather
Live in London
Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
Songs From the Road

Because we know you’re busy, each Monday we throw the coffee on and pack the new week’s most anticipated releases into one easily digestible list. Note that all items are listed under their US street dates and subject to change anytime.

Week of March 15, 2010
Drive-By-Truckers – The Big To-Do – (ATO)
Happy Birthday – Happy Birthday – (Sub Pop)
Lusine – Lucky Numbers: The Ghostly International EPs – (Ghostly International)
Ulrich Schnauss – Missing Deadlines – Selected Remixes – (Rocket Girl)
The Whigs – In the Dark – (ATO)
White Stripes – Under Great White Northern Lights (CD/DVD) – (Third Man)

Because we know you’re busy, each Monday we throw the coffee on and pack the new week’s most anticipated releases into one easily digestible list. Note that all items are listed under their US street dates and subject to change anytime.

Week of March 8, 2010

Broken Bells – Broken Bells – (Columbia)
White Hinterland – Kairos – (Dead Oceans)
Liars – Sisterworld – (Mute)
Free Energy – Stuck on Nothing – (DFA/Astralwerks)
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – The Brutalist Bricks – (Matador)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Beat the Devil’s Tattoo – (Abstract Dragon/Vanguard)
The Bundles – The Bundles – (K)
Choir of Young Believers – Claustrophobia – (Ghostly International)
Frightened Rabbit – The Winter of Mixed Drinks – (Fat Cat)
jj – jj no 3 – (Secretly Canadian)
Morning Benders – Big Echo – (Rough Trade)

Because we know you’re busy, each Monday we throw the coffee on and pack the new week’s most anticipated releases into one easily digestible list. Note that all items are listed under their US street dates and subject to change anytime.

Week of March 1, 2010

Bomb the Bass – Back to Light – (!K7)
Golden Triangle – Double Jointer – (Hardly Art)
Groove Armada – Black Light – (Om)
Rogue Wave – Permalight – (Brushfire)
The Ruby Suns – Fight Softly – (Sub Pop)
Shy Child – Liquid Love – (Wall of Sound)
These New Puritans – Hidden – (Domino)
The Whigs – In the Dark – (ATO)

Because we know you’re busy, each Monday we throw the coffee on and pack the new week’s most anticipated releases into one easily digestible list. Note that all items are listed under their US street dates and subject to change anytime.

Week of February 22, 2010

Andrew W.K. – Close Calls With Brick Walls – (Universal)
Shearwater – The Golden Archipelago – (Matador)
Daniel Merriweather – Love & War – (J/Allido)
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim – Here Lies Love – (Todomundo/Nonesuch)
Efterklang – Magic Chairs – (4AD)
Groove Armada – Black Light – (Cooking Vinyl)
Holly Miranda – The Magician’s Private Library – (XL)
Johnny Cash – American VI: Ain’t No Grave – (American/Lost Highway)
Martyn – Fabric 50 – (Fabric)
Past Lives – Tapestry of Webs – (Suicide Squeeze)
Shout Out Louds – Work – (Merge)
Xasthur – 2005 Demo – (Hydra Head)
Xiu Xiu – Dear God, I Hate Myself – (Kill Rock Stars)

Because we know you’re busy, each Monday we throw the coffee on and pack the new week’s most anticipated releases into one easily digestible list. Note that all items are listed under their US street dates and subject to change anytime.

Week of February 15, 2010

Excepter – Presidence – (Paw Tracks)
Field Music – Measure – (Memphis Industries)
Freeway & Jake One – The Stimulus Package – (Rhymesayers)
Peter Gabriel – Scratch My Back – (Virgin)
Juliana Hatfield – Peace and Love (Ye Olde Records)
Lightspeed Champion – Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You – (Domino)
Lusine – Twilight – (Ghostly International)
Ewan Pearson – We Are Proud of Our Choices – (Kompakt)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Preservation – (RED)
Robert Pollard – We All Got Out of the Army – (GVB Inc)
Soul Jazz Orchestra – Rising Sun – (Strut)
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra – Kollaps Tradixionales – (Constellation)
Tindersticks – Falling Down a Mountain – (Constellation)
Wu-Tang – Return of the Wu & Friends – (Gold Dust)

Because we know you’re busy, each Monday we throw the coffee on and pack the new week’s most anticipated releases into one easily digestible list. Note that all items are listed under their US street dates and subject to change anytime.

Week of February 1, 2010

The Album Leaf – A Chorus of Storytellers – (Sub Pop)
Malakai – Ugly Side of Love – (Domino)
Mavis – Mavis – (!K7)
Midlake – The Courage of Others – (Bella Union)
Mount Eerie – Black Wooden – (Latitudes)
Pierced Arrows – Descending Shadows – (Vice)
The Soft Pack – The Soft Pack – (Kemado)
Toro Y Moi – Causers of This – (Carpark)
We are Wolves – Invisible Violence – (Dare to Care)

Because we know you’re busy, each Monday we throw the coffee on and pack the new week’s most anticipated releases into one easily digestible list. Note that all items are listed under their US street dates and subject to change anytime.

Week of January 25, 2010

Animal Collective – Campfire Songs – (Paw Tracks) *
Beach House – Teen Dream – (Sub Pop)
Clipd Beaks – To Realize – (Lovepump United)
David Bowie – A Reality Tour – (ISO/Columbia/Legacy)
Four Tet – There is Love in You – (Domino)
Fucked Up – Couple Tracks: Singles 2002 – 2008 – (Matador)
Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM – (Because Music/Atlantic)
Harvey Milk – Harvey Milk – (Hydra Head)
Interference – Viva La Interference – (The Social Registry)
Jaga Jazzist – One-Armed Bandit – (Ninja Tune)
John Vanderslice – D.I.A.L.O. 7″ – (Dead Oceans)
Locksley – Be in Love – (Wicked Cool)
Los Campesinos! – Romance is Boring – (Arts & Crafts)
The Magnetic Fields – Realism – (Nonesuch)
Moonface – Dreamland EP: Marimba and Shit-Drums – (Jagjaguwar)
My Brightest Diamond – Shark Remixes – (Asthmatic Kitty)
Pit Er Pat – The Flexible Entertainer – (Thrill Jockey)
Retribution Gospel Choir – 2 – (Sub Pop)
The Silent League – …but you’ve always been the caretaker – (Something in Construction
Thavius Beck – Dialogue – (Mush)
Various – Good God! Born Again Funk – (Numero Group)
Various – The Minimal Wave Tapes – (Stones Throw)

* Reissue

Here’s a handful of some upcoming albums that have us excited for the new year, and expect many more to join the list in the coming months.

January

01/12
Owen Pallett – Heartland – Domino
Jason Boesel – Hustler’s Son – Team Love
OK Go – Of the Blue Colour of the Sky – Capitol
Vampire Weekend – Contra – XL

01/18
Blockhead – The Music Scene – Ninja Tune
These New Puritans – Hidden – Angular/Domino
Various – Pop Ambient 2010 – Kompakt

01/19
Cold War Kids – Behave Yourself – Downtown
Eels – End Times – Vagrant
Lindstrøm & Christabelle – Real Life is No Cool – Smalltown Supersound
RJD2 – The Colossus – RJ’s ELectrical Connections
Spoon – Transference – Merge

01/26
Beach House – Teen Dream – Sub Pop
Clipd Beaks – To Realize – Lovepump United
Four Tet – There is Love in You – Domino
Fucked Up – Couple Tracks: Singles 2002 – 2008 – Matador
Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM – Because Music/Atlantic
Home – Seventeen – Jagjaguwar
Interference – Viva La Interference – The Social Registry
Jaga Jazzist – One-Armed Bandit – Ninja Tune
The Magnetic Fields – Realism – Nonesuch
My Brightest Diamond – Shark Remixes – Asthmatic Kitty
Pit Er Pat – The Flexible Entertainer – Thrill Jockey
Thavius Beck – Dialogue – Mush
Various – Good God! Born Again Funk – Numero Group
Various – The Minimal Wave Tapes – Stones Throw

February

02/02
Georgia Anne Muldrow – King’s Ballad – Ubiquity
Hot Chip – One Life Stand – Astralwerks
Laura Gibson & Ethan Rose – Bridge Carols – Holocene Music
Pantha du Prince – Black Noice – Rough Trade
The Watson Twins – Talking to You, Talking to Me – Vanguard
Yeasayer – Odd Blood – Secretly Canadian

02/16
Exceptor – Presidence – Paw Tracks
Field Music – Measure – Memphis Industries
Tindersticks – Falling Down a Mountain – Constellation

02/23
Efterklang – Magic Chairs – 4AD
Eluvium – Similies – Temporary Residence
Erykah Badu – New Amerykah, Part II: Return of the Ankh – Universal Motown
Martyn – Fabric 50 – Fabric
Shout Out Louds – Work – Merge
Xiu Xiu – Dear God, I Hate Myself – Kill Rock Stars
Zeus – Say Us – Arts & Crafts

March

03/09
Broken Bells – Broken Bells – Columbia
Frightened Rabbit – The Winter of Mixed Drinks – FatCat
Liars – Sisterworld – Mute
Morning Benders – Big Echo – Rough Trade
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – The Brutalist Bricks – Matador

03/16
Freelance Whales – Weathervanes – Frenchkiss/Mom + Pop
Gin Wigmore and the Cardinals – Holy Smoke – Universal Motown
White Stripes – Under Great White Northern Lights (CD/DVD) – Third Man

03/23
Goldfrapp – Head First – Mute
Serena-Maneesh – S-M 2: Abyss in B Minor – 4AD
She & Him – Volume Two – Merge