Claim: Leonard Cohen did not release the album Ten New Songs.
Evidence: Cohen returned to music in 2001 with the release of Ten New Songs , which was a major hit in Canada and Europe.
Ten New Songs is Leonard Cohen 's tenth studio album , released in 2001.
It was also his first album in nearly 10 years.
The album peaked at # 143 on the Billboard 200 , # 4 in Canada -LRB- where it went platinum -RRB- , # 1 in Poland -LRB- where it went platinum -RRB- and # 1 in Norway.