Jim Farber, in his column That's how it goes (New York Daily News, 24/10/04), said that Leonard Cohen's new album produced "a few moments worth savoring from this aging sage.""On Dear Heather, you'll find less of Cohen than on any of his previous recordings. The songs are shorter, there's more writing by others, and different singers take up more space." "Worse, there aren't any pieces as sweeping as Cohen classics like "Tower of Song" or "Hallelujah"."
"Yet the album has its brief peaks of brilliance. The best of them seem to concentrate Cohen's skills — and take advantage of his advanced years. In "Go No More A-Roving," Cohen matches his music to a Lord Byron poem that addresses the waning of a sex life. ... In "Because Of," he tips his hat to the many women who've bedded him later in life "because of a few songs wherein I spoke of their mystery."
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