![]() Leonard CohenVarious PositionsAlbum: Various PositionsArtist: Leonard CohenRelease Date: 1995Original Release Date: 1985Lable: SonyNumber of Discs: 1Total time: 00:35:18Total size: 81 MBTracks:1. While there was always a pronounced literary streak in Cohen's work, the songs here find him at his most purely poetic, more the chansonnier than the troubadour.Links in.txt files:mp3. Aided by co-producer Henry Lewy, he filled RECENT SONGS with stately songpoems marked by lush (but never overdone), elegant arrangements. ![]() RECENT SONGS is arguably Cohen's most mature '70s effort.After recovering from his traumatic studio experiences with Phil Spector on DEATH OF A LADIES MAN (Spector was said to have brandished a gun at some point), Cohen retreated to friendlier sonic climes. The closing 'Ballad of the Absent Mare,' later covered by Emmylou Harris, comes off like an epic prose poem in the classic ballad style, but its slight cowboy lilt provides a nice contrast to the lyric. ![]()
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