Leonard Cohen’s record label in the U.S. didn’t think his seventh album, Various Positions, had commercial appeal. With Columbia Records having its doubts, independent label Passport Records released the album instead. Various Positions arrived in Canada in 1984 and later in the U.S. and Europe the following year. The nearly shelved album is now widely known for the much-covered “Hallelujah.” But the album opener, “Dance Me to the End of Love,” is equally classic and remains one of Cohen’s gems.
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