Cohen returned to Columbia in 1979 for Recent Songs, but the label declined to release his next album, Various Positions (1984) in the US, leaving it to American shops to import it from CBS Canada.
科恩1979年回到了哥伦比亚唱片并发行了Recent Songs，但是它们拒绝在美国发行他的下一张专辑，Various Positions (1984)，这使得美国商店不得不从CBS加拿大来引进它。