Leonard Cohen’s “Various Positions” album, featuring “Hallelujah,” was rejected by Columbia Records in 1984. Legacy. Today, it’s a song that adds grace, grandeur and gravitas to any ...

Leonard Cohen’s most famous song, “Hallelujah,” almost didn’t see the light of day. When he submitted his seventh album, Various Positions, Columbia Records didn’t think it had ...

The 12-track project was produced by longtime Cohen friend Larry Klein and is led by Taylor’s cover of “Coming Back to You,” originally found on Cohen’s 1984 album Various Positions.

(AP) -- Leonard Cohen was deep in his career when he finally finished “Hallelujah.” ... “Various Positions,” to his longtime record company Columbia Records in 1984, ...

She retitled the song “Ballad of a Runaway Horse.” After Recent Songs, Cohen began working on his defining song. “Hallelujah” appeared in 1984 with the release of Various Positions.

Cohen’s accompanying nine-song album, Various Positions, found an outlet at a small (now-defunct) record label in 1984, and is today considered among the singer-songwriter’s best, with a ...

Get ready to hear the Leonard Cohen classic “Hallelujah” sung a lot of times by a lot of people in the deep-dive ... “Hallelujah” first appeared in the 1984 album “Various Positions.” ...

Even Cohen, in his later tours, performs a composite of the “Various Positions” album edition combined with a few of the additional verses, popularized by its appearance in “Shrek” and ...

Taylor’s intimate take on “Coming Back to You,” from Cohen’s 1984 LP Various Positions, marked the first listen from the album.

There’s also James Taylor covering “Coming Back To You,” taken from Cohen’s seventh studio album Various Positions (1984).