On September 27, 1979, “Columbia” label released “Recent Songs” sixth  studio Leonard Cohen album. It was recorded April – May 1979, at “A&M Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Leonard Cohen and Henry Lewy.

Personnel:

• Leonard Cohen – vocals, arrangements
• Ricardo Gonzalez – guitar
• John Bilezikjian – guitar
• Everado Sandoval – guitar
• Mitch Watkins – guitar
• Bill Ginn – keyboards
• Randy Waldman – keyboards
• Charles Beck – bass
• John Miller – bass
• Steve Meador – drums
• Paul Ostermayer – saxophone
• Jose Perez – trumpet
• Pablo Sandoval – trumpet
• Earl Dumler – oboe
• Jim Gilstrap – vocals
• Roger St Kennerly – vocals
• Stephanie Spruill – vocals
• Julia Tillman Waters – vocals
• Jennifer Warnes – vocals
• Maxine Willard Waters – vocals
• Skip Cottrell – engineer assistant, mixing assistant
• Derek Dunann – engineer assistant, mixing assistant
• Glen Christensen – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Leonard Cohen, except where noted.

1. The Guests
2. Humbled in Love
3. The Window
4. Came So Far for Beauty – Leonard Cohen, John Lissauer
5. The Lost Canadian (Un Canadien errant) – traditional, Antoine Gérin-Lajoie
6. The Traitor
7. Our Lady of Solitude
8. The Gypsy’s Wife
9. The Smokey Life
10. Ballad of the Absent Mare