Having ditched the mellow soulful R&B of his last album, Cohen appears to pick up where he left off with 'Recent Songs', which up to this point was arguable his 'jazz record'.
'Dear Heather' does have some contemporary pop adornments added to it though, like the drums on some songs. It totally sounded like a mixture of Fiona Apples 'When the Pawn' mixed with 'Extraordinary Machines' to me. That is a totally welcome mix!!! Also the female background singers are much more prominent here. Frankly I think it is a welcome change! Lets give these chicks that have been singing with Cohen for years a chance to shine for once! This does not in any way reduce Cohen as a song-writer.. since he penned their lyrics for them!! It is just a different interpretation of his song-writing is all.
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