Popular Problems

Popular Problems is the thirteenth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, released 22 September 2014. Most of the songs were new, though he did debut "Born In Chains" onstage in 2010 and "My Oh My" was played during a soundcheck the same year. 2010 version of "Born In Chains" differs radically in terms of arrangements and singing compared to the 2014 studio version, and the song itself was first performed as early as 1985, during unofficially recorded soundcheck in Europe; the early version used earlier version of lyrics set to the music which later become song "I Can't Forget", released on Cohen's 1988 record I'm Your Man. Through the years, Cohen referred to the song as "Taken Out of Egypt", reciting it on show in 1988, and humming it to the new melody in 2005 documentary Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man. "A Street" was recited in 2006, during promotion of Cohen's book of poetry Book of Longing. "Nevermind" was released as the poem in 2005 on The Leonard Cohen Files website, and in Book of Longing in 2006.