's rendition of "First We Take Manhattan" and House of Love's "Who by Fire" (the lead tracks on each side of the vinyl and cassette versions) were swapped so that R.E.M., one of the most popular American rock bands of the era, led the album.

The album includes two different covers of "Tower of Song", one by Robert Forster and another by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

All songs written by Leonard Cohen with the exceptions of "Don't Go Home with Your Hard-On" and "True Love Leaves No Traces", both co-written with Phil Spector.

More Fans, a free promotional bonus CD, was released in France by Fnac along with the main album.

The album cover showing children playing in water spray from a hydrant was taken by Weegee in New York's Lower West Side, in 1937.