Secrets (Allan Holdsworth album)

1989 studio album by Allan Holdsworth

Secrets

Studio album by

Allan Holdsworth

Released| 6 November 1989 (1989-11-06)[1]
Studio| Front Page Recorders, Costa Mesa, California; Music Grinder Studios, Los Angeles; The Brewery, North County, San Diego
Genre| Jazz fusion
Length| 37:20
Label| Intima
Producer| Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth chronology
| With a Heart in My Song
(1988)  | Secrets
(1989)  | Wardenclyffe Tower
(1992)

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Alternative cover

2008 remastered edition

Secrets is the sixth studio album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released on 6 November 1989 through Intima Records;[2] a remastered edition was reissued in 2008 through Eidolon Efformation. The album features drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, rather than regular collaborator Chad Wackerman; Wackerman did, however, write and perform drums on the song "Peril Premonition".

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]

Vincent Jeffries at AllMusic awarded Secrets 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it "a true masterpiece" and "a triumph", whilst highlighting Holdsworth's "unreachable technical standard" and continued development of the SynthAxe.[2]

In a 2013 interview with MusicRadar,[3] Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison picked Secrets as one of ten "essential drum albums". He praised the drumming of Colaiuta, whom he described as "playing with wild abandon" as well as being "incredibly accurate." Patrick Mameli, guitarist and vocalist for death metal band Pestilence, called Secrets "the greatest fusion album ever recorded".[4]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Music| Length

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1.| "City Nights"| Gary Husband| 2:33
2.| "Secrets" (lyrics: Rowanne Mark)| Allan Holdsworth| 4:22
3.| "54 Duncan Terrace"| Holdsworth| 4:34
4.| "Joshua"| Steve Hunt| 5:59
5.| "Spokes"| Holdsworth| 3:32
6.| "Maid Marion"| Hunt| 7:16
7.| "Peril Premonition"| Chad Wackerman| 4:45
8.| "Endomorph" (lyrics: Mark)| Holdsworth| 4:19
Total length:| 37:20

## Personnel

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* Allan Holdsworth – guitar, SynthAxe, spoken vocals (track 7), engineering, mixing, production
* Rowanne Mark – vocals (track 2)
* Craig Copeland – vocals (track 8)
* Gary Husband – keyboard (track 1)
* Steve Hunt – keyboard (tracks 4, 6)
* Alan Pasqua – piano
* Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (except track 7)
* Chad Wackerman – drums (track 7), keyboard (track 7)
* Jimmy Johnson – bass (except track 7)
* Bob Wackerman – bass (track 7)
* Claire Holdsworth – spoken vocals (track 7)

Technical

* Jeffrey Ocheltree – sound effects
* Robert Feist – engineering, mixing
* Biff Vincent – engineering
* Charlie Watts – engineering
* Dan Humann – engineering
* Bernie Grundman – mastering

## References

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1. ^ "Music and Media" (PDF). p. 26.
2. ^ a b c Jeffries, Vincent. "Secrets - Allan Holdsworth". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
3. ^ Bosso, Joe (15 February 2013). "Gavin Harrison picks 10 essential drum albums". MusicRadar. Future plc. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
4. ^ Sloan, Mike. "Pestilence's Technical Wizard: Patrick Mameli Part Two". Blistering. Retrieved 4 July 2015.

## External links

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* Secrets at therealallanholdsworth.com (archived)
* Allan Holdsworth "Secrets" at Guitar Nine
* In-depth interview about Secrets at the Allan Holdsworth Information Center

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Allan Holdsworth

Studio albums|

* Velvet Darkness
* I.O.U.
* Metal Fatigue
* Atavachron
* Sand
* Secrets
* Wardenclyffe Tower
* Hard Hat Area
* None Too Soon
* The Sixteen Men of Tain
* Flat Tire: Music for a Non-Existent Movie

EPs|

* Road Games

Live albums|

* I.O.U. Live
* All Night Wrong
* Then!
* Live in Japan 1984
* Warsaw Summer Jazz Days '98

Compilations|

* The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock

Box sets|

* The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever! The Allan Holdsworth Album Collection

Collaborations|

* The Things You See
* With a Heart in My Song
* Truth in Shredding
* Heavy Machinery

Related articles|

* Tempest
* Soft Machine
* The New Tony Williams Lifetime
* U.K.
* Bruford
* HoBoLeMa

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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