| Box of Secrets | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 30 August 2010 |
| Recorded | 2008–2010 |
| Length | 33:46 |
| Label | Bright Pink Records |
| Producer | Zarif, Tommy D, Blair Makichan, Full Phatt, Utters, Fraser T Smith |
| Singles from Box of Secrets | |
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Evening Standard |   [1] |
| Fame Magazine | (favourable) [2] |
| The Guardian | [3] |
| Yahoo! Music | (favourable) [4] |
Box of Secretsis the debut album by singer-songwriter Zarif. It was released on 30 August 2010.
Box of Secrets features the three singles "Let Me Back", "Box of Secrets", and "Over".
Other tracks that feature on the album include "California", "Words" and "Summer in your Eyes", [5] "Breakout", "Silence Room", "Seen It All Before" [6] and "Can't Do Nothing". It features production by Tommy D (Corinne Bailey Rae, Kanye West, Jay-Z), Blair Makichan (Lily Allen), Full Phatt (The Rolling Stones, Christina Milian) and Fraser T Smith (Kano, James Morrison). [7]
Although Zarif released "Let Me Back" on Sony BMG / RCA and recorded the album under that label, Zarif released Box of Secrets on her own imprint, Bright Pink Records.
The track listing for Box of Secrets is as follows:
The Box of Secrets album was originally due for release in 2009 after the release of the single "Over". However, due to the single being cancelled, this edition of the album remains unreleased. This edition contains a different running order and "Can't Do Nothing" which was left off the final track listing.
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