Secrets (Allan Holdsworth album)

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Secrets
Allan Holdsworth - 1989 - Secrets.jpg
Studio album by
Released1989 (1989)
StudioFront Page Recorders, Costa Mesa, California; Music Grinder Studios, Los Angeles; The Brewery, North County, San Diego
Genre Jazz fusion
Length37:20
Label Intima
Producer Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth chronology
With a Heart in My Song
(1988)
Secrets
(1989)
Wardenclyffe Tower
(1992)
Alternative cover
Allan Holdsworth - 1989 - Secrets (reissue).jpg
2008 remastered edition

Secrets is the sixth studio album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released in 1989 through Intima Records; [1] 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".

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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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. [1]

In a 2013 interview with MusicRadar, [2] 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". [3]

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."City Nights" Gary Husband 2:33
2."Secrets" (lyrics: Rowanne Mark)Allan Holdsworth4:22
3."54 Duncan Terrace"Holdsworth4:34
4."Joshua" Steve Hunt 5:59
5."Spokes"Holdsworth3:32
6."Maid Marion"Hunt7:16
7."Peril Premonition" Chad Wackerman 4:45
8."Endomorph" (lyrics: Mark)Holdsworth4:19
Total length:37:20

Personnel

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References

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  2. Bosso, Joe (15 February 2013). "Gavin Harrison picks 10 essential drum albums". MusicRadar . Future plc. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. Sloan, Mike. "Pestilence's Technical Wizard: Patrick Mameli Part Two". Blistering . Retrieved 4 July 2015.