| Secrets | ||||
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| Released | October 1981 | |||
| Genre | Pop, MOR | |||
| Length | 42.15 | |||
| Label | GTO Records | |||
| Producer | Barry Blue, The Dooleys | |||
| The Dooleys chronology | ||||
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Secrets is a 1981 album by the British pop group The Dooleys, released on GTO Records. It was their final album in the UK.
By late 1981, the group had released two consecutive flop singles, "In a Riddle" from the previous album and "Taken at the Flood", a stand-alone single, which wasn't considered good enough for inclusion on this album. The group spent the year recording this album with new producer, former pop singer Barry Blue. In September, the lead single "And I Wish" was released. An upbeat pop song, it became their first chart entry for a year, but only managed to reach No.52. [1] The album was released soon after. Their record label, GTO Records was at the time being taken over by Epic Records and promotion for the album suffered. Secrets failed to chart, as did the follow-up single "The Dancer", which was released by Epic. [2] In Japan, a third single was released; "Tokyo Feeling". [3] Track "Tip of My Tongue" (co-written by Lynsey De Paul) had previously been recorded by Barry Blue himself and also as a single by Liquid Gold's Ellie Hope, while track "Love Me, Love Me Do" had been recorded (but never released) a year earlier by pop duo Dollar as "Living Each Day for You". [3]
Soon after the album's release three members of the group departed to live in South Africa and a new female singer was employed, making the group now a six-piece. [4] Some new tracks were recorded and released along with several songs from this album in Germany in 1982, where "And I Wish" had been a hit. [5] The album was titled And I Wish there, while it was renamed The Dancer in Japan, where they had experienced some success over the past two years. [6]
The group released two more singles in the UK and did record another album in 1983, but this was only released in Japan. The single, "And I Wish" remains The Dooleys final UK chart entry.
Secrets was released on compact disc by Cherry Red Records in May 2013 in a double-pack with their previous album, Full House. This had a number of bonus tracks, including two non-album singles released around this time. [7]
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Side two
CD bonus tracks
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