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''A Secret Wish'' is the debut album by German synthpop band
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. Released by
ZTT Records ZTT Records is a British record label founded in 1983 by the record producer Trevor Horn, the businesswoman Jill Sinclair and the ''NME'' journalist Paul Morley. They released music by acts including Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Grace Jones, the ...
in 1985, it was produced by Stephen Lipson under the supervision of label boss
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.


Commercial performance and singles

The singles "
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" and " Dr. Mabuse" were both Top 30 UK chart hits. The track " p:Machinery" (a line from which gives the album its title) was also released as a single and was featured in an episode of the '80s TV show ''
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'' and also on the video "Drum" by
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's Simon Le Bon for his Whitbread Round the World Race in 1985. Apart from the singles, the album track "The Murder of Love" began receiving airplay in Belgium in July 1985 and Norway in August 1985. The album's opening track "Dream within a Dream" starting getting adds on radio in Portugal in August 1985. "The Chase" also received adds in Italy in September 1985.


Reissues

The album was followed up quickly in November 1985 by the ''
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'' companion remix album. ''A Secret Wish'' has been reissued a number of times – including as a deluxe 20th anniversary edition and as a multi-channel SACD. In 2010 a double CD deluxe edition which marked the album's 25th anniversary. In 2018 it was released as part of the
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BMG 'The Art Of The Album' series on both vinyl & CD with an accompanying 'art print/6 page booklet' on the vinyl issue and 'hard cover/32 page booklet' with the CD. Both were advertised as 'Remastered from the original tapes ‘for the first time’, the vinyl and CD reissues will replicate the original ZTT vinyl LP / CD track listings'. However both contain the longer version of 'Dream Within A Dream' which omits the original guitar solo.


Reception

European magazine '' Eurotipsheet'' named the album one of its "albums of the week" in its issue dated July 8, 1985.


Track listing


Original 1985 vinyl album release

A – WITHIN # "Dream Within a Dream" – 8:04 # "The Murder of Love" – 5:12 # "Jewel" – 3:10 # "
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" – 4:43 B – WITHOUT # " p:Machinery" – 3:50 # "Sorry for Laughing" – 3:25 # " Dr. Mabuse (First Life)" – 5:00 # "The Chase" – 4:03 # "The Last Word/Strength to Dream" – 3:01 "Dream Within a Dream" has the lyrics of the poem " A Dream Within a Dream" by
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. The original 8.04-minute version features a guitar solo, the longer version has the solo omitted. "Sorry for Laughing" is a cover of the 1981 single by Josef K. "The Last Word" is an instrumental based on "Dr. Mabuse". "Strength to Dream" is the opening line from "Dream Within a Dream". On the sleeve and label, "Jewel" and "Duel" were listed as a single track, whereas "The Last Word" and "Strength to Dream" were separate.


Original 1985 CD release

# "Dream Within a Dream" xtendednbsp;– 9:09 # "The Murder of Love" – 5:12 # "Jewel" – 6:22 # "Duel" D remixnbsp;– 4:42 # "Frozen Faces" – 4:25 # "p:Machinery" ingle mixnbsp;– 3:51 # "Sorry for Laughing" – 3:27 # "The Chase" – 4:04 # "Dr Mabuse" D remixnbsp;– 10:41 "Jewel" is the 'cut rough' 12-inch (vocal) mix, with the opening seconds replaced by the album intro. "Duel" has minor changes within the mix, as does "p:Machinery", appearing here as the single mix. The version of "Dr Mabuse" here is the first 12-inch mix ('Das Testaments des Mabuse'), with the final minute replaced by the end of "The Last Word/Strength to Dream" from the original LP. The three-month delay between the vinyl and CD releases gave producer Steve Lipson the opportunity to remix the album to his satisfaction, and he said that he considered the CD to be the definitive version.Quoted in sleeve notes to ''A Secret Wish'' 2010 CD reissue The original US release contained the UK CD in a longbox. Several years later, a US printing was done that had the vinyl tracks but mislabeled with the original UK CD artwork. Most subsequent reissues featured a hybrid track listing, following the vinyl for the most part, but with the addition of the longer vocal "Jewel" and "Frozen Faces".


Japanese CD reissue

# "Dream Within a Dream" – 8:04 # "The Murder of Love" – 5:18 # "Jewel" – 3:11 # "Duel" – 4:48 # "Frozen Faces" – 4:25 # "p:Machinery" – 3:50 # "Sorry for Laughing" – 3:27 # "Dr. Mabuse (first life)" – 5:04 # "The Chase" – 4:05 # "The Last Word/Strength to Dream" – 3:02 # "Femme Fatale (The Woman with the Orchid)" – 3:21 # "Dr. Mabuse (13th Life)" – 6:36 # "Duel (bitter-sweet)" – 7:36 # "(the beta wraparound of) p:Machinery" – 10:47


20th Anniversary reissue

CD # "Dream Within a Dream" – 9:08 # "The Murder of Love" – 5:12 # "Jewel" – 6:22 # "Duel" – 4:42 # "Frozen Faces" – 4:25 # "p:Machinery" – 3:51 # "Sorry for Laughing" – 3:27 # "The Chase" – 4:04 # "Dr. Mabuse" – 10:41 DVD # "Duel (Version 1)" – 4:52 # "p:Machinery" – 3:48 # "Dr. Mabuse (Version 1)" – 4:50 # "Dr. Mabuse (Version 2)" – 4:30


SACD release

# "Dream Within a Dream" – 8:06 # "The Murder of Love" – 5:17 # "Jewel" – 6:23 # "Duel" – 4:48 # "Frozen Faces" – 4:22 # "p:Machinery" – 3:50 # "Sorry for Laughing" – 3:27 # "Dr. Mabuse" – 5:04 # "The Chase" – 4:05 # "Strength to Dream" – 3:00


2010 2CD Deluxe "Element Series" Edition

"Do Well" is the cassette single version of "
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". "Die tausend Augen des Mabuse" is an extended version of the 6'31" twelve-inch mix (aka "13th Life"), without the early fade out. "Thought" (parts one and two) appeared together on ''
Wishful Thinking Wishful thinking is the formation of beliefs based on what might be pleasing to imagine, rather than on evidence, rationality, or reality. It is a product of resolving conflicts between belief and desire. Methodologies to examine wishful thin ...
'' (part two is the " p:Machinery" reprise). The Goodnight 32 mix of "p:Machinery" was released in 1985 on a 7-inch single as "p:Machinery (reactivated)".


Personnel

*Ralf Dörper: keys *Michael Mertens: percussion *Susanne Freytag: vocals *Claudia Brücken: vocals *Andreas Thein: programming Also appearing: Andrew Richards, John McGeoch, Steve Howe,
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, Glenn Gregory,
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, Johnathan Sorrell,
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Charts


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Secret Wish, A 1985 debut albums Propaganda (band) albums Albums produced by Trevor Horn Albums produced by Stephen Lipson ZTT Records albums Avant-pop albums