Album: Secret Wish
Artist: Propaganda
1985 ZTT/ISLAND
LP: 207 027-8

Band members:
Ralf Dörper: keys
Michael Mertens: percussion
Susanne Freytag: vocals
Claudia Brücken: vocals
Andreas Thein: programming

PROPAGANDA acknowledge the participation, with some voices and instruments, of:
Andrew Richards, Steve Howe, David Sylvian, Glenn Gregory, Trevor Horn, Johnathan Sorrell, Ian Mosley

Produced by S.J. Lipson
Mixed and matched by S.J. Lipson and Trevor Horn

Tracks:
1. "Dream Within a Dream" [mus: Mertens; lyr: Edgar Allan Poe] (8:04)
2. "The Murder of Love" [mus: Brücken/Mertens; lyr: Brücken/Dörper] (5:13)
3. "Jewel/Duel" [mus: Brücken/Dörper/Mertens; lyr: Dörper] (3:10/4:47)
4. "p:Machinery" [mus: Mertens; lyr: Dörper] (3:49)
5. "Sorry for Laughing" [mus: Paul Haig/Malcolm Ross; lyr: Haig] (3:27)
6. "Dr. Mabuse (First Life)" [mus: Dörper/Mertens/Thein; lyr: Dörper] (5:03)
7. "The Chase" [mus: Mertens; lyr: Dörper] (4:05)
8. "The Last Word" [mus: Dörper/Mertens; lyr: Dörper/Mertens] (3:01)
9. "Strength to Dream"

Notes: (*****) There are no credits to (9) on the disc, but it is a reprise of (1). Other writing credits are from the 2010 release. The record bears a strong resemblance to Trevor Horn's ZTT label sound (Art of Noise, Frankie Goes to Hollywood etc.).

Brucken said in a Dec 2020 interview that Howe played a guitar solo on (2), beginning at 3:23: "[Producer] Stephen Lipson had no idea what to do in that section of the song. He said, 'It needs some jazzy solo.' He walked out of the studio and there was Steve Howe. He was working with Trevor on something. Stephen said, 'Do you fancy popping in and doing a bit of noodling?' And he said, 'Sure.' You couldn't have planned it." (Yuriy Romanets; additional notes, HP, 6 Apr 03; updated 13 Dec 20)


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