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M - The Official Secrets Act FLAC album

M - The Official Secrets Act FLAC album

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Transmission (The World Is At Your Fingertips)
A2 Join The Party
A3 Working For The Corporation
Vocals, Whistling – Billy Brown , Brigit Vinchon, Deidre Costello, Den Smith, Denis Blackham, John Keogh, Mog Aherne, Robin Scott
A4 Your Country Needs You
A5 M' Aider
B1 Relax
Arranged By – Billy Whelan*Directed By – Audrey ParkesOrchestra – The Dublin Symphony Orchestra
B2 Maniac
Bass – Mark King
B3 Keep It To Yourself
Arranged By – Donal LunnyBagpipes [Uilean Pipes] – Paddy Keenan
B4 Abracadabra
Composed By – Brigit Vinchon
B5 Official Secrets
Arranged By – Billy Whelan*Directed By – Audrey ParkesOrchestra – The Dublin Symphony Orchestra

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Platinum Productions Int. N.V.
  • Copyright (c) – Platinum Productions Int. N.V.
  • Published By – Zomba Music Publishing Ltd.
  • Mastered At – Tape One
  • Printed By – Garrod
  • Pressed By – CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton

Credits

  • Bass – Julian Scott
  • Composed By, Guitar, Vocals – Robin Scott (tracks: A1 to B3, B5)
  • Coordinator – Linda Rhythm
  • Design – Rocking Russian
  • Drums – Philip Gould*
  • Drums, Guitar – Mark King
  • Engineer – Dave Aston , Denis Blackham, Philip Begley
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Kevin Killen
  • Lacquer Cut By – BilBo
  • Photography By – Peter Ashworth
  • Producer – M
  • Saxophone – Gary Barnacle
  • Synth – David Vorhaus, Wally Badarou
  • Vocals – Brigit Vinchon

Notes

Issued with custom designed labels and includes printed insert with lyrics and credits.
℗ & © 1980 Platinum Productions Int. N.V.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout: MCF 3085A
  • Matrix / Runout: MCF 3085B
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched + stamp): MCF-3085-A-1 BilBo Ta1pE ⋀
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched + stamp): MCF-3085-B-1 BilBo - Ta1pE ⋀
  • Other (on both sides of the insert): A CP4M 1 23 B36891 M
  • Other (Printers code on back cover): G9699Gp1736Dd291938.K8.10/77

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
LAE-331 M The Official Secrets Act ‎(LP, Album) MCA Records LAE-331 Mexico 1981
WESM 502 M The Official Secrets Act ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM) Westside WESM 502 UK 2000
VIM6241 M The Official Secrets Act ‎(LP, Promo) MCA Records VIM6241 Japan 1980
MAPS 9792 M The Official Secrets Act ‎(LP) MCA Records MAPS 9792 Scandinavia 1980
MECI-25146 M The Official Secrets Act ‎(CD, Album, RM) Meldac MECI-25146 Japan 2000


M - The Official Secrets Act FLAC album

Musician performer: M

Title: The Official Secrets Act

Country: Mexico

Date of release: 1980

Style: Synth-pop, Pop Rock

Genre: Electronic

Size FLAC: 1381 mb

Rating: 4.2 / 5

Votes: 573

Other Formats: RA AA XM TTA MP3 AUD AU

M Synth-pop Pop Rock 1980 Mexico

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LadyShlak
Bought this album back in the 80's, but could not really get into it, as it felt like a collection of tracks rather than an album. But I have come to realize that it is a bit of a Rubik's Cube challenge, I solved it for myself by arranging the songs in this order:A (New Wave): Official Secrets / Relax / Join The Party / Keep It To Yourself / Your Country Needs YouB (Experimental/Jazz-Funk): Transmission / Abracadabra / M'aider (MayDay) / Maniac / Working For The Corporation Like this, it really flows like an album, and I gotta admit no doubt it is a choice release of its era. "Relax" is to me the obvious single, it may lack a catchy chorus but got an infectious synth bass line and great lively strings.The best track on the album in my opinion is "Transmission", it is predating ambient house by a decade."Mayday" and "Maniac" is an experimental jazz funk double header, sounds better to me when they are sequenced together."Working for the corporation" is the tongue in cheek "Monthy Python" like ending. Before checking the credits again, I got an Yellow Magic Orchestra vibe from the album, so I thought maybe Yukihiro Takahashi was involved. But it is in fact Wally Badarou and an early version of Level 42 that is backing Robin Scott here.
LadyShlak
Bought this album back in the 80's, but could not really get into it, as it felt like a collection of tracks rather than an album. But I have come to realize that it is a bit of a Rubik's Cube challenge, I solved it for myself by arranging the songs in this order:A (New Wave): Official Secrets / Relax / Join The Party / Keep It To Yourself / Your Country Needs YouB (Experimental/Jazz-Funk): Transmission / Abracadabra / M'aider (MayDay) / Maniac / Working For The Corporation Like this, it really flows like an album, and I gotta admit no doubt it is a choice release of its era. "Relax" is to me the obvious single, it may lack a catchy chorus but got an infectious synth bass line and great lively strings.The best track on the album in my opinion is "Transmission", it is predating ambient house by a decade."Mayday" and "Maniac" is an experimental jazz funk double header, sounds better to me when they are sequenced together."Working for the corporation" is the tongue in cheek "Monthy Python" like ending. Before checking the credits again, I got an Yellow Magic Orchestra vibe from the album, so I thought maybe Yukihiro Takahashi was involved. But it is in fact Wally Badarou and an early version of Level 42 that is backing Robin Scott here.
Nuliax
This album has to rank high on the list of the "World's Greatest Little Known Albums." At a time when the concept album of Seventies Prog Rock was being vilified as hopelessly old school, Robin Scott created a masterful work with a broad satirical take on society and the security state. The lyrics are as apt today as they were in 1980, particularly on cuts like 'Working for the Corporation.' The music is an interesting blend of the synth pop that was just emerging but with the compositional complexity of Prog acts, while sounding contemporary and of its time. The only downside is that which plagued too many albums of the Eighties: the use of electronic percussion, almost never a good substitute for a real drum kit. An unheralded minor classic.
Nuliax
This album has to rank high on the list of the "World's Greatest Little Known Albums." At a time when the concept album of Seventies Prog Rock was being vilified as hopelessly old school, Robin Scott created a masterful work with a broad satirical take on society and the security state. The lyrics are as apt today as they were in 1980, particularly on cuts like 'Working for the Corporation.' The music is an interesting blend of the synth pop that was just emerging but with the compositional complexity of Prog acts, while sounding contemporary and of its time. The only downside is that which plagued too many albums of the Eighties: the use of electronic percussion, almost never a good substitute for a real drum kit. An unheralded minor classic.
GawelleN
Amazing album which I purchased in 1980. I still play is 3 or 4 times a year. Bonkers and tuneful.
GawelleN
Amazing album which I purchased in 1980. I still play is 3 or 4 times a year. Bonkers and tuneful.