Secrets (The Human League album)

Secrets
Studio album by The Human League
Released	August 6, 2001
Recorded	2000-2001
Genre	Pop, Electronic
Length	51:46
Label	Papillon Records BTFLYCD0019
Producer	Toy
The Human League chronology
Octopus (1995) Secrets (2001) Credo (2011)

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Secrets is an album recorded by British synthpop band The Human League. It was issued in 2001 by Papillon Records and was the Human League's first studio album in six years. As with their previous album Octopus, the band was presented as a trio of singers Philip Oakey, Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley (credited by her married name Susan Ann Gayle, which she would later drop professionally in October 2007), although band member Neil Sutton also contributed songwriting and keyboard parts. Secrets received a delayed release in the United States the following year.

The album contains sixteen tracks, seven of which are short, instrumental transitional compositions. Upon its release Secrets earned positive reviews from music critics, although commercial success was hampered due to the bankruptcy of Papillon (a division of Chrysalis Records) shortly after its release. The first single "All I Ever Wanted" returned the Human League to the UK singles chart after a five year absence peaking at number forty-seven.

In 2003, after the collapse of Papillon Records, a follow-up single from Secrets, "Love Me Madly?," was released privately by Michiel Van Bokhorst's Nukove Records, a company set up especially to release Human League records.

Track listing

1. "All I Ever Wanted" (Oakey, Sutton)
2. "Nervous" (Oakey, Sutton, Toy) +
3. "Love Me Madly?" (Oakey, Sutton)
4. "Shameless" (Oakey, Sutton)
5. "122.3 BPM" (Oakey, Sutton) +
6. "Never Give Your Heart" (Oakey, Sutton)
7. "Ran" (Oakey, Sutton) +
8. "The Snake" (Oakey, Sutton)
9. "Ringinglow" (Oakey, Sutton, Toy) +
10. "Liar" (Oakey, Sutton)
11. "Lament" (Sutton) +
12. "Reflections" (Fellowes, Oakey)
13. "Brute" (Oakey) +
14. "Sin City" (Oakey)
15. "Release" (Sutton) +
16. "You'll Be Sorry" (Oakey, Sutton)

+ indicates instrumental transitional track

Chart performance

Chart (2001)	Peak position
German Albums Chart	64
UK Albums Chart	44