The Secret of Association

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The Secret of Association is the second album by the English singer Paul Young. Released in 1985, it reached number one on the UK album charts and the Top 20 in the US. The album spawned the hit singles "Everytime You Go Away" (a #1 hit in the US and #4 in the UK), "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" (#9 UK, #13 US), "Everything Must Change" (#9 UK, #56 US), and "Tomb of Memories" (UK #16).

The album has been certified Double Platinum (600,000 copies sold) by the BPI in the UK, and Gold (500,000 copies sold) in the US by the RIAA.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Paul Young and Ian Kewley; except where indicated.

1. "Bite the Hand That Feeds" (Billy Livsey, Graham Lyle) 4:29
2. "Everytime You Go Away" (Daryl Hall) 4:24
3. "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" (Earl Randle) 5:06
4. "Standing on the Edge" (Andrew Barfield) 4:32
5. "Soldier's Things" (Tom Waits) 6:20
6. "Everything Must Change" 5:34
7. "Tomb of Memories" 5:42
8. "One Step Forward" 3:15
9. "Hot Fun" 3:52
10. "This Means Anything" 3:41
11. "I Was in Chains" (Gavin Sutherland) 4:26
12. "Man in the Iron Mask" (Billy Bragg) 3:13 (Not included on vinyl record or U.S. releases.)

Note: some cassette releases replace tracks 2, 3, 7, 10, and 12 with extended remix versions

Personnel

• Paul Young - vocals, arrangements
• Mark Pinder - acoustic drums, Simmons, LinnDrum, Roland TR-808, percussion
• Marc Chantereau - percussion
• Pino Palladino - bass guitar, stick
• Steve Bolton - guitar
• John Turnbull - guitar
• B.J. Cole - pedal steel guitar
• Ian Kewley - Yamaha DX7, Oberheim OB-Xa, Fairlight CMI, E-mu Emulator, Hammond organ, acoustic piano, arrangements
• Matt Irving - keyboard bass
• Laurie Latham - effects, arrangements
• Paul Nieman - trombone (5)
• Nick Payn - saxophone (7)
• "Big" Jim Paterson - trombone (9)
• Graham Preskett - violin (11)
• Mark Feltham - bass harmonica (11)
• Jimmy Chambers, George Chandler, Chris Difford, Ged Doherty, Tony Jackson, Kim Lesley, Maz Roberts, Glenn Tilbrook - backing vocals

Production

• Producer: Laurie Latham
• Engineers: Stewart Barry, James Illes and Laurie Latham.
• Mastered by Tim Young
• Art Direction and Design: Rob O'Conner
• Sleeve Photography: Simon Fowler
• Inner Sleeve Photos: "Everyone"

External links

• The Secret of Association at Discogs