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Secret Story (album)

1992 studio album by Pat Metheny From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Secret Story (album)
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Secret Story is an album by Pat Metheny, released in 1992. It won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album in 1993. All of the music is composed by Metheny (shared credit on one track), and it is one of his most ambitious studio ventures, integrating elements of jazz, rock, and world music. On the performing side, it includes collaborations with the Pinpeat Orchestra of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia, the London Orchestra and its conductor Jeremy Lubbock, the Choir of the Cambodian Royal Palace, legendary harmonica player Toots Thielemans, and keyboardist Lyle Mays from Pat Metheny Group.

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Background

The opening song, "Above the Treetops", is an adaptation of a Cambodian spiritual song. Japanese pianist and singer Akiko Yano appears on "As a Flower Blossoms", earning the only co-writing credit on the album. Yano had previously collaborated with Metheny on her 1991 album Love Life. Orchestral arrangements for the album were conducted by Jeremy Lubbock.

Metheny took Secret Story on a concert tour, and a video recording of a live performance at New Brunswick, New Jersey, was issued. This film, also called Secret Story, was re-released on DVD in 2001.

The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on December 1, 1995.[4]

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Remaster

In September 2007, the album was released again with noticeably retouched mixes and a bonus CD of five previously unreleased tracks from the same sessions.[5] The remaster was issued on WEA and Nonesuch Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pat Metheny except where noted.

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Note

  • Bonus CD of the 2007 Deluxe Edition reissue. The numbering for bonus disc tracks 2–4 in the booklet and on the packaging is wrong.[5] The tracklist below is as the music is presented on disc.[6]

All music is composed by Pat Metheny.

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Personnel

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Technical

  • Pat Metheny – producer
  • Steve Rodby, David Oakes – co-producers
  • Mastered by Ted Jensen
  • Recorded 1991–92 at the Power Station, New York City
  • Orchestra recorded at Abbey Road Studio One, London, UK[7]

Awards

Grammy Awards

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References

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