Secrets (Allan Holdsworth album)

Secrets is the sixth studio album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released on 6 November 1989 through Intima Records;^[2] a remastered edition was reissued in 2008 through Eidolon Efformation. The album features drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, rather than regular collaborator Chad Wackerman; Wackerman did, however, write and perform drums on the song "Peril Premonition".

Secrets
Studio album by Allan Holdsworth
Released	6 November 1989 (1989-11-06)[1]
Studio	Front Page Recorders, Costa Mesa, California; Music Grinder Studios, Los Angeles; The Brewery, North County, San Diego
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	37:20
Label	Intima
Producer	Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth chronology
With a Heart in My Song (1988) Secrets (1989) Wardenclyffe Tower (1992)
Alternative cover
2008 remastered edition

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Vincent Jeffries at AllMusic awarded Secrets 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it "a true masterpiece" and "a triumph", whilst highlighting Holdsworth's "unreachable technical standard" and continued development of the SynthAxe.^[2]

In a 2013 interview with MusicRadar,^[3] Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison picked Secrets as one of ten "essential drum albums". He praised the drumming of Colaiuta, whom he described as "playing with wild abandon" as well as being "incredibly accurate." Patrick Mameli, guitarist and vocalist for death metal band Pestilence, called Secrets "the greatest fusion album ever recorded".^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"City Nights"	Gary Husband	2:33
2.	"Secrets" (lyrics: Rowanne Mark)	Allan Holdsworth	4:22
3.	"54 Duncan Terrace"	Holdsworth	4:34
4.	"Joshua"	Steve Hunt	5:59
5.	"Spokes"	Holdsworth	3:32
6.	"Maid Marion"	Hunt	7:16
7.	"Peril Premonition"	Chad Wackerman	4:45
8.	"Endomorph" (lyrics: Mark)	Holdsworth	4:19
Total length:			37:20

Personnel

• Allan Holdsworth – guitar, SynthAxe, spoken vocals (track 7), engineering, mixing, production
• Rowanne Mark – vocals (track 2)
• Craig Copeland – vocals (track 8)
• Gary Husband – keyboard (track 1)
• Steve Hunt – keyboard (tracks 4, 6)
• Alan Pasqua – piano
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (except track 7)
• Chad Wackerman – drums (track 7), keyboard (track 7)
• Jimmy Johnson – bass (except track 7)
• Bob Wackerman – bass (track 7)
• Claire Holdsworth – spoken vocals (track 7)

Technical

• Jeffrey Ocheltree – sound effects
• Robert Feist – engineering, mixing
• Biff Vincent – engineering
• Charlie Watts – engineering
• Dan Humann – engineering
• Bernie Grundman – mastering