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Joan Armatrading

talks Secret Secrets

Length: 14 min, 43 s // Recorded: 1985

Secret Secrets is the ninth studio album by British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, released on 4 February 1985 by A&M. The album was recorded and mixed at Battery Studios (previously known as Morgan Studios), in Willesden, London. It reached number 14 on the UK Album Chart and was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 60,000 copies. The album peaked at number 18 in Australia.

The producer for Secret Secrets was Mike Howlett, who had previous success producing for bands such as OMD, China Crisis and Berlin. Alex Sadkin, who had produced three albums with Grace Jones, was approached but he was not available at the time. Secret Secrets was the last album for which Armatrading worked with a producer as she has produced all subsequent albums herself. At the time of this album’s release, Armatrading was having her own studio built in the grounds of her home, and she eventually named it Bumpkin Studio.

In the Interview Joan talks about recording the new album the musicians who joined her in the recording studio why she chose Mike Howlett as producer on this album and the difference in sound that the album has.

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Secret Secrets is the ninth studio album by British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, released on 4 February 1985 by A&M. The album was recorded and mixed at Battery Studios (previously known as Morgan Studios), in Willesden, London. It reached number 14 on the UK Album Chart and was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 60,000 copies. The album peaked at number 18 in Australia.

The producer for Secret Secrets was Mike Howlett, who had previous success producing for bands such as OMD, China Crisis and Berlin. Alex Sadkin, who had produced three albums with Grace Jones, was approached but he was not available at the time. Secret Secrets was the last album for which Armatrading worked with a producer as she has produced all subsequent albums herself. At the time of this album’s release, Armatrading was having her own studio built in the grounds of her home, and she eventually named it Bumpkin Studio.

In the Interview Joan talks about recording the new album the musicians who joined her in the recording studio why she chose Mike Howlett as producer on this album and the difference in sound that the album has.

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    Joan is a true songwriter with a special voice.

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