| 词条 | Secrets (The Human League album) | ||||||
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| name = Secrets | type = Album | artist = The Human League | cover = Human League Secrets.jpg | alt = | released = 6 August 2001 | recorded = 2000-2001 | venue = | studio = | genre = Pop, electronic | length = 51:46 | label = Papillon Records BTFLYCD0019 | producer = Toy (Dave Clayton and Kerry Hopwood) | prev_title = Octopus | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = Credo | next_year = 2011 | misc = {{Singles | name = Secrets | type = studio | single1 = All I Ever Wanted | single1date = 23 July 2001 | single2 = Love Me Madly? | single2date = 2003 }} }}{{Album ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}[1] |rev2 = Dotmusic |rev2score = 8/10[2] |rev3 = Edmonton Journal |rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[3] |rev4 = The Guardian |rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}[4] |rev5 = Montreal Gazette |rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[5] |rev6 = Playlouder |rev6score = 4/5[6] |rev7 = Q |rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}[7] |rev8 = The Times |rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}[8] |rev9 = Uncut |rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}[9] |rev10 = Vancouver Sun |rev10score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[10] }} Secrets is the eighth studio 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. BackgroundAs 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. Oakey spoke of the personal difficulties that he and Sulley experienced during the nineties, medicating with Prozac to cope. He said: Secrets has "the overall feeling of mental illness about it."[11] The album contains sixteen tracks, seven of which are short, instrumental transitional compositions. Commercial success was hampered due to the bankruptcy of Papillon (a division of Chrysalis Records) shortly after its release.{{Citation needed|date= June 2012}} 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.[12] 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.[12] The album was reissued as a deluxe 2CD version in 2018 by Edsel Records.[13] Critical receptionThe Times gave a positive review. David Stubbs wrote: "Secrets is a pleasing mixture of old style Human League and state-of-the-art techno pop. Songs such as All I Ever Wanted and Liar are splendidly melodramatic, with Phil Oakey's voice the perfect antidote to the sub-Mariah [Carey] vocal aerobics peddled by today's pop groups."[8] The Guardian's Betty Clarke was also favourable. She wrote: "Philip Oakey still writes catchy yet ambiguous pop songs, and his voice manages to be both severe and tender... This isn't just a return to form: it stands alone as completely brilliant."[4] On the other hand Billboard were mixed and commented on the redundant lyrics and weak refrains. They wrote: "Seven instrumental interludes offer some respite from uninspired lyrics. But there's little new ground broken here. And one key ingredient of Human League's recipe is lacking: irresistible hooks that drove such hits as "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" and "Human."[14] Likewise, Andy Gill of The Independent felt the band had made little progress from their "Dare heyday", and called the band's noted synth-pop style as "commonplace" compared to that era. While he named some tracks on the album to be admired, he felt that "the hooks here aren't anywhere near as adhesive as 'Love Action' and 'Don't You Want Me'."[15]Commercial performanceThe album was far behind the commercial success of the band's early eighties heyday. It charted at number 44 on the UK Albums Chart. It is their joint-lowest charting UK album along with Credo released a decade later in 2011.[12] The album shifted 4,143 copies in its first week and as of March 2011, had total sales of 11,854 copies.[16] Track listing
+ indicates instrumental transitional track Chart performance
References1. ^[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r550441|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review] {{Human League}}{{2000s-pop-album-stub}}2. ^{{cite web |last=Wade |first=Ian |title=Human League - Secrets (Papillon) |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010804064850/http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Albums/August2001/reviews21333.asp |publisher=Dotmusic |accessdate=1 April 2019 |date=3 August 2001}} 3. ^{{cite news |last=Sperounes |first=Sandra |title=New releases |work=Edmonton Journal |date=30 March 2002 |page=E3}} 4. ^1 {{cite news |last=Clarke |first=Betty |title=Friday Review |work=The Guardian |date=3 August 2001 |page=14}} 5. ^{{cite news |last=Lepage |first=Mark |title=Power ballads from a pro |work=Montreal Gazette |date=25 April 2002 |page=37}} 6. ^{{cite web |last=Moffat |first=Iain |title=Secrets - Human League |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050210024541/http://www.playlouder.com/review/+353humanleague/ |publisher=Playlouder |accessdate=1 April 2019 |date=9 August 2001}} 7. ^{{cite journal |last=Kane |first=Peter |title=Synthpop Doyens Return Winningly After 6 Years. Daft Who? |journal=Q |date=August 2001 |issue=179}} 8. ^1 {{cite news |last=Stubbs |first=David |title=Pop albums |work=The Times |date=4 August 2001 |page=13}} 9. ^{{cite journal |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |title=The Human League - Secrets |journal=Uncut |date=September 2001 |page=100}} 10. ^{{cite news |last=Gold |first=Kerry |title=CD reviews |work=Vancouver Sun |date=20 April 2002 |page=57}} 11. ^{{cite news |last=Lester |first=Paul |title=Friday review: the friday interview: HUMAN REMAINS: Two decades after their synthpop assault on the charts, the Human League are back |work=The Guardian |date=13 July 2001}} 12. ^Van Bokhorst, Michiel {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121052537/http://www.nukove-records.com/history.htm |date=21 November 2008 }} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/human-league-secrets-2cd-deluxe/|title=Human League / Secrets 2CD deluxe - superdeluxeedition|website=www.superdeluxeedition.com}} 14. ^{{cite journal|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/77947/secrets|title=Time has stood still for the Human League—and that's both an asset and a liability|last=Hoffman|first=Wayne|work=Billboard|date=3 November 2001|accessdate=31 May 2013}} 15. ^{{cite web |last1=Gill |first1=Andy |title=Albums: The Human League |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/albums-the-human-league-9131464.html |publisher=The Independent |accessdate=19 March 2019 |date=26 July 2001}} 16. ^{{cite journal |title=Key Releases - 26.03.11 |journal=Music Week |date=26 March 2011 |page=28}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=The+Human+League&title=Secrets&cat=a&country=de |title=charts.de |publisher=charts.de |date=2001-07-27 |accessdate=2012-06-23}} 18. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18435/the-human-league/|title=HUMAN LEAGUE - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}} 2 : 2001 albums|The Human League albums |
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