''Our Little Secret'' is the third studio album from
Belgian
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electronic
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band
Lords of Acid
Lords of Acid is a Belgian/American electronic dance music (EDM) group led by musician Praga Khan. They are best known for making songs with sexual lyrics and sexually explicit tracks, such as their hit " Pussy".
History
Lords of Acid debu ...
. It was released in 1997 on Antler-Subway Records. Both musically and lyrically, Lords of Acid maintain the
industrial music
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and sexually charged songs found on their previous album ''
Voodoo-U''. Lead vocal duties on ''Our Little Secret'' were performed by Jade 4 U. The front CD cover is a photo of a woman from the waist up, while the unfolded CD cover booklet is the completed full-body photograph which reveals an outline of a penis in her blue jeans.
Displaying the band's trademark
tongue-in-cheek
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History
The phrase originally expressed contempt, but by 1842 had acquired its modern meaning. Early users of the phrase include Sir Walter Scott ...
humor, the back cover of the album presented ''Our Little Secret'' as a live recording of a
classical music
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concert, as presented by "The Lords of Acid Orchestra". The song titles are presented with faux, intentionally pretentious parentheticals pertaining to classical pieces.
''Our Little Secret'' was the first Lords of Acid album to hit the U.S.
''Billboard'' 200, peaking at number 100. As was the case with their ''Lust'' and ''Voodoo-U'' albums, ''Our Little Secret'' was re-issued in 2001 as a "Stript" version, which removed all vocals. The album features one of their most recognizable hits, "
Pussy
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".
Reception
In advance of the album's release, Never Records revealed that 170,000 copies of the album had been shipped to retailers.
The album's lead single, "Rubber Doll", went into late-night rotation on some modern rock radio stations, including
KTCL
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in
Denver
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.
Track listing
References
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1997 albums
Lords of Acid albums