''Secret World – Live in Paris'' is a

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by the British

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band

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, released on 27 February 2006 by the French record label XIII Bis. The band's first official live album, it was recorded at the

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stadium in Paris, France, during their 2005 world tour. The two-disc release contains a CD album along with a DVD video of the performance. The CD also contains three additional studio tracks; the previously unreleased "Floating Down the River", a radio edit of "Secret World" (released as a promo single in France, taken from the band's sixth album ''

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'') and "What Are We Fighting For?", a song written and originally included on

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's 1998 album ''Mayfield''.

Track listing

Tracks 1–9 recorded in Paris, 18 June 2005. Tracks 10–12 are studio recordings.

DVD listing

#"Secret World" (Orzabal) #"Call Me Mellow" (Orzabal, Pettus, Smith) #"Sowing the Seeds of Love" (Orzabal, Smith) #"Pale Shelter" (Orzabal, Smith) #"Closest Thing to Heaven" (Orzabal, Pettus, Smith) #"Mad World" (Orzabal) #"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (Hughes, Orzabal, Stanley) #"Head Over Heels" (Orzabal, Smith) #"Shout" (Orzabal, Stanley)

Personnel

Tears for Fears *

Roland Orzabal Roland Orzabal (born Roland Jaime Orzabal de la Quintana; 22 August 1961) is a British musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, and author. He is best known as a co-founder of Tears for Fears, of which he is the main songwriter and joint v ...

– lead vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9), rhythm guitar, additional lead guitar, backing vocals *

– lead vocals (4, 6, 7), bass guitar, backing vocals * Doug Petty – keyboards * Charlton Pettus – lead guitar *

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– drums Studio track credits * Roland Orzabal – vocals, instruments, guitars (11) * Curt Smith – vocals, instruments * Charlton Pettus – instruments, guitars, backing vocals * Fred Ettringham – drums (10) * Nick D'Virgilio – drums (11) *

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– drums (12) * Joel Peskin – baritone saxophone (10), tenor saxophone (10) * Steve Kujaja –

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(10) * Gary Grant – trumpet (10),

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(10) * David Washburn – trumpet (10), flugelhorn (10) Orchestra on "Secret World (Radio Edit)" *

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– arrangements and conductor * Suzie Katayama – contractor * Stefanie Fife, Barry Gold, Maurice Grants, Vahe Hayrikyan, Suzie Katayama, Miguel Martinez, Dan Smith and Rudy Stein – cello * Gayle Levant –

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* Bob Becker, Denyse Buffman, Roland Kato, Carole Mukogawa, Karie Prescott and Evan Wilson – viola *

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, Eve Butler, Mario DeLeon,

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, Julian Hallmark, Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Norm Hughes, Peter Kent, Michael Markman, Robert Matsuda,

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, Sandra Park, Sara Parkins, Bob Peterson, Lesa Terry, Josefina Veraga and John Wittenberg – violin

References

* ''Secret World Live in Paris''at

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