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. Released in 1985, it reached number one on the UK album charts and the Top 20 in the US. The album spawned the hit singles "

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" and "Tomb of Memories". The album has been certified Double Platinum (600,000 copies sold) by the BPI in the UK and Gold (500,000 copies sold) in the US by the

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. The album followed the pattern of Young's debut album, ''

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'', combining cover versions with original songs written by Young and keyboard player Ian Kewley. However, on this album the Young/Kewley partnership was better represented with five of their compositions featuring.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Paul Young and Ian Kewley; except where indicated. # "Bite the Hand That Feeds" (

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" (Earl Randle) - 5:05 # "Standing on the Edge" (Andrew Barfield) - 4:38 # "Soldier's Things" (

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" - 5:35 # "Tomb of Memories" - 3:53 # "One Step Forward" - 3:42 # "Hot Fun" - 4:26 # "This Means Anything" - 3:13 # "I Was in Chains" ( Gavin Sutherland) - 5:42 # "Man in the Iron Mask" (

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) - 3:13 (Not included on vinyl record or U.S. releases.) Note: some cassette releases feature "Man In The Iron Mask" as track 6 and replace tracks 2, 3, 6, 9 and 11 with extended remix versions. The Secret Of Association was re-released as a 2 x CD album in 2006 under licence on Edsel (EDSD2006) and contained a second CD containing 12" remixes and live tracks. "The Man In The Iron Mask" was excluded from the first CD but was instead featured on the second CD. CD2 Listing # "

(special extended mix)" # "

(12" mix)" # "Give Me My Freedom" # "

(12" mix)" # "Tomb Of Memories" # "Man in the Iron Mask" # "Bite the Hand That Feeds (live at Hammersmith Odeon)" # "No Parlez (live at Hammersmith Odeon)"

Personnel

* Paul Young – lead vocals, backing vocals, arrangements * Ian Kewley – acoustic piano,

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, arrangements * Steve Bolton – guitars * John Turnbull – guitars,

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(2) * B. J. Cole –

pedal steel guitar The pedal steel guitar is a Console steel guitar, console-type of steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings to enable playing more varied and complex music than any previous steel guitar design. Like all s ...

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– keyboard bass *

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– bass guitar,

Chapman stick The Chapman Stick is an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. A member of the guitar family, the Chapman Stick usually has ten or twelve individually tuned strings and is used to play bass lines, melody lines, ...

* Mark Pinder – drums, Simmons drums,

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, percussion * Marc Chantereau – percussion *

Laurie Latham Laurie Latham (born 1955) is a British rock producer who worked with Glenn Tilbrook, Paul Young and others. He has produced albums by Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Echo & the Bunnymen, Squeeze, The Stranglers, The Christians and Slapp Happy. Ca ...

– effects, arrangements * Nick Payn – saxophone (7) * Paul Nieman – trombone (5) * Jim Paterson – trombone (9) * Mark Feltham –

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(11) * – violin (11) * Jimmy Chambers – backing vocals * George Chandler – backing vocals * Ged Doherty – backing vocals * Tony Jackson – backing vocals * Kim Lesley – backing vocals * Maz Roberts – backing vocals *

Chris Difford Christopher Henry Difford (born 4 November 1954) is an English singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. He is a founding member and songwriter of the rock group Squeeze. Musical career Born in Greenwich, London, Difford has written ly ...

– backing vocals (7) *

Glenn Tilbrook Glenn Martin Tilbrook (born 31 August 1957) is the lead singer and guitarist of the English band Squeeze, a band formed in the mid-1970s who broke through in the new wave era at the decade's end. He generally wrote the music for Squeeze's son ...

– backing vocals (7)

Production

* Producer and Engineer – Laurie Latham * Additional Engineers – Stewart Barry and James Illes * Mastered by Tim Young * Art Direction and Design – Rob O'Conner * Cover Photography – Simon Fowler * Inner Sleeve Photos – "Everyone"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

External links

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Secret Of Association, The 1985 albums Paul Young albums Albums produced by Laurie Latham Columbia Records albums