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Secret Messages

Secret Messages
Front cover of the album sleeve
Studio album by
Electric Light Orchestra
Released24 June 1983
RecordedDecember 1982 – February 1983
StudioWisseloord Studios, Hilversum
Genre
Length
  • 42:47 (Original release)
  • 71:30 (2018 double album)
LabelJet, Columbia
ProducerJeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra chronology
Time
(1981) 		Secret Messages
(1983) 		Balance of Power
(1986)
Singles from Secret Messages
  1. "Rock 'n' Roll Is King"
    Released: June 1983
  2. "Secret Messages"
    Released: August 1983[1]
  3. "Four Little Diamonds"
    Released: September 1983 (US)
  4. "Stranger"
    Released: November 1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
MusicHoundwoof![4]
Philadelphia Inquirer[5]
PopMatters(favourable)[6]
Q[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Record Mirror[9]

Secret Messages is the tenth studio album by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released in 1983 on Jet Records. It was the last ELO album with bass guitarist Kelly Groucutt, conductor Louis Clark and a full orchestra, and the last ELO album to be released on the Jet label. It was also the final ELO studio album to become a worldwide top 40 hit upon release.

  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 264. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. ^ Secret Messages at AllMusic
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 915. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  4. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 382. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  5. ^ Rea, Steven X (10 July 1983). "From Electric Light, An Artful Mishmash". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 10. ProQuest 1814374412.
  6. ^ Mathews, Kevin. "Electric Light Orchestra: Secret Messages < PopMatters". Popmatters.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Q Magazine | Music news & reviews, music videos, band pictures & interviews". Q4music.com.
  8. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th edn). New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. p. 274. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. ^ Smith, Robin (9 July 1983). Electric Light Orchestra: Secret Messages. Record Mirror. p. 14.
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