A Secret Wish by Propaganda (Synth Pop) (Vinyl, 1985)

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Propaganda (Synth Pop)

Vinyl

1985

Art Rock

A Secret Wish

LP

Rock

Propaganda: Michael Mertens, Suzanne Freytag, Claudia Bruken, Ralf Dorper. With guests including David Sylvian, Heaven 17's Glenn Gregory, and Steve Howe, A Secret Wish is synth-rock with an eye toward orchestrated pop as well as a bit of sampler experimentation in the grand ZTT tradition of Art of Noise. There's a distinct lack of songwriting on the album, and though the synth-grooves are tight enough to keep it flowing for most of its length, A Secret Wish occasionally falls flat from its own weight. ~ Keith Farley

Uncut (p.88) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The music's richness and the vocals' frostiness still captivate." Uncut (3/04, p.108) - 5 stars out of 5 - "A SECRET WISH was New Pop's swan song....[With] monumental symphonic arrangements..." Record Collector (magazine) (p.90) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[A]s totally contemporary yet completely futuristic as it ever was, it's also an evolving, changing artefact..."

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