Produce Like A Pro (13 June 2022). "Modern Mixing for Timeless Production | Stephen Lipson Talks xPropaganda". YouTube . Retrieved 4 November 2023. The third and final single, p:Machinery, expanded the short mix from the album into another 9-minute epic whose vision of a population enslaved to industrial technology easily invokes Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, so much so that I used to play the single while running taped scenes from the film on TV. The enormous “Polish” mix of this song has always been scarce on CD, with a Japanese release in 1988, and a later reissue (with some shoddy and superfluous remixes) in 1995. Another benefit of the new edition of the album is that the extended mix provides the climax of the second disc and sounds even more enormous, its brass fanfares accurately described in a review at the time as conjuring images of cities rising from the sea. A few years later the band also appeared exclusively on a German TV show celebrating the best songs of the 1980s. Then, apart from the tasteless songs almost everything else suffers from similar factors: the synthesizer usage is sometimes rudimentary, sometimes is taste-less. The cold and almost plain sonic timbres of the high-tech instruments are sometimes painful. (That's valid exactly to the 95% of the Synclavier productions. I think there's only a very few people in the world had the time to tweak-out anything valuable from those monsters and the rest was based upon the factory presets. It's halway understood due to the incredible studio-fees and only top-end studios could afford such synths). A typical example is the most of the basses. They were harsh and teasing and a bit emptied-sounding (for me, even THOSE times). A Secret Wish was a critical, if not a commercial success. ZTT did their usual robust job of promotion and multi-formatted singles; All three 45s – Dr. Mabuse, Duel and P-Machinery – were issued as cassette singles with running times from 15 to almost 20 minutes. Duel did do-well to reach number 21 in the charts, prompting the band’s one and only appearance on Top of the Pops!

Next Next post: Peter Tosh – Legalize It (1976) [1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip] SEARCH BY WORDS Search for: Search QUALITY A Secret Wish has been reissued a number of times– including as a deluxe 20th anniversary edition and as a multi-channel SACD. The most recent re-release is the 2010 double CD deluxe edition which marks the album's 25th anniversary. We’ve already had the 20th (CD, DVD plus SACD) and 25th (Element Series Edition) anniversary reissues of Propaganda’s A Secret Wish, now here’s a brand new version, just in time for its 33rd birthday… Easlea, Daryl (20 May 2022). "xPropaganda – The Heart Is Strange: "a compelling listen" ". Louder . Retrieved 4 November 2023. In early 2005, Propaganda, now comprising Susanne Freytag and Michael Mertens, started to release new material on the German independent label Amontillado Music. [7] The limited edition 12" vinyl release "Valley of the Machine Gods" was sold out within two weeks. [ citation needed]

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Featuring [Participation With Some Voice And Instruments] – Allen L. Kirkendale*, A. Thein*, Andrew Richards*, David Sylvian, Glenn Gregory, Ian Mosely*, Jonathan Sorrell, S. J. Lipson*, Steve Howe, Stuart Coppland*, Trevor Horn In May 1985, with Frankie Goes to Hollywood becoming tax exiles in Ireland, the band effectively headlined "The Value of Entertainment", a series of showcase gigs of ZTT signings, held at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. The shows also featured Art of Noise, Anne Pigalle, Andrew Poppy and Instinct. Propaganda were joined on stage by former Simple Minds bassist Derek Forbes and ex- Japan drummer Steve Jansen. [4] 1985: A Secret Wish [ edit ] The year 1986 started positively—the single "p:Machinery" gained the number 1 chart position in Spain (for one week)—but ended in disaster. Offiziellecharts.de – Propaganda – A Secret Wish" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 15 January 2022.Compiled By [Deluxe Edition Compiled And Curated By], Curated By [Deluxe Edition Compiled And Curated By] – Ian Peel Sleeve [Original Sleeve First Cut], Photography By [A Secret Wish Photography At Ze Famous] – Anton Corbijn The first single from the album, "Heaven Give Me Words", was co-written with 1980s synth-pop star Howard Jones [6] and reached the UK Top 40. The album was not as successful as A Secret Wish, only peaking at number 46 in the UK. A second single, "Only One Word", stalled at number 71 in the UK. Like previous ‘art of the album’ reissues (such as Frankie‘s Welcome To The Pleasuredome) these don’t offer any bonus audio, but what they do offer (apart from the new remastering, which was undertaken by Joel Peters) is new presentation and fresh notes. Ian Peel (who has curated all of the ZTT reissues in the last five or six years) has written new sleeve notes which tell the story of the players, the craft, the impact and the legacy of the album through interviews with band members and producer Stephen Lipson.

the changes that were made don't add too much, and Susanne's vocal on "A Dream.." sounds different. Another annoyance is the fact that on none of these releases the great non-vocal version of "Jewel" is used. It worked greatly as a prelude to "Duel", replacing it with the full vocal version just is a little bit too much because it IS the same song twice. It would have been totally ok if it had remained where it belonged: on the b-side of the DUEL 12" single or on special compilations. previously unreleased on CD. Originally released as cassette 'singlette' Do Well CTIS 108 (May 1985). Before the year was out, Thein was asked to leave the band due to musical differences. With Mertens now filling the gap left by his departure, the band forged ahead with recording its follow-up single and debut album. However both of these were to be delayed as a result of the unexpectedly huge success of ZTT's most famous signing, Frankie Goes to Hollywood. [2] As the label was still in its infancy, ZTT was forced to spend all its limited resources on promoting and marketing Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and this also meant that Trevor Horn was not available to produce Propaganda's album. [2] Stephen Lipson, one of Horn's established studio engineers, took his place along with Andy Richards playing keyboards, but the delay meant that Propaganda's second single, the more pop-oriented " Duel", did not surface until April 1985. [2] Perhaps the band's most recognisable release, it was also their highest-charting single in the UK, reaching number 21. The band made its single appearance on the flagship BBC music programme Top of the Pops in June of that year. You'll need to skip to the end of Disc One to hear 'The Last Dance' in its purest form: Lipson's CD mix chooses instead to force the listener to endure the majestic conclusion to 'Dr. Mabuse' segued into a Stars On 45 album megamix before finally giving way to the album's closer. In fact, if there is a criticism that could perhaps be leveled at this reissue, it's that by the 'p:Polish' version of 'p:Machinery' at the end of Disc Two, with its guitar showroom acrobatics, it's hard not to long for the concise, perfect vision of these songs familiar from the vinyl and cassette releases. There's a limit to the amount of indulgence one can take, after all, and to have four interpretations of what was pretty much immaculate on the album is perhaps overkill. But these bonuses are mere gravy: the meat is in A Secret Wish's analogue mix, and that's pretty much beyond criticism. Even accusations of pretentiousness are easily countered by the hints of camp cabaret dropped throughout: the deadpan Hollywood voice in 'Dr. Mabuse' ("Don't be afraid!") or, to be frank, Freytag's entire recitation of Poe's 'Dream Within A Dream'. to 1-9 originally released as CD version of A Secret Wish (September 1985). Some of these versions differ from the original vinyl/cassette edition.

The other exclusives... "Testament One" is a new but irrelevant interlude and "Testament Three" is simply the intro to the mix of "Murder of Love" on "Wishful Thinking". The 'Goodnight' mixes of "p:Machinery"&"The Chase" are very close to the finished album versions but well worth having for the subtle differences, particularly in the intro to the former and the verse of the latter.