The Secret of Association

The Secret of Association is the second studio album by the English singer Paul Young. 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 "Every Time You Go Away" (a #1 hit in the US and #4 in the UK), "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" (#9 UK, #13 US), "Everything Must Change" (#9 UK, #56 US), and "Tomb of Memories" (UK #16).

The Secret of Association
Studio album by Paul Young
Released	March 25, 1985
Recorded	1984-1985
Genre	Pop rock, blue-eyed soul
Length	55:34
Label	Columbia
Producer	Laurie Latham
Paul Young chronology
No Parlez (1983) The Secret of Association (1985) Between Two Fires (1986)
Singles from The Secret of Association
"I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" Released: October 1984 (UK) August 1985 (US) "Everything Must Change" Released: December 1984 (UK) November 1985 (US) "Everytime You Go Away" Released: February 25, 1985 (UK) April 1985 (US) "Tomb of Memories" Released: June 1985 (UK)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The album has been certified Double Platinum (600,000 copies sold) by the BPI in the UK,[2] and Gold (500,000 copies sold) in the US by the RIAA.[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Paul Young and Ian Kewley; except where indicated.

1. "Bite the Hand That Feeds" (Billy Livsey, Graham Lyle) 4:29
2. "Everytime You Go Away" (Daryl Hall) 5:24
3. "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" (Earl Randle) 5:06
4. "Standing on the Edge" (Andrew Barfield) 4:32
5. "Soldier's Things" (Tom Waits) 6:20
6. "Everything Must Change" 5:34
7. "Tomb of Memories" 5:42
8. "One Step Forward" 3:15
9. "Hot Fun" 3:52
10. "This Means Anything" 3:41
11. "I Was in Chains" (Gavin Sutherland) 4:26
12. "Man in the Iron Mask" (Billy Bragg) 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

1. "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down (special extended mix)"
2. "Everything Must Change (12" mix)"
3. "Give Me My Freedom"
4. "Everytime You Go Away (12" mix)"
5. "Tomb Of Memories"
6. "Man in the Iron Mask"
7. "Bite the Hand That Feeds (live at Hammersmith Odeon)"
8. "No Parlez (live at Hammersmith Odeon)"

Personnel

• Paul Young – vocals, arrangements
• Mark Pinder - drums, electronic drums, percussion
• Marc Chantereau – percussion
• Pino Palladino – bass guitar
• Steve Bolton, John Turnbull – guitar
• B. J. Cole – pedal steel guitar
• Ian Kewley – keyboards, programming, Hammond organ, piano, arrangements
• Matt Irving – bass guitar
• Laurie Latham – effects, arrangements
• Paul Nieman – trombone (5)
• Nick Payn – saxophone (7)
• "Big" Jim Paterson – trombone (9)
• Graham Preskett – violin (11)
• Mark Feltham – harmonica (11)
• Jimmy Chambers, George Chandler, Chris Difford, Ged Doherty, Tony Jackson, Kim Lesley, Maz Roberts, Glenn Tilbrook – backing vocals

Production

• Producer: Laurie Latham
• Engineers: Stewart Barry, James Illes and Laurie Latham.
• Mastered by Tim Young
• Art Direction and Design: Rob O'Conner
• Sleeve Photography: Simon Fowler
• Inner Sleeve Photos: "Everyone"

External links

• The Secret of Association at Discogs

References

1. "Allmusic review".
2. BPI searchable database Archived September 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
3. RIAA searchable database