Secrets is a 1981 album by British pop group The Dooleys

The Dooleys

The Dooleys were a United Kingdom male–female pop group comprising eight members — six of them family members — at their peak. They achieved several UK chart hits between 1977 and 1981 including top-ten hits "Wanted", "Love of My Life" and "The Chosen Few"....

. It was their final album in the UK.

Background

By late 1981, the group had released two consecutive flop singles, "In a Riddle" from the previous album

Full House (The Dooleys album)

Full House is a 1980 album by British pop group The Dooleys.This was the group's third studio album and featured the singles "Love Patrol", "Body Language" and "In a Riddle". As well as this, top 10 hit "Chosen Few" was added to the album, despite it being featured on the group's previous album,...

 and "Taken at the Flood", a stand-alone single, which wasn't considered good enough for inclusion on this album. The group spent the year recording this album with new producer, former pop singer Barry Blue

Barry Blue

Barry Blue is a singer / producer / songwriter from the United Kingdom. He is best known for his hit songs, "Dancin' " , which he co-wrote with Lynsey de Paul, and "Do You Wanna Dance" .At 14 he signed to record producer Norrie Paramor whose erstwhile assistant was one Tim Rice - the producer of...

. In September, the lead single "And I Wish" was released, an upbeat pop song, it became their first chart entry for a year, but only managed to reach No.52. The album was released soon after. Their record label, GTO Records

GTO Records

GTO Records is a British Record label which released many hits during the 1970s. It ran from 1974 to 1981 and mainly concentrated on pop music and disco.-Background:...

 was at the time being taken over by Epic Records

Epic Records

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 and promotion for the album suffered. Secrets failed to chart, as did the follow-up single "The Dancer", which was released by Epic. Track "Love Me, Love Me Do" had been recorded (but never released) a year earlier by pop duo Dollar

Dollar (band)

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 as "Living Each Day for You".

Soon after the album's release three members of the group departed to live in South Africa

South Africa

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 and a new female singer was employed, making the group now a six-piece. Some new tracks were recorded and released along with several songs from this album in Germany

Germany

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 in 1982, where "And I Wish" had been a hit. The album was titled And I Wish there, while it was renamed The Dancer in Japan

Japan

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, where they had experienced some success over the past two years.

The group released two more singles in the UK and did record another album in 1983, but this was only released in Japan. Single, "And I Wish" remains The Dooleys final UK chart entry.

Track listing

Side one

1. "And I Wish" (Blue / Smith)
2. "The Dancer" (Blue / Smith)
3. "Tip of My Tongue" (Blue / De Paul)
4. "What You Got" (Blue / Smith)
5. "Love Trap" (The Dooleys)
6. "Love Me, Love Me Do" (Bowkett)

Side two

1. "Tokyo Feeling" (Blue / Smith)
2. "One Way Loving" (The Dooleys / Dixie)
3. "In Real Life" (The Dooleys / Dixie)
4. "Sooner or Later" (The Dooleys)
5. "Will We Still Be Dancing" (Blue)
6. "Secrets" (The Dooleys / Dixie)

Personnel

• Barry Blue
  Barry Blue
  Barry Blue is a singer / producer / songwriter from the United Kingdom. He is best known for his hit songs, "Dancin' " , which he co-wrote with Lynsey de Paul, and "Do You Wanna Dance" .At 14 he signed to record producer Norrie Paramor whose erstwhile assistant was one Tim Rice - the producer of...
  
   - Producer
• The Dooleys
  The Dooleys
  The Dooleys were a United Kingdom male–female pop group comprising eight members — six of them family members — at their peak. They achieved several UK chart hits between 1977 and 1981 including top-ten hits "Wanted", "Love of My Life" and "The Chosen Few"....
  
   - Producer on "Love Trap", "One Way Loving", "In Real Life" and "Sooner or Later"
• Robin Smith - Arranger
• John Cameron - Arranger on "Love Me, Love Me Do"
• Recorded at Nova Studios, Utopia Studios and CBS Studios in London
  London
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  , Pennine Studios in Oldham
  Oldham
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