The Official Secrets Act is M

M (band)

M was English musician Robin Scott's brief but very successful new wave/synthpop project in the late 1970s and early 1980s. M is most known for the 1979 hit "Pop Muzik", which reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1979, and #1 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on 3 November 1979...

's second album, released in 1980 on MCA Records

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

.. The track "Official Secrets" was released as a single and charted in the UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 at No. 64 in November 1980. The follow-up single was "Keep It To Yourself". The track "Maniac" featured Phil Gould

Phil Gould (musician)

Philip Gabriel Gould, also known as Phil Gould is a British professional drummer, song writer, and singer from the Isle of Wight in southern England...

 on drums and Mark King

Mark King (musician)

Mark King is an English musician. He is most famous for being the lead singer and bassist of the band, Level 42. In the early 1980s King popularized the 1970s-era slap and pop style for playing the bass guitar by incorporating it into pop music.-Early life:King was brought up on the Isle of Wight,...

 on bass. They would go on to form the successful Brit-funk band Level 42

Level 42

Level 42 are an English pop rock and jazz-funk band who had a number of worldwide and UK hits during the 1980s and 1990s.The band gained fame for their high-calibre musicianship—in particular that of Mark King, whose percussive slap-bass guitar technique provided the driving groove of many of the...

, who are still touring, in one form or another today.

Side one

1. "Transmission (The World Is at Your Fingertips)" – 4:30
2. "Join the Party" – 3:39
3. "Working for the Corporation" – 3:35
4. "Your Country Needs You" – 3:20
5. "M'aider" – 5:26

Side two

1. "Relax" – 3:42
2. "Maniac" – 3:22
3. "Keep it to Yourself" – 3:34
4. "Abracadabra" – 2:51
5. "Official Secrets" – 6:03

1997 Westside CD Reissue: WESM 502

1. "Transmission" – 4:30
2. "Join the Party" – 3:39
3. "Working for the Corporation" – 3:35
4. "Your Country Needs You" – 3:20
5. "Mayday" – 5:26
6. "Relax" – 3:42
7. "Maniac" – 3:22
8. "Keep it to Yourself" – 3:34
9. "Abracadabra" – 2:51 ⁽¹⁾
10. "Official Secrets" – 6:03
11. "Abracadabra (Sunset–Sunrise Mix) – 2:51
12. "Danube" – 3:33 ⁽¹⁾
13. "The Wedding Dance" – 3:37 ⁽¹⁾
14. "Mambo La" – 2:29 ⁽²⁾
15. "Don't Believe What the Papers Say" – 1:12
16. "The Bride of Fortune" – 4:20 ⁽³⁾

All tracks written by Robin Scott except,

⁽¹⁾ "Abracadabra", "Danube" & "The Wedding Dance" written by Scott/Novik

⁽²⁾ "Mambo La" written by Unknown

⁽³⁾ "The Bride of Fortune" written by Scott/Westwood