Secrets in a Weird World

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{{Infobox album

| name = Secrets in a Weird World

| type = studio

| artist = Rage

| cover = Rage secrets in a weird world.jpg

| alt =

| released = 25 August 1989

| recorded = April–May 1989

| studio = Sky Trak Studios, Berlin, Germany

| genre = *Speed metal

| length = 46:30

| label = Noise

| producer = Armin Sabol

| prev_title = Perfect Man

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Reflections of a Shadow

| next_year = 1990

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Secrets in a Weird World

| type = Studio

| single1 = Invisible Horizons

| single1date = 11 August 1989

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 =AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web | url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/secrets-in-a-weird-world-r16037/review | title = Rage Secrets in a Weird World review | accessdate = 11 September 2011 | last=Rivadavia | first= Eduardo | publisher = AllMusic}}

| rev2 =Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev2Score = 8/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = November 1, 2005 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1-894959-31-5|page=278}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Secrets in a Weird World is the fifth full-length album by the German heavy metal band Rage. It was released in 1989. The album was remastered by Noise/Sanctuary in 2002 with slightly altered cover art, and five bonus tracks.{{cite web | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Rage/Secrets_in_a_Weird_World/2472 | title = Rage – Secrets in a Weird World | accessdate = 11 September 2011 | publisher = Encyclopaedia Metallum}}

Track listing

{{Tracklisting

| all_writing = Peter Wagner, except where indicated

| title1 = Intro (Opus 32 No. 3)

| length1 = 0:52

| title2 = Time Waits for Noone

| writer2 = Manni Schmidt, Wagner

| length2 = 4:49

| title3 = Make My Day

| length3 = 3:37

| title4 = The Inner Search

| length4 = 4:41

| title5 = Invisible Horizons

| length5 = 4:35

| title6 = She

| writer6 = Schmidt, Wagner

| length6 = 5:20

| title7 = Light into the Darkness

| length7 = 4:50

| title8 = Talk to Grandpa

| length8 = 2:45

| title9 = Distant Voices

| writer9 = Schmidt, Wagner

| length9 = 5:48

| title10 = Without a Trace

| length10 = 9:13

}}

{{Tracklisting

| headline = Remastered CD edition bonus tracks

| title11 = Lost Side of the World

| length11 = 4:45

| title12 = Law and Order

| length12 = 3:04

| title13 = Mirror

| writer13 = Schmidt, Wagner

| length13 = 6:18

| title14 = Invisible Horizons

| note14 = Live

| length14 = 5:38

| title15 = (Those Who Got) Nothing to Lose

| length15 = 4:13

| title16 = Shame on You

| note16 = Acoustic Version

| writer16 = Schmidt, Wagner

| length16 = 4:47

}}

Personnel

;Band members

  • Peavy Wagner – vocals, bass
  • Manni Schmidt – guitars
  • Chris Ephthimiadis – drums

;Additional musicians

  • Gary Marlowe – keyboards

;Production

  • Armin Sabol – producer, arrangements, mixing
  • Will Reid-Dick – engineer, mixing
  • Rage – arrangements
  • Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer

References

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{{Rage}}

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Category:Rage (German band) albums

Category:1989 albums

Category:Noise Records albums

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