Seven Secrets

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{{Infobox album

| name = Seven Secrets

| type = studio

| artist = Fruupp

| cover = Fruupp - Seven Secrets.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = 19 April 1974

| recorded = January 1974

| venue =

| studio = Escape Studios in Egerton, Kent

| genre = Progressive rock

| length = {{Duration|m=45|s=59}}

| label = Dawn

| producer = David Lewis

| prev_title = Future Legends

| prev_year = 1973

| next_title = The Prince of Heaven's Eyes

| next_year = 1974

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic | class = album | id = seven-secrets-mw0000473704 | label = Fruupp: "Seven Secrets" > Review | first = Paul | last = Collins | accessdate = 11 December 2016}}

}}

Seven Secrets is the second studio album by Irish progressive rock band Fruupp, released on 19 April 1974 in the United Kingdom on the Dawn Records label, a subsidiary of Pye Records for underground and progressive rock music. Like the band's debut album, it was recorded at Escape Studios in Egerton, Kent, but was this time produced by David Lewis, the frontman of another Irish rock band Andwella.

Before Fruupp entered the recording studio, they had written six songs, but felt that the album name "Seven Secrets" would be more appropriate than "Six Secrets", so Vincent McCusker composed an acoustic guitar and spoken song "The Seventh Secret" to ensure the album had seven tracks to match its new title.{{cite web | url = http://paulcharlesbooks.com/fruupp.php | title = The Fruupp Story – Part 2: Seven Secrets | last = Charles | first = Paul | date = January 2009 | website = Paul Charles Books | access-date = 12 December 2016}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Faced with Shekinah

| lyrics1 = Stephen Houston

| music1 = Houston

| length1 = 8:23

| title2 = Wise as Wisdom

| lyrics2 = Paul Charles

| music2 = Vincent McCusker

| length2 = 7:07

| title3 = White Eyes

| lyrics3 = Charles

| music3 = McCusker

| length3 = 7:17

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| total_length = 45:59

| title4 = Garden Lady

| lyrics4 = McCusker

| music4 = McCusker

| length4 = 9:09

| title5 = Three Spires

| lyrics5 = Charles

| music5 = McCusker

| length5 = 5:02

| title6 = Elizabeth

| lyrics6 = Houston

| music6 = Houston

| length6 = 7:48

| title7 = The Seventh Secret

| lyrics7 = McCusker

| music7 = McCusker

| length7 = 1:11

}}

Personnel

=Fruupp=

  • Peter Farrelly – lead vocals, bass guitar; cover artwork
  • Stephen Houston – keyboards, oboe, vocals
  • Vincent McCusker – guitars, vocals
  • Martin Foye – drums, percussion

=Technical personnel=

  • David Lewis – producer; piano on "Three Spires"
  • Tony Taverner – engineer
  • Michael Rennie – conductor (strings)
  • Ruby Mazur – photography, design
  • Ian Stokes – photography, design

References

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Category:Fruupp albums

Category:1974 albums