Secret Messages

by Electric Light Orchestra

Secret Messages cover art

Originally intended as a double album, Jeff Lynne's ambitious project was drastically truncated prior to release due to record label pressure. The album is laden with intentional backward masking and hidden vocal snippets, serving as a sarcastic rebuttal to contemporary accusations of satanic messages in rock music. Musically, it fully integrates drum machines and heavy sequencing into ELO's symphonic pop framework.

Genres

  • Pop Rock

Tracklist

  1. Secret Messages
  2. Loser Gone Wild
  3. Bluebird
  4. Take Me On and On
  5. Stranger
  6. No Way Out
  7. Letter from Spain
  8. Danger Ahead
  9. Four Little Diamonds
  10. Train of Gold
  11. Endless Lies
  12. Buildings Have Eyes
  13. Rock 'N' Roll Is King
  14. Mandalay
  15. Time After Time
  16. After All - Shorter Version
  17. Hello My Old Friend