The Secret of Association

The Secret of Association
Studio album by Paul Young
Released	March 25, 1985
Recorded	1984-85
Genre	Pop rock, blue-eyed soul
Length	55:34
Label	Columbia
Producer	Laurie Latham
Paul Young chronology
No Parlez (1983) The Secret of Association (1985) Between Two Fires (1986)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The Secret of Association is the second album by the English singer Paul Young. Released in 1985, it reached number one on the UK album charts and the Top 20 in the US. The album spawned the hit singles "Everytime You Go Away" (a #1 hit in the US and #4 in the UK), "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" (#9 UK, #13 US), "Everything Must Change" (#9 UK, #56 US), and "Tomb of Memories" (UK #16).

The album has been certified Double Platinum (600,000 copies sold) by the BPI in the UK,^[2] and Gold (500,000 copies sold) in the US by the RIAA.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Paul Young and Ian Kewley; except where indicated.

1. "Bite the Hand That Feeds" (Billy Livsey, Graham Lyle) 4:29
2. "Everytime You Go Away" (Daryl Hall) 5:24
3. "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" (Earl Randle) 5:06
4. "Standing on the Edge" (Andrew Barfield) 4:32
5. "Soldier's Things" (Tom Waits) 6:20
6. "Everything Must Change" 5:34
7. "Tomb of Memories" 5:42
8. "One Step Forward" 3:15
9. "Hot Fun" 3:52
10. "This Means Anything" 3:41
11. "I Was in Chains" (Gavin Sutherland) 4:26
12. "Man in the Iron Mask" (Billy Bragg) 3:13 (Not included on U.S. release.)

Production

• Arranged by Laurie Latham (for LOL Productions) & Ian Kewley
• Produced by Laurie Latham
• Mastering: Vladimir "Vlado" Meller

Personnel

• Vocals: Paul Young
• Drums: Mark Pinder
• Percussion: Marc Chantereau, Mark Pinder, Ian Kewley
• Bass guitar: Pino Palladino
• Stick: Pino Palladino
• Guitars: Steve Bolton, John Turnbull
• Pedal Steel & Steel: B.J. Cole
• Keyboards: Ian Kewley, Mark Pinder
• Keyboard bass: Matt Irving
• Violin: Graham Preskett
• Harmonica: Mark Feltham
• Trombone: Paul Nieman, "Big" Jim Patterson
• Saxophone: Nicky Payne
• Backing vocals: Jimmy Chambers, George Chandler, Chris Difford, Ged Doherty, Tony Jackson, Kim Lesley, Maz Roberts, Glenn Tilbrook

External links

• "The Secret Of Association" at discogs

References

1. "Allmusic review".
2. BPI searchable database Archived September 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
3. RIAA searchable database