Easton's first album to be recorded entirely in the United States, Best Kept Secret was produced by Greg Mathieson, Jay Graydon, and Trevor Veitch. Easton had planned to collaborate again with Christopher Neil, the London-based producer of her previous three albums, but it had eventuated that she and Neil had disparate ideas regarding her new album's material and style. Easton had also hoped that David Foster, who had produced her interim hit duet with Kenny Rogers, "We've Got Tonight", would produce some solo tracks for her, but Foster's schedule did not permit this.[1]
The songs on Best Kept Secret alternated between dance tracks in the Eurodisco style of the recent Laura Branigan hit "Gloria"— which Mathieson/Graydon/Veitch had been responsible for— and ballads. The album's lead single was the dance track "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)" which became Easton's third solo hit to reach the US Top Ten with a No. 9 peak on the Billboard Hot 100 and was Grammy nominated. The second single was the ballad "Almost Over You" (No. 25) and another rock track "Devil in a Fast Car" was subsequently issued as a single to reach No. 79.
The album included a cover version of 60s icon Dusty Springfield's classic "Just One Smile" and Australian rock star Doug Parkinson's "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie". French-Canadian singer Véronique Béliveau recorded a cover of "She's In Love (With Her Radio)" in French, entitled "Je suis fidèle" which reached number 1 in Québec in 1983.
Best Kept Secret peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart, with a chart duration of 38 weeks. Neither the album nor its singles had high chart impact in the UK, Best Kept Secret charting there at No. 99 while "Telefone..." and "Almost Over You" had respective UK peaks of No. 84 and No. 89.
In Canada both the Best Kept Secret album and "Telefone..." single were certified Gold by the CRIA.
Best Kept Secret was reissued in 2000 on One Way Records, adding the hit duet "We've Got Tonight" with Kenny Rogers. On November 24, 2014, the album was included in an Original Album Series box set in the UK with all of her first five albums with EMI through Warner Music Group.
On August 6, 2019, RT Industries released Best Kept Secret and "Telefone" EP on digital download format.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations November 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Best Kept Secret Sheena Easton album news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Best Kept Secret is the fourth album by Scottish singer Sheena Easton It was released in 1983 on EMI Records Best Kept SecretStudio album by Sheena EastonReleasedOctober 1983Recorded1983StudioSunset Sound Factory Los Angeles California Garden Rake Studios Studio City CaliforniaGenrePopLength40 38LabelEMIProducerGreg Mathieson Jay GraydonSheena Easton chronologyMadness Money amp Music 1982 Best Kept Secret 1983 A Private Heaven 1984 Singles from Best Kept Secret Telefone Long Distance Love Affair Released August 1983 Almost Over You Released December 1983 Devil in a Fast Car Released 1984Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusiclinkEaston s first album to be recorded entirely in the United States Best Kept Secret was produced by Greg Mathieson Jay Graydon and Trevor Veitch Easton had planned to collaborate again with Christopher Neil the London based producer of her previous three albums but it had eventuated that she and Neil had disparate ideas regarding her new album s material and style Easton had also hoped that David Foster who had produced her interim hit duet with Kenny Rogers We ve Got Tonight would produce some solo tracks for her but Foster s schedule did not permit this 1 The songs on Best Kept Secret alternated between dance tracks in the Eurodisco style of the recent Laura Branigan hit Gloria which Mathieson Graydon Veitch had been responsible for and ballads The album s lead single was the dance track Telefone Long Distance Love Affair which became Easton s third solo hit to reach the US Top Ten with a No 9 peak on the Billboard Hot 100 and was Grammy nominated The second single was the ballad Almost Over You No 25 and another rock track Devil in a Fast Car was subsequently issued as a single to reach No 79 The album included a cover version of 60s icon Dusty Springfield s classic Just One Smile and Australian rock star Doug Parkinson s Let Sleeping Dogs Lie French Canadian singer Veronique Beliveau recorded a cover of She s In Love With Her Radio in French entitled Je suis fidele which reached number 1 in Quebec in 1983 Best Kept Secret peaked at No 33 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart with a chart duration of 38 weeks Neither the album nor its singles had high chart impact in the UK Best Kept Secret charting there at No 99 while Telefone and Almost Over You had respective UK peaks of No 84 and No 89 In Canada both the Best Kept Secret album and Telefone single were certified Gold by the CRIA Best Kept Secret was reissued in 2000 on One Way Records adding the hit duet We ve Got Tonight with Kenny Rogers On November 24 2014 the album was included in an Original Album Series box set in the UK with all of her first five albums with EMI through Warner Music Group On August 6 2019 RT Industries released Best Kept Secret and Telefone EP on digital download format Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2 1 Musicians 2 2 Production 3 Charts 4 ReferencesTrack listing editSide one Telefone Long Distance Love Affair Greg Mathieson Trevor Veitch 3 41 I Like the Fright Paul Bliss Steve Kipner 3 49 Almost Over You Jennifer Kimball Cindy Richardson 3 41 Devil in a Fast Car Kimball Richardson 4 01 Don t Leave Me This Way J P Pennington 4 57Side two Let Sleeping Dogs Lie Tommy Emmanuel Kipner 4 31 She s in Love With Her Radio Danny McBride Mike Roth 3 36 Just One Smile Randy Newman 4 48 Sweet Talk Kimball 3 39 Best Kept Man Chrissy Shefts 3 48CD bonus tracks Telefone Long Distance Love Affair Extended Greg Mathieson Trevor Veitch 6 11 Wish You Were Here Tonight J Sullins 3 58 Producer Jay Graydon I Don t Need Your Word Mike Leeson Peter Vale 3 20 Producer Christopher Neil We ve Got Tonight with Kenny Rogers Bob Seger 3 50 Producer David Foster Telefone Long Distance Love Affair Dance Mix Greg Mathieson Trevor Veitch 4 19Personnel editMusicians edit Sheena Easton lead and backing vocals Michael Boddicker synthesizers 1 4 5 7 9 10 Greg Mathieson acoustic piano 1 5 synthesizers 1 4 5 7 9 10 arrangements 1 3 4 5 7 9 10 Paul Bliss synthesizers 2 drums 2 arrangements 2 Steve Kipner synthesizers 2 drums 2 arrangements 2 Steve Porcaro synthesizers 2 6 Todd McKinney synthesizer programming 2 David Foster acoustic piano 3 Robbie Buchanan synthesizers 6 8 synth bass 6 arrangements 6 8 Fender Rhodes 8 Paul Jackson Jr guitar 1 9 Jay Graydon guitar 2 6 8 Michael Landau guitar 4 5 7 10 Steve Fishell steel guitar 9 Leland Sklar bass 3 4 5 7 9 10 Nathan East bass 8 Carlos Vega drums 1 4 5 7 9 10 John Gilston Simmons drum programming 2 Mike Baird drums 3 6 8 Dave Weiderman Simmons drum programming 6 Lenny Castro percussion 3 5 David Woodford saxophone 1 Gary Herbig saxophone 7 9 Trevor Veitch music contractor 1 3 4 5 7 9 10 Steve George backing vocals 2 4 5 Richard Page backing vocals 2 4 5 Production edit Producers Greg Mathieson Tracks 1 3 4 5 7 9 amp 10 Jay Graydon Tracks 1 2 6 amp 8 Engineers David Leonard Tracks 1 3 4 5 7 9 amp 10 Ian Eales and Jay Graydon Tracks 1 2 6 amp 8 Second Engineer on Tracks 1 3 4 5 7 9 amp 10 Tchad Blake Recorded at Sunset Sound Factory Los Angeles CA and Garden Rake Studios Studio City CA Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc Hollywood CA Art direction Henry Marquez Design Roy Guzman Photography Brian Aris Hair Ross of John Frieda Salon Make up Sue MannCharts editChart performance for Best Kept Secret Chart 1983 PeakpositionCanada Top Albums CDs RPM 2 38Japanese Albums Oricon 3 4Norwegian Albums VG lista 4 5Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 5 38UK Albums OCC 6 99US Billboard 200 7 33References edit Los Angeles Times 11 September 1983 Sheena Easton s New Tomorrow by Dennis Hunt p 55 Calendar Top RPM Albums Issue 6720a RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved 23 August 2023 Oricon Album Chart Book Complete Edition 1970 2005 Roppongi Tokyo Oricon Entertainment 2006 ISBN 4 87131 077 9 Norwegiancharts com Sheena Easton Best Kept Secret Hung Medien Retrieved 23 August 2023 Swedishcharts com Sheena Easton Best Kept Secret Hung Medien Retrieved 23 August 2023 Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 23 August 2023 Sheena Easton Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved 23 August 2023 Best Kept Secret at Allmusic Best Kept Secret at Sessiondays com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Best Kept Secret Sheena Easton album amp oldid 1179365077, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
