A Secret Wish
by Propaganda (DE)

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A Secret Wish by Propaganda
Year: 1985
Release date: 1985-07-01
Overall rank: 2,744th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 92 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (33rd)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (404th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,744th)

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A Secret Wish rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,744th | 1980s rank: 404th | 1985 rank: 33rd  Overall chart history
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78/100 (from 92 votes)
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 !		05/04/2026 08:55 Liks_on_music  Ratings distribution  68181/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.


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A Secret Wish forum mentions

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From 01/22/2024 23:45 | #301391 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
One of the most underrated albums ever; A Secret Wish is simply a masterpiece. Highlights of the album are "The Murder Of Love", "Duel", "P-Machinery", and "Dr Mabuse".

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From 01/01/2016 17:54 | #155498 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Quality synth album from the early 80's that I still listen to today. Shame this was the only true studio album from this line-up as Claudia Brucken vocals take it to a higher level (the later 1,2,3,4 had a different vocalist and is just not the same). Sorry For Laughing (should have been a single), Duel and The Chase stand out from an album of strong tracks (although the first three are perhaps the weakest its all relative). Enjoy it!
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From 01/02/2012 23:39 | #34262 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A Secret Wish clanks and stomps with every futuristic pulse of it's Teutonic heartbeat, an album that manages to be both doomily romantic and Wagnerian (prime exponent being Dr Mabuse) - it also features a great cover of Josef K's 'Sorry for Laughing'.
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From 09/30/2026 14:54 | #316269 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Incredible album, great to listen to in its entirety.
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Best Albums of  1985
1. Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush
2. Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
3. Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits
4. Meat Is Murder by The Smiths
5. Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain
6. Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears
7. The Head On The Door by The Cure
8. Tim by The Replacements
9. Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout
10. Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues