A Secret Wish
by Propaganda (DE)
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A Secret Wish is ranked as the best album by Propaganda (DE).
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A Secret Wish track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
A Secret Wish rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | martintho | Top 38 Music Albums of 1985 | 21/38 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Arthurknight | Top 99 Music Albums of 1985 | 12/99 | 4 |
| 2026 |  NoisyBeast | Top Albums of 1985... #201-300 | 66/99 | - |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 71/100 | 28 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 96 Music Albums of 1985 | 89/96 | 0 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 18 Music Albums of 1985 | 16/18 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 74 Music Albums of 1985 | 68/74 | 0 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 74 Music Albums of 1985 | 44/74 | 2 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 21 Music Albums of 1985 | 17/21 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 77 Music Albums of 1985 | 39/77 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 106 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 609 | |||
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A Secret Wish ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/24/2026 03:11 | Skerns | 5,188 | 80/100 |
| ! | 05/04/2026 08:55 | Liks_on_music | 656 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/09/2026 01:50 | matterhornrider | 5,154 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/30/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5389): By Rich150
imacgill 12/15/2024 22:48 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)A Secret Wish comments
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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". (Edited)
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!
Leonard 09/28/2015 11:29 | #150608 | TOP COMMENT
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johnner 01/02/2012 23:39 | #34262 | TOP COMMENT
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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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