Secret Messages
| Secret Messages | ||||
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| Released | 24 June 1983 | |||
| Recorded | December 1982 – February 1983 | |||
| Studio | Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum | |||
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| Label | Jet, Columbia | |||
| Producer | Jeff Lynne | |||
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| AllMusic | |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| MusicHound | woof! |
| Philadelphia Inquirer | |
| PopMatters | (favourable) |
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| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| Record Mirror | |
Secret Messages is the tenth studio album by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released in 1983 on Jet Records. It was the last ELO album with bass guitarist Kelly Groucutt, conductor Louis Clark and a full orchestra, and the last ELO album to be released on the Jet label. It was also the final ELO studio album to become a worldwide top 40 hit upon release.