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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075597998108
Label: Wea/Atlantic/Nonesuch
Manufacturer: Wea/Atlantic/Nonesuch
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Wea/Atlantic/Nonesuch
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Sales Rank: 5660
Studio: Wea/Atlantic/Nonesuch

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Album Description:
The New York Times called Pat Metheny’s 1992 Grammy Award-winning Secret Story the most sweepingly ambitious album that the jazz guitarist has yet recorded...a nearly 80-minute world-music suite with symphonic underpinnings. If the album functioned then, in the words of critic Stephen Holden, as part travelogue and part soundtrack for a nonexistent film, then this expanded and re-mastered edition can best be described as the director’s cut. Composer and guitarist Metheny revisited and restored five previously unreleased tracks in the studio over the last year, and he’s collected them on a bonus disc. More pastoral in tone than most of the original material on Secret Story and with a decidedly cinematic, orchestral feel these tracks are like the deleted scenes from a deeply evocative yet wordless narrative feature. Back in ’92, Metheny declared that Secret Story was unlike anything I’ve ever done. It’s the largest in scope - 80 people were involved in the record - but it's also the most intimate record I’ve done.

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Lay me down and let me dream
Pat Metheny has been a hit with me since the early 80's

Each release has for me made its mark to some extent.

Always a companion on my travels to "of the beaten track" exotic locations for my work, the music still conjures a remarkable ability to rekindle in my mind some great experiences.

I remember once a girlfriend commenting to me about Metheny's music saying "this is foyer music" - A month later I was in a foyer of some far away hotel listening to that ... Read More

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- Secret Story Review
CD by Pat Metheney
I liked every composition on the first listen. The pieces evoke so much emotion in me. The added vocals and orchestration make this CD unique among my Metheney collection.It's a must listen if you are a fan of his music.
Lane Hall

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- For Completists only......
Secrets Story is probably my favorite Pat Metheny album. From the children's choir of "Above the Treetops" to the sea shanty-like accordion sounds of "Antonia", this is an album that's perfect for almost any occasion. It definitely tells a story throughout. When I heard it was being reissued with bonus songs from the session, I was delighted and anxious to get my own copy.

After hearing the 5 extra songs, I have to say, I'm disappointed. They're are "ok" but ... Read More

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- Secret Story better this time!
I have always loved this CD since I bought the cassette version nearly 15 years ago. I got the CD used two years later. This deluxe version is way better than the original CD. I loved the four bonus tracks!!! I have already transferred the tracks to my computer, and now they'll be on my Ipod all the time.

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- Sorry but it almost put me to sleep
Explores the entire range of human emotions someone said? It was so light weight and watered down and bland, the only emotion I had was one of drowisness.

I'd personally choose New Chautauqua or A Map of the world, even We Live Here over this.

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