Track Listing

1. Secret Society
2. Always The Pretenders
3. The Getaway Plan
4. Wish I Could Believe
5. Let The Children Play
6. Human After All
7. Love Is Not The Enemy
8. A Mother's Son
9. Forever Traveling
10. Brave And Beautiful Soul
11. Devil Sings The Blues

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22927 in Music
• Released on: 2008-02-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 46 minutes

Customer Reviews

really glad I bought this
I bought this album on a whim having enjoyed 'Final Countdown' and 'Rock the Night'and others (not Carrie) wanting to find out what the band were up to in 2006. I listened to this album and of course certain tracks grab you almost instantly like 'Always the Pretenders'.'The Getaway Plan' and 'Love is not the Enemy' are just great to play whilst driving or working. I read the other reviews regarding 'Let the Children Play'and having given this some thought, I think that the children's choir fits in okay, it's a bit Pink Floydish but it is only a brief part of the song and fits in just fine. We are now in 2008 and I have almost worn the CD out,it has really grown on me. I have now worked backwards through 'Start from the Dark' (another excellent album) and have discovered tracks such as 'Scream of Anger', 'In the Future to Come', 'Yesterday's News' etc which I had never heard before but now really love.
I went to see Europe live at Nalen in Stockholm in January (excellent live) and eagerly await their next album.

Secret Society~ Europe
Europe's latest album "Secret Society" is miles better than their previous, "Start From The Dark" even though it was a great CD with some awesome songs, this one is a masterpiece! My favorite song here is "Always The Pretenders", a great tune, catchy and top lyrics, this should have been a no.1. Every Europe fan needs to own this album, it's one of the best rock albums to come from 2006, the band that brought us the legendary "The Final Countdown" are well and truely back on track.

The songs rated:
Secret Society --- 4/5
Always The Pretenders --- 5/5
The Getaway Plan --- 5/5
Wish I Could Believe --- 4/5
Let The Children Play --- 5/5
Human After All --- 5/5
Love Is Not The Enermy --- 5/5
A Mother's Son --- 5/5
Forever Traveling --- 5/5
Brave and Beautiful Soul --- 4/5
Devil Sings The Blues --- 5/5

No no no no!
Many bands change and grow over the years - Queen, Iron Maiden, U2, Deep Purple to name a few. Most change for the better. Sadly, not Europe.

When Europe split up they left us with 5 excellent albums - Europe, Final Countdown, Wings of Tomorrow (my favourite), Out of this World and Prisoners in Paradise. They reformed and bought out Start from the Dark which was terrible. They have now managed to go one worse and bring out Secret Society. Gone are the great harmonies and the well crafted keyboard and guitar laden tunes. Instead we appear to have some sort of post-grunge, teenage-anxt laden dross.

If you are at all a fan of great 80s sounding pompous rock like Europe used to produce then AVOID THIS RECORD AT ALL COSTS!!!