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| Play | 1. Dream Within a Dream | 8:04 | $0.89 |  |
| Play | 2. The Murder of Love | 5:18 | $0.89 | |
| Play | 3. Jewel | 6:22 | $0.89 | |
| Play | 4. Duel | 4:48 | $0.89 | |
| Play | 5. Frozen Faces | 4:25 | $0.89 | |
| Play | 6. P.Machinery | 3:50 | $0.89 | |
| Play | 7. Sorry for Laughing | 3:27 | $0.89 | |
| Play | 8. Dr. Mabuse | 5:04 | $0.89 | |
| Play | 9. The Chase | 4:05 | $0.89 | |
| Play | 10. Strength to Dream | 3:02 | $0.89 | |
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Although I'm a fervent admirer of Depeche Mode, OMD, New Order and Human League, I have to admit that this album tops anything I own from the eighties, even Depeche's masterpiece "Black Celebration". I think I must have listened to this cd a thousand times, and think I'll never get tired of listening to it. These songs were constructed with such perfection! and it's the debut & farewell album by this great german Industrial-Techno-Pop group (I'm not taking in account the later album "1-2-3-4", because it didn't feature the original group). "Duel" is one of those classic songs that stick to you forever, with gorgeous vocals by Claudia Brücken, and just the same can be said of the rest of the cd, especially "Dr. Mabuse", a wonderfully dramatic song, and "P Machinery". Do yourself a favour and be introduced to the definitive techno-masterpiece of the eighties, and it deserves ten stars!!!
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've been hearing and seeing people elsewhere bicker about this imported remaster, so I'm going to clear up the facts and variations to this album, as it is in-comparable in similarity to the second original release which some heard back in 1985.
This re-release is neither the re-master of the USA, German, or original UK versions that were issued under ZZT publisher. It's actually the remaster of the "actual" original album published under ZZT/Polystar, and Island Records in the first quarters of 1985 (which was issued all over Japan and Germany). As some are saying tracks like "Dr. Mabuse" and "Jewell" are sounding more off beat and with ill-reverb. The second issue album which became the commercial release held up to 10-11 tracks. With "Dr. Mabuse" separated from "Strength To Dream." In the original release they were together, and it was titled in composite "Das Testament Des Mabuse." So before buying, here is the actual track list of what your getting other than what's printed or clarified on the label.
1. 9:08 Dream Within A Dream (extended and remixed)
2. 5:13 The Murder Of Love
3. 6:23 Jewel (cut rough minus the first cut intro)
4. 4:43 Duel (cd remix)
5. 4:25 Frozen Faces
6. 3:50 p:Machinery (single mix, which was on all releases)
7. 3:27 Sorry For Laughing
8. 4:05 The Chase
9. 10:42 Das Testament Des Mabuse/Strength To Dream ["Dr. Mabuse"]
DVD (Region 2) 5.1: Music Videos and Discography Gallery)
1 Dr. Mabuse (Version 1)
2 Dr. Mabuse (Version 2)
3 Duel (Version 1)
4 Duel (Version 2)
5 p-machinery
Does it make it less worth the buck for importing? Heck NO! I think this remaster in fact, is a treasure trove! (As this version was released in limited round.) The sound is much better and crystal than it has ever been, and it comes with goodies if you have a region free DVD player on ya!
This re-release is neither the re-master of the USA, German, or original UK versions that were issued under ZZT publisher. It's actually the remaster of the "actual" original album published under ZZT/Polystar, and Island Records in the first quarters of 1985 (which was issued all over Japan and Germany). As some are saying tracks like "Dr. Mabuse" and "Jewell" are sounding more off beat and with ill-reverb. The second issue album which became the commercial release held up to 10-11 tracks. With "Dr. Mabuse" separated from "Strength To Dream." In the original release they were together, and it was titled in composite "Das Testament Des Mabuse." So before buying, here is the actual track list of what your getting other than what's printed or clarified on the label.
1. 9:08 Dream Within A Dream (extended and remixed)
2. 5:13 The Murder Of Love
3. 6:23 Jewel (cut rough minus the first cut intro)
4. 4:43 Duel (cd remix)
5. 4:25 Frozen Faces
6. 3:50 p:Machinery (single mix, which was on all releases)
7. 3:27 Sorry For Laughing
8. 4:05 The Chase
9. 10:42 Das Testament Des Mabuse/Strength To Dream ["Dr. Mabuse"]
DVD (Region 2) 5.1: Music Videos and Discography Gallery)
1 Dr. Mabuse (Version 1)
2 Dr. Mabuse (Version 2)
3 Duel (Version 1)
4 Duel (Version 2)
5 p-machinery
Does it make it less worth the buck for importing? Heck NO! I think this remaster in fact, is a treasure trove! (As this version was released in limited round.) The sound is much better and crystal than it has ever been, and it comes with goodies if you have a region free DVD player on ya!
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I had the original import back in the '80s. I had lost the CD due to a break-up. I had longed for the haunting and mesmerising vocals from the girls. I was astonished when I found the ressurection of the album (no matter how it is mixed). Duel is probably my favorite song of all times and takes me back to a time when my cares were minimal and life was simple. This is a 5-star+. I urge anyone who is considering this CD to break down and get it. You will not be disappointed.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
pure nostalgia, but still so good
This album features two of my absolute all-time favourites, Duel and P: Machinery, you wouldn't believe how often I listened to these 2 singles as a boy..... Read more
Published 6 months ago by PP
great at times but flawed by 80s sound
While im a child of the 80s and now 40 i remember this album well- in fact i remember it as well as any album from my teenage years! Read more
Published 18 months ago by Elan Bodwick
80's Masterpiece
A Secret Wish was the second CD I bought (after Dark Side of the Moon) for the then brand new CD player that I purchased in 1984 and it did the new technology proud. Read more
Published on October 14, 2009 by Kevin Routledge
A Masterpiece Discovered Far Away from Home
Flashback to 1986:
Back in the states I came across the P-Machinery single but couldn't find the album anywhere. Read more
Back in the states I came across the P-Machinery single but couldn't find the album anywhere. Read more
Published on April 25, 2009 by iomusik
Transcendent Synth
(I like this album so much that I sought out and am herewith reproducing my review from the discontinued 1984 CD version!)
" 5. Read more
" 5. Read more
Published on February 20, 2009 by REBEL
A secret wish
A year or two ago I discovered Propaganda on the internet. I totally dug what little I heard especially since I grew up in the '80s and on new wave music. Read more
Published on August 24, 2008 by E. Anderson
The hype is true: THIS IS A SYNTH POP MASTERPIECE
I read in a Q MAGAZINE synth pop special about how great this album was and that it was considered a essential synth pop album. All the reviews on amazon.com agreed. Read more
Published on May 14, 2008 by insoc
on my top 25
This CD is definately on my top 25 greatest & influencial albums of all time!!! If U like the brilliant Sisters of Mercy, U will love this disc. Read more
Published on March 6, 2008 by C. C. Gullo
Visionary! One of my favorite albums ever
Propaganda joined the ranks of Kraftwerk in the electronica hall of fame with 'A Secret Wish' -- one of my favorite albums ever. Read more
Published on November 25, 2007 by Avner Shemi
Very 80's
I heard this material for the first time online. Can't remember the internet station but it may have been Alternative 80's or something like that. Read more
Published on October 4, 2007 by B. Smith
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