My Secret Life (Eric Burdon album)

My Secret Life
My Secret Life
Studio album by Eric Burdon
Released	27 April 2004
Genre	R&B; soul; blues; jazz;
Length	57:02
Label	SPV
Producer	Tony Braunagel
Eric Burdon chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

My Secret Life is an album by Eric Burdon released in 2004. It was his first solo album release, which contains new titles, in nearly 16 years. It was his comeback album.^{[citation needed]}

It features many different musical directions, mainly R&B, soul, blues and jazz.^[1] The album peaked No. 93 on the German album chart after it sold 20,000 copies in the UK.

Musicians on this album include Red Young, Martin Gerschwitz, Terry Wilson and Jon Cleary.

Track listing

Track	Song Title	Written by	Time
1.	"Once Upon a Time"	Eric Burdon, Robert Bradley	3:51
2.	"Motorcycle Girl"	Eric Burdon, Marcelo Nova	3:52
3.	"Over the Border"	David Munyon	4:27
4.	"The Secret"	Greg Barnhill, Mike Chapman	5:47
5.	"Factory Girl"	Tony Braunagel, Eric Burdon	4:40
6.	"Highway 62"	Tony Braunagel, Eric Burdon, Johnny Lee Schell	5:29
7.	"Jazzman"	Eric Burdon, Dean Restum	3:47
8.	"Black and White World"	Eric Burdon, Marcelo Nova	3:28
9.	"Heaven"	David Byrne, Jerry Harrison	4:44
10.	"Devil Slide"	Eric Burdon, Marcelo Nova	3:35
11.	"Broken Records"	Eric Burdon	3:25
12.	"Can't Kill the Boogieman"	Eric Burdon	3:59
13.	My Secret Life	Leonard Cohen	5:51

Personnel

Tony Braunagel – percussion, drums
Eric Burdon – vocals
Lenny Castro – percussion
Jon Cleary – piano
Mike Finnigan – piano, Hammond organ
Martin Gerschwitz – Hammond organ, electric piano
Bob Glaub – bass guitar
James "Hutch" Hutchinson – bass guitar
Nick Lane – trombone
Darrell Leonard – trumpet, flugelhorn, trombonium
Reggie McBride – bass guitar
Ivan Neville – piano, Hammond organ, background vocals, clavinet
Eric Rigler – Uilleann pipes, Irish whistle, whistle
Michito Sánchez – percussion
Johnny Lee Schell – guitar, background vocals
Joe Sublett – soprano sax, tenor sax
Daniel Timms – Hammond organ, Hammond B3
Tony B! – percussion
Gromyko Collins – background vocals
Valerie Davis – background vocals
Julie Delgado – background vocals
Billy Trudell – background vocals
Teresa James – background vocals
Marlena Jeter – background vocals
Kudisan Kai – background vocals
Terry Wilson – bass guitar
Red Young – piano, strings, Hammond organ, electric piano

Production

Tony Braunagel – producer, audio production
Eric Burdon – executive producer
Terry Becker – engineer
Ed Cherney – mixing
Jörg Kyas – photography
Marita – photography
Johnny Lee Schell – engineer
Duane Seykora – engineer

References

^ ^a ^b Campbell, Al (2011). "My Secret Life - Eric Burdon | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2011.

[AllMusic-1] Campbell, Al (2011). "My Secret Life - Eric Burdon | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2011.

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