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1984 compilation album by The Residents

Assorted Secrets

Compilation album by The Residents

Released

1984

Recorded

Fall 1981 – May 5, 1983

Length

58:40 (1984)
1:09:36 (2000)

Label

Ralph

Producer

Scott Fraser, the Cryptic Corporation

The Residents chronology

Residue of the Residents
(1983)

Assorted Secrets
(1984)

Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats?
(1984)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Assorted Secrets is a compilation of live and studio rehearsals released by American art rock group the Residents in 1984, originally as a cassette-only release due to the recording and performance quality not meeting the group's standards at the time. Not originally meant to be heard by the public, the cassette was eventually produced and released for much-needed profit following the financial difficulties of the Mole Show tour.

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Residents

Side one (recorded in Santa Monica, April 10 1982)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mark of the Mole"	33:40

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Letter"	2:13
2.	"Ship's a'Goin' Down"	2:32
3.	"Bach is Dead"	1:20
4.	"Birthday Boy"	3:41
5.	"Constantinople"	2:10
6.	"Die in Terror"	2:17
7.	"Give it to Someone Else"	0:58
8.	"Smack Your Lips"	4:03
9.	"Song of the Wild"	3:32
10.	"Happy Home"	2:14
Total length:		58:40

Tracks 1–7 were recorded in fall of 1981.
Tracks 8–10 were recorded on May 5, 1983.

2000 CD reissue

No.	Title	Length
1.	"God Song"	1:33
2.	"The Letter"	2:13
3.	"Ship's a'Goin' Down"	2:32
4.	"Bach is Dead"	1:20
5.	"Birthday Boy"	3:41
6.	"Constantinople"	2:10
7.	"Die in Terror"	2:17
8.	"Give it to Someone Else"	0:58
9.	"The Festival of Death"	9:23
10.	"Smack Your Lips"	4:03
11.	"Song of the Wild"	3:32
12.	"Happy Home"	2:14
13.	"Mark of the Mole, part 1"	14:43
14.	"Mark of the Mole, part 2"	10:44
15.	"Mark of the Mole, part 3"	8:13
Total length:		1:09:36

References

"The Residents - Assorted Secrets". Discogs. 1984.

External links

Assorted Secrets at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e The Residents
Studio albums	Meet the Residents The Third Reich 'n Roll Fingerprince Not Available Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen Eskimo Commercial Album Mark of the Mole The Tunes of Two Cities Title in Limbo George & James The Big Bubble Stars & Hank Forever God in Three Persons Buckaroo Blues The King & Eye Freak Show Our Finest Flowers Gingerbread Man Have a Bad Day Wormwood Demons Dance Alone 12 Days of Brumalia Animal Lover Tweedles The Voice of Midnight The Bunny Boy The Ughs! Lonely Teenager Coochie Brake The Ghost of Hope Intruders Metal, Meat & Bone
Soundtracks	Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats? The Census Taker Hunters
Singles and extended plays	Santa Dog "Satisfaction" "The Beatles Play the Residents and the Residents Play the Beatles" Duck Stab! "Santa Dog '78" Babyfingers Diskomo The Commercial Single Intermission: Extraneous Music from the Residents' Mole Show "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" "Kaw-Liga" For Elsie "Hit the Road Jack" The Snakey Wake "Santa Dog 88" "Don't Be Cruel" Prelude to "The Teds" Pollex Christi
Live albums	The Mole Show Live at the Roxy The 13th Anniversary Show Live in the U.S.A. Cube E: Live in Holland Live at the Fillmore Roadworms: The Berlin Sessions Wormwood Live
Compilations	The Residents Radio Special Residue of the Residents Assorted Secrets Liver Music Residue Deux Refused Dot.Com
Videos and films	Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats? Twenty Twisted Questions Icky Flix Eskimo
CD-ROMs	Freak Show Gingerbread Man Bad Day on the Midway
Remix albums	WB: RMX The King & Eye: RMX
Demo albums	The Warner Bros. Album
Related articles	Ralph Records Hardy Fox Snakefinger Vileness Fats Graeme Whifler Renaldo and the Loaf

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