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Secret Story is an album by Pat Metheny, released in 1992. It won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album in 1993.

All of the music is composed by Metheny (shared credit on one track), and it is one of his most ambitious studio ventures, integrating elements of jazz, rock, and world music. On the performing side, it includes contributions from the Pinpeat Orchestra of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia, the London Orchestra and its conductor Jeremy Lubbock, the Choir of the Cambodian Royal Palace, and jazz harmonica player Toots Thielemans. Longtime Metheny collaborator Lyle Mays plays piano on two tracks.

Reception

AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4.5 stars stating “At the end of 76 minutes the listener cannot help but be absorbed in reminiscences both pleasant and painful, and becomes an empathetic, and perhaps even a sympathetic witness to and participant in Metheny’s magical sound world.”

Track listing
All tracks are written by Pat Metheny except where noted.

1. “Above the Treetops” 2:43
2. “Facing West” 6:05
3. “Cathedral in a Suitcase” 4:52
4. “Finding and Believing” 10:00
5. “The Longest Summer” 6:34
6. “Sunlight” 3:53
7. “Rain River” 7:09
8. “Always and Forever” 5:26
9. “See the World” 4:48
10. “As a Flower Blossoms (I Am Running to You)” (Pat Metheny/Akiko Yano) 1:53
11. “Antonia” 6:11
12. “The Truth Will Always Be” 9:15
13. “Tell Her You Saw Me” 5:11
14. “Not to Be Forgotten (Our Final Hour)” 2:22

Bonus traks

1. “Back in Time” 5:22
2. “Look Ahead” 4:05
3. “Understanding” 2:14
4. “A Change in Circumstance” 1:19
5. “Et si c’était la fin (As If It Were the End)” 3:40

Personnel
Pat Metheny – guitars, bass guitar, keyboards (all tracks)
Armando Marçal – percussion (tracks 1–7, 9, 12, 16)
Steve Rodby – double bass, bass guitar (tracks 4–7, 9, 11, 16)
Paul Wertico – drums (tracks 4–5, 7–9, 11, 16)
Naná Vasconcelos – percussion (tracks 1, 4–5, and 10–12), voice (track 11)
Steve Ferrone – drums (tracks 3–5, and 12)
Will Lee – bass guitar (tracks 4, 6, 12, 19)
Gil Goldstein – accordion (tracks 4, 7, and 9)
Lyle Mays – piano (tracks 2 and 6)
Toots Thielemans – harmonica (tracks 8, 11, and 15)
Charlie Haden – double bass (tracks 1, 8, and 15)
Mark Ledford – vocals (tracks 3–4, and 16)
Danny Gottlieb – cymbal roll, percussion (tracks 3 and 11)
Skaila Kanga – harp (track 13 and 17)
Sammy Merendino – drums (track 6)
Andy Findon – flute (track 7)
Ryan Kisor – trumpet, flugelhorn (track 9)
Mike Metheny – trumpet, flugelhorn (track 9)
Michael Mossman – trumpet, flugelhorn (track 9)
Dave Bargeron – trombone, tuba (track 9)
Tom Malone – trombone (track 9)
Dave Taylor – bass trombone (track 9)
John Clark – French horn (track 9)
Anthony Jackson – contrabass guitar (track 9)
Akiko Yano – vocals (track 10)
Paulo Braga – drums (track 19)

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Released: July 1992
Recorded: Fall 1991 – Winter 1992
Studio: Power Station, New York City
Length: 76:11
Label: Geffen
Producer: Pat Metheny