# Assorted Secrets

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Assorted Secrets
| type         = Compilation
| longtype     = 
| artist       = [The Residents](/source/The_Residents)
| cover        = Assorted Secrets.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = 1984
| recorded     = Fall 1981 – May 5, 1983
| genre        = 
| length       = 58:40 {{small|(1984)}}<br>1:09:36 {{small|(2000)}}
| label        = [Ralph](/source/Ralph_Records)
| producer     = Scott Fraser, the Cryptic Corporation
| prev_title   = [Residue of the Residents](/source/Residue_of_the_Residents)
| prev_year    = 1983
| next_title   = [Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats?](/source/Whatever_Happened_to_Vileness_Fats%3F)
| next_year    = 1984
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
}}

'''''Assorted Secrets''''' is a compilation of live and studio rehearsals released by American [art rock](/source/art_rock) group [the Residents](/source/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==
{{Track listing
| all_writing   = The Residents
| title1        = [Mark of the Mole](/source/Mark_of_the_Mole)
| length1       = 33:40
| headline      = Side one (Live in Santa Monica, April 10, 1982)
}}
{{Track listing
| headline      = Side two (Live in the Studio)
| title1        = The Letter
| length1       = 2:13
| title2        = Ship's a'Goin' Down
| length2       = 2:32
| title3        = Bach is Dead
| length3       = 1:20
| title4        = Birthday Boy
| length4       = 3:41
| title5        = Constantinople
| length5       = 2:10
| title6        = Die in Terror
| length6       = 2:17
| title7        = Give it to Someone Else
| length7       = 0:58
| title8        = Smack Your Lips
| note8         = May 5 1983 rehearsal
| length8       = 4:03
| title9        = Song of the Wild
| note9         = May 5 1983 rehearsal
| length9       = 3:32
| title10       = Happy Home
| note10        = May 5 1983 rehearsal
| length10      = 2:14
| total_length  = 58:40
}}
* Tracks 1–7 were recorded between fall of 1981 and spring of 1982.
* Tracks 8–10 were recorded on May 5, 1983.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Residents - Assorted Secrets|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Residents-Assorted-Secrets/release/722291|website=Discogs|year=1984 }}</ref>''

=== 2000 CD reissue ===
{{Track listing
| total_length  = 1:09:36
| title1        = God Song
| length1       = 1:33
| title2        = The Letter
| length2       = 2:13
| title3        = Ship's a'Goin' Down
| length3       = 2:32
| title4        = Bach is Dead
| length4       = 1:20
| title5        = Birthday Boy
| length5       = 3:41
| title6        = Constantinople
| length6       = 2:10
| title7        = Die in Terror
| length7       = 2:17
| title8        = Give it to Someone Else
| length8       = 0:58
| title9        = The Festival of Death
| length9       = 9:23
| title10       = Smack Your Lips
| length10      = 4:03
| title11       = Song of the Wild
| length11      = 3:32
| title12       = Happy Home
| length12      = 2:14
| title13       = Mark of the Mole, part 1
| length13      = 14:43
| title14       = Mark of the Mole, part 2
| length14      = 10:44
| title15       = Mark of the Mole, part 3
| length15      = 8:13
}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Discogs master|150099}}

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