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Secret Messages is the tenth studio album by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released in 1983 on Jet Records. It was the last ELO album with bass guitarist Kelly Groucutt, conductor Louis Clark and real stringed instruments, and the last ELO album to be released on the Jet label. It was also the final ELO studio album to become a worldwide hit upon release.

The record was originally going to be a double album, but this plan was thwarted by Jet's distributor, CBS Records, claiming that producing a double vinyl album would be too expensive; as a result, leader Jeff Lynne would have to reduce it to a single album. This version of the album was digitally recorded and would have been ELO's first compact disc.

01. Secret Messages 4:43
02. Loser Gone Wild  5:27
03. Bluebird  4:13
04. Take Me On And On 4:57
05. Stranger  4:27
06. No Way Out  3:28
07. Beatles Forever  4:19
08. Letter From Spain 2:51
09. Danger Ahead  3:52
10. Four Little Diamonds 4:05
11. Train Of Gold  4:20
12. Endless Lies  3:26
13. Buildings Have Eyes 3:56
14. Rock 'n' Roll Is King 3:14
15. Mandalay  5:19
16. Time After Time  4:01
17. After All  2:23
18. Hello My Old Friend/Outro 8:45