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{{Infobox album
| name       = My Secret Life
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Sonia Dada]]
| cover      = My secret life.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = June 9, 1998
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Rock music]]<br>[[Soul music|Soul]]
| length     =
| label      = [[Capricorn Records]]
| producer   = Barry Beckett, Dan Pritzker
| prev_title = [[A Day at the Beach (album)|A Day at the Beach]]
| prev_year  = 1995
| next_title = [[Lay Down and Love It Live]]
| next_year  = 1999
}}
{{album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/my-secret-life-mw0000038149|title=My Secret Life - Sonia Dada &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
}}
'''''My Secret Life''''' is the third album by [[Sonia Dada]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sonia-dada-mn0000032719/biography|title=Sonia Dada Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref> It was released in 1998 on [[Capricorn Records]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roos |first1=John |title=If it's eclecticism you want, Sonia Dada's got it |work=Los Angeles Times |date=24 July 1998 |page=F33}}</ref>
==Production==
The album was produced by Barry Beckett and Dan Pritzker.<ref name=WP/> Vocalist Shawn Christopher joined the band for ''My Secret Life''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/1998/11/27/19415439/sonia-dada-playing-at-zephyr-tuesday|title=Sonia Dada playing at Zephyr Tuesday|date=November 27, 1998|website=Deseret News}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
''[[The Washington Post]]'' deemed the album "gospel-soul vocals and roots-rock grooves applied to album-rock songwriting."<ref name="WP">{{cite web |title=SONIA DADA: 'MY SECRET LIFE' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/08/28/sonia-dada-my-secret-life/a0e113d0-f634-46af-a683-abc9219ae790/ |website=The Washington Post |access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref> The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' thought that "from the New Orleans swagger of 'Zachary' to the fatback funk of 'Phases of the Moon', the sinuous rocker 'Cold' and the breezy 'Paradise', their peerless solo and group vocals seamlessly stitch together the group's disparate elements."<ref name="CT">{{cite web |title=Sonia Dada My Secret Life (Capricorn) |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-06-28-9806280378-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref> The ''[[Wisconsin State Journal]]'' called the band's sound "an eclectic musical hybrid that's a refreshing antidote to whitebread alternative rock."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schumacher-Rasmussen |first1=Eric |title=SONIA DADA TRANSCENDS ITS LYRICS |work=Wisconsin State Journal |date=13 Aug 1998 |location=Rhythm |page=5}}</ref>
[[AllMusic]] wrote: "While their music has always been delightfully eclectic, this is the album where they finally pull all their disparate sounds and styles together and make something entirely their own out of their mutual sources."<ref name="auto"/>
==Track listing==
# "Zachary"&nbsp;- 3:59
# "Things Change"&nbsp;- 5:13
# "Ain't Life For The Living"&nbsp;- 3:03
# "Don't Go (Giving Your Love Away)"&nbsp;- 3:42
# "Phases Of The Moon"&nbsp;- 4:47
# "Green Eyed Esther"&nbsp;- 5:51
# "Get To You"&nbsp;- 2:43
# "Las Vegas Virgin"&nbsp;- 3:43
# "I'm Gone"&nbsp;- 4:03
# "Cold"&nbsp;- 4:23
# "So Sad"&nbsp;- 4:00
# "You Don't Love Me Anymore"&nbsp;- 4:22
# "Morning Comes"&nbsp;- 4:26
# "Would I Lie To You"&nbsp;- 4:41
# "Paradise"&nbsp;- 5:10
==References==
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[[Category:1998 albums]]
[[Category:Sonia Dada albums]]