GOLD PROMO stamp on front. Vinyl plays nicely (play-graded). Cover looks great; a few creases near edges; some scuffing (front/back); surface impressions on front; slight discoloration on back. Inner-sleeve is original (photo/credits); 3 seams partially split and taped. Spine is easy-to-read with wear (printed slightly off-center). Some shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening shows signs of use and divots and small tears. (Not a cut-out.)
Best Kept Secret, by Sheena Easton, peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. The album marked a slight change of direction in Easton's career. Prior to this album, Easton's first three albums had all been recorded in London with producer Christopher Neil. For Best Kept Secret, Easton dismissed Neill as her producer and hired American producers Greg Mathieson and Trevor Veitch who had previously worked with Laura Branigan, and the album became her first recorded entirely in the United States where the singer had been more consistently popular than in her native UK. The songs on Best Kept Secret alternated between dance tracks in the Eurodisco mode of Laura Branigan's signature tune Gloria and ballads. The album's lead single was the dance track Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) which became Easton's third solo hit to reach the US Top Ten with a No. 9 peak on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single was the ballad Almost Over You (No. 25) and another dance track Devil in a Fast Car was subsequently issued as a single and reached No. 79.