Into a secret land (1988)

Into a Secret Land is the third studio album from German singer Sandra, released in 1988.
This album was produced by Michael Cretu. It reached #14 in Germany, #18 in Norway, #22 in Sweden, #13 in Austria and #9 in Switzerland.

Singles

Five singles were released from this album which became successful in many countries. The first single, "Heaven Can Wait", was a top ten smash hit in France and made it to #12 in Germany, being accompanied by a music video featuring Sandra dancing and singing on a Mediterranean beach. The next single, the title track "Secret Land", a cover version of the track "Trenchcoat Man" by the short-lived German synth pop project Fabrique (who were produced by Hubert Kemmler), entered the German Top 10 and went on all the way to number one in Lebanon and Israel. The third single released, "We'll Be Together", was another German Top 10 hit, while the fourth single, "Around My Heart", peaked at number 11. The album's fifth and final single, "La Vista de Luna", was released only as a promotional single in Spain. (It was later re-released as the B-side of the much-beautiful song, "Hiroshima".)

"La Vista de Luna" was released in May 1989 as a promotional single in Spain only. The song appeared on her third studio album Into a Secret Land, and also as the B-side of the single release to "Hiroshima", the lead track from her fourth studio album Paintings in Yellow.

La Vista de Luna - Track listing
7" single
"La Vista de Luna" — 3:44
"La Vista de Luna" — 3:44

Track listing

# Track Writer(s) - Producer(s) Time
1 "Secret Land" Gronau/Kemmler/Cretu/Bjorklund - Muller-Pi/Hirschburger/Hoenig 4:46
2 "We'll Be Together" Kemmler/Lohr/Sandra C - Hirschburger/Kemmler 4:10
3 "Heaven Can Wait" Cretu/Kemmler/Lohr - Hirschburger/Kemmler 4:04
4 "Just Like Diamonds" Kemmler/Cretu/Lohr - Hirschburger/Kemmler 5:41
5 "Around My Heart" Kemmler/Lohr/Sor Otto's/Peterson - Hirschburger/Kemmler 3:18
6 "Crazy Juliet" Kemmler/Cretu/Lohr - Hirschburger 4:11
7 "La Vista de Luna" Cretu/Kemmler - Hirschburger/Cretu/Muller-Pi 3:45
8 "Celebrate Your Life" Kemmler - Hirschburger/Kemmler 3:28
9 "Children of England" Kemmler/Lohr - Hirschburger/Kemmler 3:58

Personnel

Mixed by Frank Peter and Michael Cretu
Produced by Michael Cretu
Cover art by Mike Schmidt

Release history

Date Label Format Catalog
1988 Virgin LP 209371630
CD 259371222
1993 EMI 077778696728

Charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[2] 13
French SNEP Album Charts[3] 14
German Album Charts 14
Norwegian Albums Chart[2] 18
Swedish Albums Chart[2] 22
Swiss Albums Chart[2] 9