Secrets, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music), is the second studio album released by Allison Crowe and her first full-length CD. Following the dissolution of her trio, Crowe recorded this solo, singer-songwriter collection in Nanaimo, British Columbia. She engineered the recording and assisted with production alongside Rainer Willeke of the Victoria, Canada-based rhythm and blues combo Soul Station. In addition to performing all vocals (lead and harmonies), piano and keyboards on the album, Crowe added acoustic guitar tracks and percussive 'thumps'.
Secrets contains 'old' fan favourites (some of which are radically redefined from earlier performances), newly penned songs, and a pair of personal picks from other artists: Counting Crows' "Raining in Baltimore" (the first song performed by Crowe when she launched her career as a singer-songwriter in the mid-1990s), and "Joan of Arc" (a poem song from the pen of Leonard Cohen).