The Secret Value of Daydreaming is the second album by singer–songwriter

Singer–songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Julian Lennon

Julian Lennon

John Charles Julian Lennon is an English musician, songwriter, actor, and photographer. He is the son of John Lennon and Lennon's first wife, Cynthia Powell. Beatles manager Brian Epstein was his godfather. He has a younger half-brother, Sean Lennon. Lennon was named after his paternal...

. It was released in March 1986 on Virgin Records

Virgin Records

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. "Stick Around" was the lead single and was the album's lone top 40 hit. The album peaked at Number 32 on the Billboard 200 charts upon its release and was certified Gold for sales of over 500,000 copies.

The album was reissued September 8, 2009 by Noble Rot Records.

Track listing

• All songs written by Julian Lennon, except where noted.

1. "Stick Around" - 3:39
2. "You Get What You Want" - 4:04
3. "Let Me Tell You" - 4:16
4. "I've Seen Your Face" - 3:27
5. "Coward Till the End?" * - 6:11 (Lennon, Clayton)
6. "This Is My Day" - 3:51
7. "You Don't Have to Tell Me" - 4:55
8. "Everyday" ** - 3:51 (Lennon, Clayton, Morales)
9. "Always Think Twice" - 3:56
10. "Want Your Body" - 3:25

Music videos

• "Stick Around" - The video for "Stick Around" featured appearances by Jami Gertz
  Jami Gertz
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  , Michael J. Fox
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   and Joe Piscopo
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  .

• "This Is My Day" - The second single and video to promote the album. The mix of the song is unique to the video as the version that appears on the album is quite different. The "video" mix is available on Julian's "Behind the Music
  Behind the Music
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  " compilation. The single failed to chart.

• "Want Your Body" - The final video and single for the album, also failed to chart.

Production

• Produced by Phil Ramone
• Engineer: Bradshaw Leigh
• Associate Engineers: Sean Burrows and Peter Hefter
• Mastering: Barry Diament & Ted Jensen

The Band

• Julian Lennon: Lead vocals, Background vocals, Bass guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Yamaha Drum programming
• Carmine Rojas
  Carmine Rojas
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  : Bass
• Justin Clayton: Guitar
• David Brown: Guitar
• Alan Childs: Drums
• Frank Elmo: Horns

Additional personnel

• Jimmy Bralower: Percussion
• John McCurry: Guitar
• Billy Joel
  Billy Joel
  William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...
  
  : Piano on "You Get What You Want"
• Background vocals: Fiona Flanagan, Karen Kamōn
  Karen Kamon
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  , Rory Dodd
  Rory Dodd
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  , Eric Taylor, Peter Hewlett