Keep It Like a Secret

Keep It Like a Secret
Studio album by
Built to Spill
ReleasedFebruary 2, 1999
RecordedNovember 1997; April–May 1998
Studio
Genre
Length46:53
Label
Producer
Built to Spill chronology
Perfect from Now On
(1997) 		Keep It Like a Secret
(1999) 		Live
(2000)
Singles from Keep It Like a Secret
  1. "Center of the Universe"
    Released: 1999
  2. "Carry the Zero"
    Released: 1999

Keep It Like a Secret is the fourth studio album released by American indie rock band Built to Spill, and their second for Warner Bros. Records.

The initial tracks for the album were recorded in November 1997 at Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington by Phil Ek, with overdubs recorded on mid-1998 at Avast! Recording Co. in Seattle, Washington.[5] Keep It Like a Secret was released on February 2, 1999. The album spawned two EPs: Carry the Zero and Center of the Universe.

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  3. ^ Huey, Steve. "Built to Spill | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  4. ^ "Treble's Best Albums of the 90s: 1995-99". Treble. August 18, 2008. p. 5. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  5. ^ "Built To Spill - Keep It Like A Secret at Discogs". Warner Bros. Records, Discogs. 23 February 1999. Retrieved July 18, 2015.