I bought this album back in 1997 and actually I don't know why i bought it I think that was that I saw on cable the "you're making me high" video and I saw in a store and bought it.

This album is amazing the lyrics are beautiful, there's no a song that I don't like, the rhythms are very good also and besides that I like this album it was one of the biggest hits of 1997 with song such as: "you're making me high" (my own favorite) the song did it to #1 in the Hot 100, Hot R&B song and Club dance charts another hit and maybe Toni's biggest song "un-break my heart" is also in this album "Un-break" became also a #1, another great song is the soft "how could an angel break my heart" were features Kenny G.

Here's also one song from the 1996 hit soundtrack "waiting to exhaale" the song is "let it flow". Actually I love all the ssongs in this album from the first one "come on over here" until "I the late of night".

This album won 3 or 4 Grammy awards (I'm not sure about the amount)and sold over 10 million copies worldwide.

After a sultry and stylish debut album that helped earn her a Best New Artist Grammy, Toni Braxton steps up to the follow-up plate and hits anything but a sophomore slump. Full of warm musical backdrops and Toni's trademark sexy alto, "Secrets" lives up to the expectations her debut set in place.

Every now and again you'll find a singer whose interpretative gifts mesh perfectly with the producer or songwriter at hand. Such magic can be found when Toni takes on one of Babyface's acoustic-based, almost-folky pop tunes. "Let it Flow," "There's No Me Without You," and "Why Should I Care" are all gorgeous ballads with acoustic guitars in the forefront and the heat set on slow-burn, and Toni more than rises to the challenge. Of course, these songs were all solely written and produced by Babyface, so the argument may be made that the artistic vision isn't truly Toni's. The final audio result, however, is truly fantastic.

Unfortunately, R. Kelly doesn't serve Braxton as well; Babyface and Toni often seem two halves of the same whole, while R. Kelly's composition "I Don't Want To," which he also produced, merely sounds like Toni singing along to an R. Kelly karaoke tape. And even Babyface can fall short now and then, proven on the sleepy ballad appropriately titled "In the Late of Night." "Unbreak My Heart," however, is one of the rare moments in R&B that manages to build a bridge to pop and still maintain soul in the recording. No shock that this soaring ballad sealed Toni's then-pending true crossover success.

Even more of a payoff comes when Toni tries something new, as is found on "You're Makin Me High," a hardcore-esque number that boasts lyrics as hard as its groove, and "Talking in My Sleep," a scorcher of a ballad that finds Toni purring her verses in spoken word form. But the main focus here is on achieving classic, romantic soul moments, and in that sense Toni Braxton's "Secrets" is a home-run.

When it comes to modern music I'm a hard sell...I much prefer older music (sixties/seventies/eighties--I'm 21 at the time of this review) but there are some exceptions. Toni Braxton is one of those.

I saw the music video for "You're Makin' Me High" in 1996 when I was thirteen. I became intrigued. Then "Un-break my Heart" came out on music video, and I loved the song. Emotional, expressive, poetic...the exact characteristics I look for in music.

"Secrets" is an awesome album. My fave songs in order are "You're Makin' Me High," "Un-break My Heart, "Let It Flow", "Come Over Here", and "How Could An Angel Break My Heart." If you're a Braxton fan, get this CD. It's awesome.

I bought this album when it first came out in '96. I bought it 'cos of 'You're makin' me high' which is such a funky/classic song. I was not disappointed at all. This album is fabulous! I've got many CD's and I can't say that I like any other as much as this. It has mellow numbers such as 'Come on over here' & 'Let it flow' to the ballads of 'Un-Break my heart' and 'How could an angel break my heart' all in all this is a must album for anyone! Nice work Toni!

Well not quite. Toni definitly sounds sexier here and a couple songs are frankly sexual and even a bit racy. "You're makin' me high" is the best example. Her trademark broken- hearted sigh is still here and five of the songs are about sad love songs. Then again, aren't everybody's? The music is full and crisp and Toni has a pouporri of producers to choose from-The elegant Tony Rich gives "Come on over" the slow jam-acoustic favorite Babyface with "You're makin' me high", "There's no me without you", "How could an angel break my heart" "Find me a man", "Let it flow", "Why should I care", "In the late of night"(God, that's a lot of songs by him, isn't there?) new jack swingman R. Kelly with "I don't want to" the soulful team of Soulshock & Karlin with "I love me some him" power pop balladeer Diane Warren with "Unbreak my heart" and producer for Brandy Keith Crouch with "Talkin' in his sleep". The last one deals with adultery but not the he-did-me-wrong-i'm walkin'-out-that-door-boy type. Instead she tells you in a random stream of consiousness sort of way, asking a friend for advice girl-to-girl. One of the best songs, "In the late of night" feels like a setting in a lonely mansion in the woods. Toni is one of the best singers in the WORLD! Secrets is definite proof of that.