The SecretWhether on his own or with his Project, Alan Parsons vacillated between arch artiness and immaculate soft pop. With The Secret, his first album in 15 years, he veers decisively toward the former. The opening pomp of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" which is indeed the Paul Dukas composition, here presented as a collaboration with Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett is a bit misleading. While Parsons doesn't avoid other old fashioned prog tropes parts of Todd