Incognito (Amanda Lear Album)

Incognito (Amanda Lear Album)

Incognito is the fifth studio album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in March, 1981 by West German label Ariola-Eurodisc. The album contains singles "Nymphomania", "Hollywood Is Just A Dream When You're Seventeen", "Love Amnesia", "Red Tape", "New York" and "Égal". Just like 1978's Sweet Revenge, Incognito is to a certain degree a concept album. This nine track set is loosely based on the Christian classification of vices, the seven deadly sins, with Lear adding two vices of her own: bureaucracy and nostalgia. The track "New York" was originally recorded by composer Francis Lai and included on his 1980 album Paris, New York.

The rights to the Ariola-Eurodisc back catalogue are currently held by Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Incognito was released as a mid-priced compilation CD combined with 1977's I Am a Photograph in Russia in 2001, but remains unreleased on compact disc in the rest of the world.