Тайная жизнь: Дебютный альбом The Veronicas

The Secret Life of is the debut studio album by Australian pop rock band the Veronicas, released on 17 October 2005 on Sire Records. A special limited edition DVD was released with the US version. This edition included two extra songs and videos, and was only available online. It reached number 2 in Australia and is certified 4x platinum. The album spent over a year in the ARIA Albums Chart, without leaving the top 40. The album also reached number 5 in New Zealand and number 3 in the Billboard Top Heatseekers. The Secret Life of has sold around 50,000 copies in the USA. In early 2007, the album was released worldwide to countries in Asia and in the UK. Positive reception of singles has already been successful in parts of Europe and Asia. The first single to be released off the album, "4ever", received much radio play in Australia and America. It reached number 2 on the ARIA Singles Chart, also reaching number 20 on the U. S. Hot Dance Club Play chart and number 90 on the U. S. Billboard Pop 100. The song "Secret" is featured on Dance! Online, a multiplayer online casual rhythm game. In September 2006, the Veronicas were nominated for 3 ARIA Awards for The Secret Life of , including Best Pop Release, Highest Selling Album and Breakthrough Artist Album. On 29 October, at the ARIA Awards, The Secret Life of won Best Pop Release. They lost Breakthrough Artist Album to Wolfmother and Highest Selling Album to Human Nature.

The album received generally positive reviews. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic stated "[ ] it's a terrific little pop record [ ] an unexpected gift, a slick, tuneful set of pure sugarcoated fun. Here, melody runs through both the verses and choruses, the hooks dig deeper, not just on the tracks helmed by Martin, but on the Orgliasso sisters' songs, too."

In Australia, The Secret Life of made its debut at number seven on the ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart on the issue dated 30 October 2005. After dropping and rising on the charts for up to six months the album eventually went on to peak at number two where it stayed for two weeks. By the end of 2005 the album was certified platinum and by 2006 it was made a further four times platinum with a shipment of 280,000 copies. In New Zealand, the album made its debut and peaked at number five in 2006. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand for shipments of 7,500 copies. It made its debut and peaked at number one hundred and thirty three in the U. S. on the Billboard 200 chart. It spent only two weeks on the chart It also peaked at number three on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart where it spent ten weeks. The album spent a total of nineteen non consecutive weeks on the chart. In the rest of Europe it peaked at number seventy five on the Dutch MegaCharts and at number sixty one on the Switzerland album charts.

"4ever" was released as the album's lead single on 15 August 2005. The single was successful in Australia peaking at number two and peaking at number seven in New Zealand. In Europe it became a top 40 hit in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Switzerland "Everything I'm Not" was released as the second single in Australia and New Zealand. It peaked at number seven in Australia and number ten in New Zealand. It also peaked at number three on the Ultratip charts in Belgium. In Belgium it peaked at number 18 and 83 on the Dutch Charts. "Leave Me Alone" was the final single to be released from their album. It peaked at number forty one in Australia and was on the top fifty chart for only two weeks.

The Veronicas made several appearances around the world to promote their album. They performed live on Dancing with the Stars, Rove Live, Sunrise and Total Request Live in Italy and Australia. On 2 October 2005 they performed 4ever live at the 2005 NRL Grand Final during the pre match show. They also performed live at the 2006 ARIA Music Awards, the 2006 MTV Australia Video Music Awards and the 2006 Belgium TMF Awards. The Veronicas also sung the theme song for The WB TV series "Related" where their songs were regularly featured as well making an appearance in the episode "Daddy's Little Girl" where they performed "Heavily Broken". They also appeared in an episode of the ABC Family series Beautiful People entitled "Where are We Now?" where they performed "Revolution". Their song "4ever" was featured in the 2006 movie She's the Man, as well as being featured in an episode of The Hills, and in the third season of Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. Their song "Nobody Wins" was also featured in an episode of The Hills. The album received further promotion when they embarked on their first US tour which went from 28 January 2006 to 3 March 2006. They then embarked on their first Australian tour in April 2006 where all their shows were sold out. And finally in August 2006 they embarked on the "Revolution Tour" in Australia which marked one year since the release of "4ever". They also supported Ryan Cabrera on a tour of the US and were also meant to tour with Ashlee Simpson during her 2006 U. S. summer tour but had to pull out after Lisa became ill with throat nodules and needed surgery.

Region Date Label Format Catalogue Australia 17 October 2005 Sire RecordsCD 9362493712 New Zealand 31 January 2006Warner MusicCD, digital download United States 14 February 2006Sire RecordsCD B000E1MY8G United Kingdom 15 February 2006CD SIRE49913.2 Germany 17 November 2006 Warner Music B000IOM8BW