Secret Samadhi
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 18, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | Hit Factory, NYC, NY, 1996, South Beach Studios in Miami & The Record Plant in Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock | |||
| Length | 53:18 | |||
| Label | Radioactive | |||
| Producer | Jay Healy, Live | |||
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| Singles from Secret Samadhi | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+[3] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
| Spin | 6/10[6] |
| The Village Voice |  [7] |
Secret Samadhi is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Live. It debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 upon its release on February 18, 1997. It includes the singles "Lakini's Juice", "Rattlesnake", "Turn My Head", and "Freaks". The album was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA on July 8, 1999.[8]
This is the first Live recording to be produced by Jay Healy since their 1990 cassette EP Divided Mind, Divided Planet.
The US release uses HDCD encoding, but the package is not labeled as HDCD.[9]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Ed Kowalczyk; all music is composed by Live
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rattlesnake" | 4:51 |
| 2. | "Lakini's Juice" | 4:59 |
| 3. | "Graze" | 5:39 |
| 4. | "Century" | 3:22 |
| 5. | "Ghost" | 6:19 |
| 6. | "Unsheathed" | 3:36 |
| 7. | "Insomnia and the Hole in the Universe" | 4:01 |
| 8. | "Turn My Head" | 3:57 |
| 9. | "Heropsychodreamer" | 2:48 |
| 10. | "Freaks" | 4:50 |
| 11. | "Merica" | 3:21 |
| 12. | "Gas Hed Goes West" | 5:35 |
Personnel
Live
- Ed Kowalczyk - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Chad Taylor - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Patrick Dahlheimer - bass
- Chad Gracey - drums
Additional musicians
- Tim Bauber – engineering
- Jon Carin – keyboards
- Jennifer Charles – vocals on "Ghost"
- Jay Healy – engineering, production
- Femio Hernandez – engineering, production
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Doug Katsaros – string arrangements on "Lakini's Juice" and "Turn My Head"
- Gerardo Lopez – engineering, production
- Tom Lord-Alge – mixing
- Greg Thompson – engineering, production
Charts
Album
Singles
| Song | Peak chart positions | ||||||
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| US (M.R.) | AUS | AUT | NED | NZ | UK | ||
| "Lakini's Juice"[13][14][15] | 1 | 21 | — | 69 | 37 | 29 | |
| "Freaks"[13][15][16] | 13 | 36 | — | 80 | — | 60 | |
| "Turn My Head"[15][17] | 3 | 47 | 36 | 67 | — | — | |
| "Rattlesnake"[15] | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
References
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Secret Samadhi - Live". Allmusic.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
- ^ J. D. Considine (March 7, 1997). "Secret Samadhi Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
- ^ Alec Foege (March 4, 1997). "Live: Secret Samadhi : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 490. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Schone, Mark (April 1997). "Records". Spin. Vol. 13, no. 1. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 154–5.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (April 15, 1997). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ "RIAA entry for Secret Samadhi". RIAA.
- ^ "List of HDCD-encoded Compact Discs". Hydrogenaudio. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Ultratop entry for Secret Samadhi". Ultratop.
- ^ a b "Secret Samadhi > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ "Chartverfolgung / LIVE / Longplay" Archived September 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Musicline.de.
- ^ a b c "Live - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- ^ "Ultratop entry for Lakini's Juice". Ultratop.
- ^ a b c d "Secret Samadhi > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". AllMusic.
- ^ "Ultratop entry for Freaks". Ultratop.
- ^ "Ultratop entry for Turn My Head". Ultratop.
