Secret Samadhi

Secret Samadhi
Studio album by Live
Released	February 18, 1997
Recorded	Hit Factory, NYC, NY, 1996, South Beach Studios in Miami & The Record Plant in Los Angeles
Genre	Post-grunge, hard rock
Length	53:18
Label	Radioactive
Producer	Jay Healy, Live
Live chronology
Throwing Copper (1994) Secret Samadhi (1997) The Distance to Here (1999)
Singles from Secret Samadhi
"Lakini's Juice" Released: 1997 "Freaks" Released: 1997 "Turn My Head" Released: 1997 "Rattlesnake" Released: 1997

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Secret Samadhi is the third album by American rock band Live. It debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 when it was released 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.^[4]

This is the first Live recording to be produced by Jay Healy since their 1990 cassette EP Divided Mind, Divided Planet.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Ed Kowalczyk, all music 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

• Patrick Dahlheimer – bass guitar, arrangement, production
• Chad Gracey – drums, percussion, backing vocals, arrangement, production
• Ed Kowalczyk – vocals, rhythm guitar, arrangement, production
• Chad Taylor – lead guitar, backing vocals, arrangement, production

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

Chart positions

Album

Chart	Peak
Australian Albums Chart[5]	2
Austrian Albums Chart[5]	10
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[5]	3
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[5]	27
Canadian Albums Chart[6]	1
Dutch Albums Chart[5]	4
Finnish Albums Chart[5]	15
German Albums Chart[7]	23
New Zealand Albums Chart[5]	1
Norwegian Albums Chart[5]	5
Swedish Albums Chart[5]	8
Swiss Albums Chart[5]	17
UK Albums Chart[8]	31
US Billboard 200[6]	1

Singles

Song	Peak chart positions
	US (M.R.)	AUS	AUT	NED	NZ	UK
"Lakini's Juice"[8][9][10]	1	21	—	69	37	29
"Freaks"[8][10][11]	13	36	—	80	—	60
"Turn My Head"[10][12]	3	47	36	67	—	—
"Rattlesnake"[10]	18	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Secret Samadhi - Live". Allmusic.
2. J. D. Considine (1997-03-07). "Secret Samadhi Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
3. Alec Foege (1997-03-04). "Live: Secret Samadhi : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
4. "RIAA entry for Secret Samadhi". RIAA.
5. "Ultratop entry for Secret Samadhi". Ultratop.
6. "Secret Samadhi > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". AllMusic.
7. "Chartverfolgung / LIVE / Longplay". Musicline.de.
8. "Live - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
9. "Ultratop entry for Lakini's Juice". Ultratop.
10. "Secret Samadhi > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". AllMusic.
11. "Ultratop entry for Freaks". Ultratop.
12. "Ultratop entry for Turn My Head". Ultratop.