Secret Samadhi
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| Secret Samadhi | ||||
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| 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 | |||
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| Singles from Secret Samadhi | ||||
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| 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]
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
Singles
| Song | Peak chart positions | ||||||
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| US (M.R.) | AUS | AUT | NED | NZ | UK | ||
| "Lakini's Juice"[9][10][11] | 1 | 21 | — | 69 | 37 | 29 | |
| "Freaks"[9][11][12] | 13 | 36 | — | 80 | — | 60 | |
| "Turn My Head"[11][13] | 3 | 47 | 36 | 67 | — | — | |
| "Rattlesnake"[11] | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
| Preceded by | Billboard 200 number-one album March 8–14, 1997 |
Succeeded by Howard Stern Private Parts - The Album by Various artists |
| Preceded by | Canadian Albums Chart number-one album March 3–9, 1997 |
Succeeded by Grammy Nominees 1997 by Various artists |
References
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Secret Samadhi - Live". Allmusic.
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- ↑ "RIAA entry for Secret Samadhi". RIAA.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 "Ultratop entry for Secret Samadhi". Ultratop.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Secret Samadhi > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". AllMusic.
- ↑ "Chartverfolgung / LIVE / Longplay". Musicline.de.
- ↑ "Chart Stats entry for Secret Samadhi". ChartStats.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Chart Stats entry for Live". ChartStats.
- ↑ "Ultratop entry for Lakini's Juice". Ultratop.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "Secret Samadhi > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". AllMusic.
- ↑ "Ultratop entry for Freaks". Ultratop.
- ↑ "Ultratop entry for Turn My Head". Ultratop.
