# Secret Samadhi
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{{Infobox album
| name = Secret Samadhi
| type = studio
| artist = [Live](/source/Live_(band))
| cover = LiveSecretSamadhi.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1997|2|18}}
| recorded = 1996
| studio = [The Hit Factory](/source/The_Hit_Factory) (New York City)
* South Beach (Miami)
* [The Record Plant](/source/The_Record_Plant) (Los Angeles)
| genre = [Alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock), [post-grunge](/source/post-grunge), [hard rock](/source/hard_rock)
| length = {{Duration|m=53|s=18}}
| label = [Radioactive](/source/Radioactive_Records)
| producer = Jay Healy, Live
| prev_title = [Throwing Copper](/source/Throwing_Copper)
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = [The Distance to Here](/source/The_Distance_to_Here)
| next_year = 1999
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Secret Samadhi
| type = studio
| single1 = [Lakini's Juice](/source/Lakini's_Juice)
| single1date = January 27, 1997[{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Live&titel=Lakini%27s+Juice&cat=s|title=Live - Lakini's Juice|website=dutchcharts.nl |access-date=May 25, 2022}}]
| single2 = [Freaks](/source/Freaks_(Live_song))
| single2date = May 5, 1997[{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Live&titel=Freaks&cat=s|title=Live - Freaks|website=dutchcharts.nl |access-date=May 25, 2022}}]
| single3 = [Turn My Head](/source/Turn_My_Head)
| single3date = August 1997[{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Live&titel=Turn+My+Head&cat=s|title=Live singles}}]
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r247088|pure_url=yes}} "Secret Samadhi - Live"]. [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic).]
| rev2 = ''[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)''
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}[{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA924 |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |date=2011-05-27 |publisher=[Omnibus Press](/source/Omnibus_Press) |isbn=9780857125958 |language=en}}]
| rev3 = ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)''
| rev3score = C+[{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,287014,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827182521/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,287014,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 27, 2008|title=Secret Samadhi Review|author=J. D. Considine|author-link=J. D. Considine|magazine=[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)|date=1997-03-07|access-date=2012-05-02}}]
| rev4 = ''[Kerrang!](/source/Kerrang!)''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{Cite magazine |last=Everley |first=Dave |date=March 15, 1997 |title=Shiny Hippy People {{!}} Albums |magazine=[Kerrang!](/source/Kerrang!) |publisher=[EMAP](/source/EMAP) |page=46 |issue=639}}]
| rev5 = ''[Metal Hammer](/source/Metal_Hammer)''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{Cite magazine |last=Berelian |first=Essi |date=April 1997 |title=Under the Hammer |magazine=[Metal Hammer](/source/Metal_Hammer) |location=UK |publisher=[Dennis Publishing](/source/Dennis_Publishing) |page=64}}]
| rev6 = ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))''
| rev6score = 7.5/10[{{Cite web |last=Wisdom |first=James P. |title=Live: Secret Samahdi |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/l/live/secret-samahdi.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011024005441/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/l/live/secret-samahdi.shtml |archive-date=2001-10-24 |access-date=2025-12-12 |website=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))}}]
| rev7 = ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)''
| rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/live/albums/album/128335/review/5944086/secret_samadhi|title=Live: Secret Samadhi : Music Reviews|author=Alec Foege|magazine=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)|date=1997-03-04|access-date=2013-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016204759/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/live/albums/album/128335/review/5944086/secret_samadhi|archive-date=2007-10-16|url-status=dead}}]
| rev8 = ''[The Rolling Stone Album Guide](/source/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide)''
| rev8score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[{{cite book| last = Brackett | first = Nathan |author2=Christian Hoard | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | publisher = Simon and Schuster | year = 2004 | location = New York City, New York | page = [https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/n503 490] | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8 | url = https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac| url-access = registration }}]
| rev9 = ''[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))''
| rev9score = 6/10[{{Cite magazine |last=Schone |first=Mark |date=April 1997 |title=Records |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xbtTqjWx8FsC&pg=PA154 |magazine=Spin |language=en |publisher=SPIN Media LLC |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=154–5}}]
| rev10 = [Wall of Sound](/source/Wall_of_Sound_(website))
| rev10score = 83/100[{{Cite web |last=Remstein |first=Bob |title=Secret Samadhi |url=http://www.wallofsound.go.com/archive/reviews/stories/2026_36Index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010210134059/http://www.wallofsound.go.com/archive/reviews/stories/2026_36Index.html |archive-date=2001-02-10 |access-date=2025-12-12 |website=[Wall of Sound](/source/Wall_of_Sound_(website))}}]
| noprose = yes
}}
'''''Secret Samadhi''''' is the third studio album by American [alternative rock](/source/alternative_rock) band [Live](/source/Live_(band)). It debuted at number 1 on the [''Billboard'' 200](/source/Billboard_200) upon its release on February 18, 1997. It includes the singles "[Lakini's Juice](/source/Lakini's_Juice)", "[Turn My Head](/source/Turn_My_Head)" and "[Freaks](/source/Freaks_(Live_song))". The album was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA on July 8, 1999.[[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Secret%20Samhadi&artist=live&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 "RIAA entry for Secret Samadhi"]. [RIAA](/source/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America).]
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](/source/High_Definition_Compatible_Digital) encoding, but the package is not labeled as HDCD.[{{cite web|title=List of HDCD-encoded Compact Discs|url=http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=List_of_HDCD-encoded_Compact_Discs|website=Hydrogenaudio|access-date=July 15, 2016}}]{{Self-published inline|date=June 2023|certain=yes}}
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_lyrics = Ed Kowalczyk
| all_music = Live
| title1 = [Rattlesnake](/source/Rattlesnake_(Live_song))
| length1 = 4:51
| title2 = [Lakini's Juice](/source/Lakini's_Juice)
| length2 = 4:59
| title3 = Graze
| length3 = 5:39
| title4 = Century
| length4 = 3:22
| title5 = Ghost
| length5 = 6:19
| title6 = Unsheathed
| length6 = 3:36
| title7 = Insomnia and the Hole in the Universe
| length7 = 4:01
| title8 = [Turn My Head](/source/Turn_My_Head)
| length8 = 3:57
| title9 = Heropsychodreamer
| length9 = 2:48
| title10 = [Freaks](/source/Freaks_(Live_song))
| length10 = 4:50
| title11 = Merica
| length11 = 3:21
| title12 = Gas Hed Goes West
| length12 = 5:35
}}
==Personnel==
'''Live'''
*[Ed Kowalczyk](/source/Ed_Kowalczyk) – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
*[Chad Taylor](/source/Chad_Taylor_(guitarist)) – lead guitar, backing vocals
*[Patrick Dahlheimer](/source/Patrick_Dahlheimer) – bass
*[Chad Gracey](/source/Chad_Gracey) – drums
'''Additional musicians'''
*Tim Bauber – [engineering](/source/Audio_engineer)
*[Jon Carin](/source/Jon_Carin) – [keyboards](/source/Electronic_keyboard)
*[Jennifer Charles](/source/Jennifer_Charles) – vocals on "Ghost"
*Jay Healy – engineering, production
*Femio Hernandez – engineering, production
*Ted Jensen – [mastering](/source/Audio_mastering)
*[Doug Katsaros](/source/Doug_Katsaros) – [string](/source/String_instrument) [arrangement](/source/arrangement)s on "[Lakini's Juice](/source/Lakini's_Juice)" and "[Turn My Head](/source/Turn_My_Head)"
*Gerardo Lopez – engineering, production
*[Tom Lord-Alge](/source/Tom_Lord-Alge) – [mixing](/source/Audio_mixing_(recorded_music))
*Greg Thompson – engineering, production
==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1997)
! scope="col"| Peak
position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|2|artist=Live|album=Secret Samadhi|rowheader=true|access-date=June 3, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Austria|10|artist=Live|album=Secret Samadhi|rowheader=true|access-date=June 3, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|3|artist=Live|album=Secret Samadhi|rowheader=true|access-date=June 3, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|27|artist=Live|album=Secret Samadhi|rowheader=true|access-date=June 3, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|1|artist=Live|rowheader=true|access-date=June 3, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|4|artist=Live|album=Secret Samadhi|rowheader=true|access-date=June 3, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Finland|15|artist=Live|album=Secret Samadhi|rowheader=true|access-date=June 3, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany|23|id=2473|artist=Live|album=Secret Samadhi|rowheader=true|access-date=June 3, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Live|album=Secret Samadhi|rowheader=true|access-date=June 3, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|5|artist=Live|album=Secret Samadhi|rowheader=true|access-date=June 3, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|27|date=19970323|rowheader=true|access-date=June 3, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|8|artist=Live|album=Secret Samadhi|rowheader=true|access-date=June 3, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|17|artist=Live|album=Secret Samadhi|rowheader=true|access-date=June 3, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|31|date=19970323|rowheader=true|access-date=June 3, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Live|rowheader=true|access-date=June 3, 2021}}
|}
{{col-2}}
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1997)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)[{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1997/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1997|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=June 3, 2021}}]
| 12
|-
! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1997&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 1997|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=June 3, 2021}}]
| 49
|-
! scope="row"| Canadian Albums (Nielsen Soundscan)[{{cite web|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/ALBUMS_1997.html|title=ALBUMS : Top 100 of 1997|access-date=January 31, 2025|archive-date=March 20, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010320221621/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/ALBUMS_1997.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}]
| 29
|-
! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1997&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1997|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=June 3, 2021}}]
| 14
|-
!scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1997-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1997|publisher=RIANZ|access-date=November 16, 2021}}]
| 12
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200[{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1997|work=Billboard|access-date=June 3, 2021}}]
| 42
|}
{{col-end}}
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Song
! colspan="6"| Peak chart positions
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="45"|[US
Mod.](/source/Alternative_Songs)
! width="45"|[AUS](/source/ARIA_Charts)
! width="45"|[AUT](/source/%C3%963_Austria_Top_40)
! width="45"|[NED](/source/Dutch_Single_Top_100)
! width="45"|[NZ](/source/Official_New_Zealand_Music_Chart)
! width="45"|[UK](/source/UK_Singles_Chart)
[{{cite web|title=Live - Full Official Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/30715/live/|website=Official Charts Company|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=January 19, 2016}}]
|-
| align="left"|"[Lakini's Juice](/source/Lakini's_Juice)"[[https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/1d2ad/Live-Lakini's-Juice "Ultratop entry for Lakini's Juice"]. Ultratop.][[http://www.allmusic.com/album/secret-samadhi-r247088/charts-awards/billboard-single "Secret Samadhi > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles"]. AllMusic.]
| 1
| 21
| —
| 69
| 37
| 29
|-
| align="left"|"[Freaks](/source/Freaks_(Live_song))"[[https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/1d2b0/Live-Freaks "Ultratop entry for Freaks"]. Ultratop.]
| 13
| 36
| —
| 80
| —
| 60
|-
| align="left"|"[Turn My Head](/source/Turn_My_Head)"[[https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/e14d/Live-Turn-My-Head "Ultratop entry for Turn My Head"]. Ultratop.]
| 3
| 47
| 36
| 67
| —
| —
|-
| align="left"|"[Rattlesnake](/source/Rattlesnake_(Live_song))"