Secret Samadhi

Secret Samadhi
Studio album by
Live
ReleasedFebruary 18, 1997 (1997-02-18)
RecordedHit Factory, NYC, NY, 1996, South Beach Studios in Miami & The Record Plant in Los Angeles
GenreAlternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock
Length53:18
LabelRadioactive
ProducerJay Healy, Live
Live chronology
Throwing Copper
(1994) 		Secret Samadhi
(1997) 		The Distance to Here
(1999)
Singles from Secret Samadhi
  1. "Lakini's Juice"
    Released: January 27, 1997[1]
  2. "Freaks"
    Released: May 4, 1997[2]
  3. "Turn My Head"
    Released: July 12, 1997[3]
  4. "Rattlesnake"
    Released: 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Spin6/10[9]

Secret Samadhi is the fourth 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.[10]

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.[11][self-published source]

  1. ^ "Live - Lakini's Juice". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  2. ^ "Live - Freaks". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "Live - Turn My Head". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  4. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Secret Samadhi - Live". Allmusic.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
  6. ^ J. D. Considine (March 7, 1997). "Secret Samadhi Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on August 27, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
  7. ^ Alec Foege (March 4, 1997). "Live: Secret Samadhi : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Schone, Mark (April 1997). "Records". Spin. Vol. 13, no. 1. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 154–5.
  10. ^ "RIAA entry for Secret Samadhi". RIAA.
  11. ^ "List of HDCD-encoded Compact Discs". Hydrogenaudio. Retrieved July 15, 2016.