| Secret Samadhi | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Live |
| Cover: | LiveSecretSamadhi.jpg |
| Recorded: | Hit Factory, NYC, NY, 1996, South Beach Studios in Miami & The Record Plant in Los Angeles |
| Genre: | Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock |
| Label: | Radioactive |
| Producer: | Jay Healy, Live |
| Prev Title: | Throwing Copper |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | The Distance to Here |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
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.[1]
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.[2]
Live
Additional musicians
| Chart (1997) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] | 12 | |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[4] | 49 | |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] | 14 | |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] | 12 | |
| US Billboard 200[7] | 42 |
| Song | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US (M.R.) | AUS | AUT | NED | NZ | UK [8] | |||
| "Lakini's Juice"[9] [10] | 1 | 21 | — | 69 | 37 | 29 | ||
| "Freaks"[11] | 13 | 36 | — | 80 | — | 60 | ||
| "Turn My Head"[12] | 3 | 47 | 36 | 67 | — | — | ||
| "Rattlesnake" | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||