Secret Samadhi

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", "Turn My Head" and "Freaks". The album was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA on July 8, 1999.^[10]

Secret Samadhi
Studio album by Live
Released	February 18, 1997 (1997-02-18)
Recorded	Hit Factory, NYC, NY, 1996, South Beach Studios in Miami & The Record Plant in Los Angeles
Genre	Alternative rock, 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: January 27, 1997[1] "Freaks" Released: May 5, 1997[2] "Turn My Head" Released: August 1997[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[8]
Spin	6/10[9]

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]}

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Ed Kowalczyk; all music is 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

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

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

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1997) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 2 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13] 10 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] 3 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15] 27 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[16] 1 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17] 4 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[18] 15 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 23 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[20] 1 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[21] 5 Scottish Albums (OCC)[22] 27 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 8 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 17 UK Albums (OCC)[25] 31 US Billboard 200[26] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1997) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[27] 12 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[28] 49 Canadian Albums (Nielsen Soundscan)[29] 29 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[30] 14 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[31] 12 US Billboard 200[32] 42

Singles

Song	Peak chart positions
	US (M.R.)	AUS	AUT	NED	NZ	UK [33]
"Lakini's Juice"[34][35]	1	21	—	69	37	29
"Freaks"[35][36]	13	36	—	80	—	60
"Turn My Head"[35][37]	3	47	36	67	—	—
"Rattlesnake"[35]	18	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[38]	2× Platinum	140,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[39]	2× Platinum	200,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[40]	Platinum	100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[41]	Platinum	15,000^
United States (RIAA)[42]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.