Secret Samadhi

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Secret Samadhi
Studio album by Live
Released	February 18, 1997
Recorded	At the Hit Factory, NYC, NY
Genre	Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock
Length	53:18
Label	Radioactive
Producer	Jay Healy, Live
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Live chronology
Throwing Copper (1994) Secret Samadhi (1997) The Distance to Here (1999)
Singles from Secret Samadhi
"Lakini's Juice" "Freaks" "Turn My Head" "Rattlesnake"

Secret Samadhi is Live's follow-up to their multi-platinum Throwing Copper release. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 when it was released on February 18, 1997, and housed the hits "Lakini's Juice," "Rattlesnake," "Turn My Head" and "Freaks."

There is some speculation as to whether Secret Samadhi, and the single "Rattlesnake" in particular is directly influenced by Stephen King's 1996 horror novel, Desperation.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Outtakes and B-sides 3 Chart positions 3.1 Album 3.2 Singles

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] Outtakes and B-sides

• "Cheetah"
• "Photograph" (aka "Evidence")
• "Mall Rat" (aka "Crayons")
• "Pop Vortex"

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

Year	Chart	Peak
1997	The Billboard 200	1
1997	Billboard Top Canadian Albums	1

[edit] Singles

Single	Year	Chart	Peak
"Lakini's Juice"	1997	Mainstream Rock Tracks	2
		Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	1
"Freaks"	1997	Mainstream Rock Tracks	5
		Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	13
"Turn My Head"	1997	Mainstream Rock Tracks	3
		Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	3
		Billboard Adult Top 40	38
"Rattlesnake"	1997	Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	15
		Modern Rock Tracks	18

Preceded by Unchained Melody: The Early Years by LeAnn Rimes

Billboard 200 number-one album March 8 - March 14, 1997

Succeeded by Howard Stern Private Parts - The Album by Various artists

v • d • e Live Ed Kowalczyk • Chad Taylor • Patrick Dahlheimer • Chad Gracey Touring musicians: Adam Kowalczyk • Michael Railton • Christopher Thorn Studio albums The Death of a Dictionary • Mental Jewelry • Throwing Copper • Secret Samadhi • The Distance to Here • V • Birds of Pray • Songs from Black Mountain Compilations and EPs Divided Mind, Divided Planet • Four Songs • Awake: The Best of Live • Radiant Sea: A Collection of Bootleg Rarities and Two New Songs Singles Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition) • Pain Lies on the Riverside • The Beauty of Gray • Selling the Drama • I Alone • Lightning Crashes • All Over You • White, Discussion • Lakini's Juice • Freaks • Turn My Head • Rattlesnake • The Dolphin's Cry • Run to the Water • They Stood Up for Love • Simple Creed • Overcome • Forever May Not Be Long Enough • Heaven • Sweet Release • Run Away • We Deal in Dreams • The River • Mystery • Wings