Secret Samadhi

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{{Infobox album

| name = Secret Samadhi

| type = studio

| artist = Live

| cover = LiveSecretSamadhi.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1997|2|18}}

| recorded = Hit Factory, NYC, NY, 1996, South Beach Studios in Miami & The Record Plant in Los Angeles

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock

| length = {{Duration|m=53|s=18}}

| label = Radioactive

| producer = Jay Healy, Live

| prev_title = Throwing Copper

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = The Distance to Here

| next_year = 1999

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Secret Samadhi

| type = studio

| single1 = 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

| 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

| 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

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r247088|pure_url=yes}} "Secret Samadhi - Live"]. Allmusic.

| rev2 = 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 |isbn=9780857125958 |language=en}}

| rev3 = 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|date=1997-03-07|access-date=2012-05-02}}

| rev4 = Rolling Stone

| rev4Score = {{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|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}}

| rev5 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev5Score = {{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 }}

| rev6 = Spin

| rev6score = 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}}

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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.[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.

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.{{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}}