Secret World Live

Secret World Live is the second live album and tenth album overall by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel, released in 1994. The album was not remastered with the rest of Gabriel's catalogue in 2002. A concert film was released at the same time as the album. Its track listing is the same as the album, save that it omits "Red Rain" and adds "San Jacinto" (7:32) after "Blood of Eden", In 2019, a re-release of the album on music streaming platforms re-inserted "San Jacinto" into the set list.

Secret World Live
Live album by
Peter Gabriel
Released13 September 1994 (1994-09-13)
Recorded16–17 November 1993, Palasport Nuovo, Modena, Italy
GenreProgressive rock, art rock, worldbeat, experimental rock
Length99:45
LabelGeffen (US & Canada)
Real World/Virgin
ProducerPeter Gabriel
Peter Walsh
Peter Gabriel chronology
Peter Gabriel Revisited
(1992)		 Secret World Live
(1994)		 OVO
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Entertainment WeeklyC+ [2]
Rolling Stone [3]

It contains a live performance of the song "Across the River", which first appeared on a WOMAD benefit album Music and Rhythm in July 1982, then subsequently on various singles and EPs. This is the only full-length Gabriel album on which the song appears.

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Gabriel except as noted.

Disc one
  1. "Come Talk to Me" – 6:13
  2. "Steam" – 7:45
  3. "Across the River" (Stewart Copeland, Gabriel, David Rhodes, L. Shankar) – 6:00
  4. "Slow Marimbas" – 1:41
  5. "Shaking the Tree" (Gabriel, Youssou N'Dour) – 9:18
  6. "Red Rain" – 6:15
  7. "Blood of Eden" – 6:58
  8. "Kiss That Frog" – 5:58
  9. "Washing of the Water" – 4:07
  10. "Solsbury Hill" – 4:42

Disc two
  1. "Digging in the Dirt" – 7:36
  2. "Sledgehammer" – 4:58
  3. "Secret World" – 9:10
  4. "Don't Give Up" – 7:35
  5. "In Your Eyes" – 11:32

Personnel
Additional musicians
Guest artists[4]
  • Papa Wemba and his band Molokai
    • Papa Wemba – vocals
    • Patrick Marie Magdelaine – guitar
    • Dominique Berose – keyboards
    • Herve Rakotofiringa – keyboards
    • Noel Ekwabi – bass
    • Joseph Kuo – drums
    • Xavier Jouvelet – percussion
    • "Reddy" Mela Amissi – backing vocals
    • "Styno Mubi Matadi" – backing vocals
    • Ayub Ogada – backing vocals

Cover artwork

The artwork for the album cover was directed by Michael Colson and co-ordinated by Martha Ladly (formerly of Martha and the Muffins) who was working for Gabriel at the time, with cover images by Fab 4 and Danny Jenkins.[5] It received a nomination for the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Record Sleeve Packaging Design. Danny Jenkins said of his photograph: “I have always been interested in making images and had amassed an extensive collection of 80s office detritus for my digital montages [...] The core photograph of the album was shot in my studio back yard with my Pentax K1000 camera [...] The receiver was randomly picked from a pile of phones and the hand actually belongs to my long-suffering studio assistant Becky Jemmett. It was pure luck and chance that the phone and hand were a convincing enough match for Peter’s on-stage version."

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1994 The Billboard 200 23

Singles

Year Song Chart Position
1992 "Red Rain" (Live) Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 33

Certifications
Organization Format Level Date
RIAA – United States Album Gold 18 November 1997
Video Longform Gold 16 March 1998
Platinum 7 February 2006

References
  1. Eder, Bruce (2011). "Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (1994) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  2. Helligar, Jeremy (16 September 1994). "Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (1994) album review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  3. Richardson, Susan (20 October 1994). "Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (1994) album review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  4. End text of the video Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (1994)
  5. Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (1994) album releases & credits at Discogs
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