Secret Samadhi
by Live
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Live bestography
Secret Samadhi is ranked 2nd best out of 11 albums by Live on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Live is Throwing Copper which is ranked number 676 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,541.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Secret Samadhi track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Secret Samadhi rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 51/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 48 Music Albums of 1997 | 36/48 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Milhaud | Top 50 Music Albums of 1997 | 8/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 93 Music Albums of 1997 | 56/93 | 2 |
| 2026 | Robert Anton Wilson | Top 10 Music Albums of 1997 | 5/10 | 3 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 75 Music Albums of 1997 | 55/75 | 1 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 35 Music Albums of 1997 | 25/35 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1997 | 89/99 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1997 Pt 2 | 17/53 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 81 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 241 | |||
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Secret Samadhi ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/28/2026 16:16 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,587 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 22:07 | Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
| ! | 12/22/2025 21:29 | mizzle | 1,541 | 82/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 71.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Forum mentions
NoisyBeast 04/03/2021 05:52 in What album are you listening to right now?Secret Samadhi comments
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llibnanoon 10/01/2020 14:41 | #258896
Another solid release. Rating (81.25)
jeremy9 09/24/2019 10:38 | #242995
Great album, more darker than Throwing Copper
Secret Samadhi gets darker, more spiritual, and some desert western flavor mixed in to bring a different offering from Throwing Copper.
It isn't better. This is where Live starts to get preachy and lyrics try to be smarter than you the listener. It's more sparse in spots and rumors abound that Ed Kowalyckski hung out in a cabin in the desert writing all these songs.
It seems like Live heads choose this as a dark horse album over the culturally popular Throwing Copper.
Lakini's Juice is one of the best Live songs. Freaks, Turn My Head, Ghost, and Rattlesnake are highlights.
Graze and Century are underwhelming for A sides.
It has it's moments and one of the more unique sounding grunge alternative albums which boosts it above other Live offerings that are generic 90's rockers.
Eastwood 06/09/2015 19:53 | #143393 | TOP COMMENT
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Great album. Best 10 songs average is 94,0/100 and the album can get great 95/100. Hit on hit! Best song is "Rattlesnake" maximum rating, followed by "Graze", "Turn my head" and "Gas hed goes west" all 95/100. Most other songs very good 90/100 (!!) and some good 85/100. No lows. Clear favourite!
Genre: Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Post-Grunge
craola 05/09/2015 06:56 | #141116
i have to agree that it truly isn't as bad as people make it out to be. tracks 2, 4, 6, 8 are solid. i'm not fond of the rest, but i don't choke on it either.
it's a little heavier than the previous album. it's a little darker.
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