Secret World Live
Live album by
Peter Gabriel
Released30 August 1994 (1994-08-30)
Recorded16–17 November 1993
VenuePalasport Nuovo, Modena, Italy
Genre
Length99:45
Label
Producer
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]

Secret World Live is the second live album and tenth album overall by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel, released on 30 August 1994 in the UK.[4] The album documents the concert experience of the Secret World Tour. A concert film of the same name was released simultaneously. Its track listing omits "Red Rain" and adds "San Jacinto" after "Blood of Eden".

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. 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."[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Gabriel, except "Across the River", written by Stewart Copeland, Gabriel, David Rhodes, and L. Shankar, and "Shaking the Tree", written by Gabriel and Youssou N'Dour

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Come Talk to Me"6:13
2."Steam"7:45
3."Across the River"6:00
4."Slow Marimbas"1:41
5."Shaking the Tree"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
No.TitleLength
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
Total length:99:45

Personnel

Guest artists[6]
  • 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

Charts

Singles

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

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Secret World Live
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[18] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[19] Gold 50,000^
France (SNEP)[20] Gold 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[21] Gold 250,000^
Italy (FIMI)[22] 2× Platinum 200,000*
Japan — 105,000[23]
New Zealand (RMNZ)[24] Gold 7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI)[4] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[25] Gold 500,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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. 1 2 "British album certifications – Peter Gabriel – Secret World Live". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Secret World Live » Real World Galleries".
  6. ↑ End text of the video Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (1994)
  7. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Peter Gabriel – Secret World Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Peter Gabriel – Secret World Live" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Peter Gabriel – Secret World Live" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Peter Gabriel – Secret World Live" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Peter Gabriel – Secret World Live" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  12. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  13. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Peter Gabriel – Secret World Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  14. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Peter Gabriel – Secret World Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  15. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  16. ↑ "Peter Gabriel Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  17. ↑ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  18. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mount Martha, Melbourne, Victoria: Moonlight Publishing.
  19. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Peter Gabriel – Secret World Live". Music Canada. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  20. ↑ "French album certifications – Peter Gabriel – Secret World Live" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 25 March 2021. Select PETER GABRIEL and click OK. 
  21. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Peter Gabriel; 'Secret World Live')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  22. ↑ "Spettacoli". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 22 May 1995. p. 26. ISSN 1120-4982. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  23. ↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  24. ↑ Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts: 1966–2006. Maurienne House. ISBN 978-1-877443-00-8.
  25. ↑ "American album certifications – Peter Gabriel – Secret World Live". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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