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. 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."
Track listing
Personnel
Peter Gabriel – lead vocals, harmonica, keyboards, rainstick
Paula Cole – additional vocals; co-lead vocals on "Shaking The Tree", "Blood Of Eden" and "Don't Give Up". L. Shankar – violins, additional vocals David Rhodes – guitar, backing vocals Jean-Claude Naimro – keyboards, backing vocals Tony Levin – bass, Chapman Stick, backing vocals Manu Katché – drums Levon Minassian – doudouk
Guest artists
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
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Singles
Certifications and sales
References
External links
Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (1994) album review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, credits & releases at AllMusic Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (1994) VHS/DVD/Blu-ray track listing, credits & releases at AllMusic Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (1994) album releases & credits at Discogs Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live (1994) VHS/Laserdisc/DVD/Blu-ray releases & credits at Discogs