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" after "Blood of Eden", In 2019, a re-release of the album on music streaming platforms re-inserted "San Jacinto" into the set list.
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" – 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

  11. "Digging in the Dirt" – 7:36
  12. "Sledgehammer" – 4:58
  13. "Secret World" – 9:10
  14. "Don't Give Up" – 7:35
  15. "In Your Eyes" – 11:32

    Personnel

;Additional musicians
;Guest artists
The artwork for the album cover was directed by Michael Colson and co-ordinated by Martha Ladly 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."

Charts

Album
YearChartPosition
1994The Billboard 20023

Singles
YearSongChartPosition
1992"Red Rain" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks33

Certifications