''Secret World Live'' is the second

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and tenth album overall by the English rock musician

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, released on 30 August 1994 in the UK. The album documents the concert experience of the

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. A concert film of the same name was released simultaneously. Its track listing omits "

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" 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

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(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

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, 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 –

, backing vocals * Tony Levin –

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, Chapman Stick, backing vocals * Manu Katché –

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– 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

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External links

Peter Gabriel - ''Secret World Live'' (1994) album review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, credits & releases
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Peter Gabriel - ''Secret World Live'' (1994) VHS/DVD/Blu-ray track listing, credits & releases
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