''Secret World Live'' is the second live album and tenth album overall by the English

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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 "

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Cover artwork

The artwork for the album cover was directed by Michael Colson and co-ordinated by Martha Ladly (formerly of

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) 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,

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– additional vocals; co-lead vocals on "Shaking The Tree", "Blood Of Eden" and "Don't Give Up". * L. Shankar –

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s, additional vocals * David Rhodes –

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, backing vocals * Jean-Claude Naimro – keyboards, backing vocals *

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– bass,

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, backing vocals *

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– backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

External links

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