Throwing Copper made Live stars, but it didn´t necessarily earn them respect. Evidently, the band thought that the problem lay with Jerry Harrison´s crisp, commercial production, so they hired Jay Healey as a co-producer and set out to make a messy, hard-edged visionary statement. Unfortunately, Secret Samadhi fails like most self-conscious grand statements. Borrowing heavily from Jimmy Page´s bag of tricks, Live spikes Secret Samadhi with Eastern-tinged strings, sitars, and powerful, overdubbed guitars. However, Ed Kowalczyk´s lyrics and singing remain indebted to early U2 ? he wants to say something big in a big way. The two approaches sit together uncomfortably, especially since Live´s spirituality is ill-defined and the songs lack hooks. "Lakini´s Juice" is propelled by a slide guitar riff out of Physical Graffiti, but there isn´t a vocal melody, and that´s symptomatic of the album´s failure. While the scope of Live&ac