Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy
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{{Infobox album
| name = Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy
| type = Studio
| artist = Adamski
| cover = Adamski_Doctor_Adamski's_Musical_Pharmacy_album_cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1 October 1990Music Week New Albums- 29 September 1990 issue
| recorded = 1989–90
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| label = MCA
| producer = Adamski
| prev_title = Liveandirect
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = Naughty
| next_year = 1992
}}
Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy is the first studio album, second album overall, by English acid house DJ and record producer Adamski, released on 1 October 1990 on MCA Records.{{cite web |last1=Fletcher |first1=Tony |title=Adamski |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/adamski/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=25 July 2024}} It includes the UK number one single "Killer",{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25893/adamski/|title=ADAMSKI | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}} featuring singer Seal on vocals, which was also a top 10 hit worldwide, plus an extended version of the previous single "N-R-G" (UK No. 12) and follow-up singles "The Space Jungle" (UK No. 7) and "Flashback Jack" (UK No. 46).
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/dr-adamskis-musical-pharmacy-mw0000317971|title=Dr. Adamski's Musical Pharmacy Adamski|website=AllMusic|accessdate=2016-01-20}}
| rev2 = Chicago Tribune
| rev2score = {{rating|2|4}}Herrmann, Brenda (24 January 1991). "Home Entertainment: Recordings". Chicago Tribune. p. 9.
| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev3score = BEddy, Chuck (11 January 1991). "Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy". Entertainment Weekly.
}}
Chuck Eddy from Entertainment Weekly felt the album "is less pretentious, more varied, and more fun. This time he tries to sing, and while he retains the electronic keyboard doodling he started out with, here he uses it as a break in the action rather than as an end in itself."
Track listing
All tracks written by Adam Tinley, except where noted.
{{Track listing
| title1 = Flashback Jack
| note1 =
| writer1 =
| length1 = 4:23
| title2 = Eighth House
| note2 =
| writer2 =
| length2 = 4:18
| title3 = Future Freak
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| length3 = 3:15
| title4 = Squiggy Groove
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| length4 = 4:43
| title5 = Soul Kitsch Inc
| note5 =
| writer5 =
| length5 = 5:27
| title6 = Killer
| note6 =
| writer6 = {{hlist|Tinley|Seal}}
| length6 = 4:10
| title7 = Space Jungle
| note7 =
| writer7 = {{hlist|Otis Blackwell|Elvis Presley|Tinley}}
| length7 = 3:50
| title8 = Future Freak (Supernova Bossanova)
| note8 =
| writer8 =
| length8 = 7:18
| title9 = Everything Is Fine
| note9 =
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| length9 = 4:19
| title10 = I Want You Back
| note10 =
| writer10 =
| length10 = 5:26
| title11 = N.R.G. Symphony in F Minor
| note11 =
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| length11 = 8:24
| title12 = Pipe Groover
| note12 =
| writer12 =
| length12 = 4:32
| title13 = Space Jungle
| note13 = Earthquake Mix
| writer13 = {{hlist|Blackwell|Presley|Tinley}}
| length13 = 6:09
| title14 = Over Killer
| note14 =
| writer14 = {{hlist|Tinley|Seal}}
| length14 = 4:54
}}
Personnel
- Adamski – vocals, producer, assistant producer
- Natalie – all the girl voices
- Ricky Lyte – rapping (track 7)
- Toe B. Harrison – bongos (track 8)
- Dan Bates – engineer
- Eugene Romain – engineer (track 12)
- Mike "Spike" Drake – engineer (track 6)
Charts and certifications
=Weekly charts=
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!Chart (1990) !Peak |
| {{album chart|UK|8|artist=Adamski|album=Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy|accessdate=27 January 2021}} |
=Certifications=
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Adamski|title=Musical Pharmacy|type=album|award=Silver|relyear=1990|certyear=1990|access-date=25 October 2018|id=4445-280-2}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.discogs.com/Adamski-Doctor-Adamskis-Musical-Pharmacy/release/1452184 Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy] at Discogs
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