Remedies (Dr. John album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Remedies

| type = Album

| artist = Dr. John

| cover = Dr.John_remedies.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 9, 1970

| recorded = 1969

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock{{cite book |last1= Andrews|first1= Michael|editor1-last=Buckley |editor1-first=Peter |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |date=2003 |publisher=Rough Guides |location=London |isbn=978-1-84353-105-0 |pages= 301–302|edition=3rd|chapter= Dr. John}}

| length = 40:39

| label = Atco

| producer = Tom Dowd, Charles Greene, Dr. John

| prev_title = Babylon

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = The Sun, Moon & Herbs

| next_year = 1971

}}

Remedies is the third album released by New Orleans R&B artist Dr. John. The photography was by Stephen C. LaVere, taken in 1969 at the Whisky a Go Go.

In a 2010 interview with Uncut, Dr. John explained the "bad trip" environment which led to the epic closing track "Angola Anthem":

"My managers put me in a psych ward. These guys were very bad people – I had gotten busted on a deal, and they got me bonded out of jail, and so when they did I could have got a parole violation. All of this stuff was so unconnected to music that it’s hard to relate it. A friend of mine had just come out of doing 40-something years in Angola [the infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary], he was just someone special in my heart – called Tangleye. And Tangleye says, 'I’m gonna sell you this song. Got it in Angola, but ain’t nobody ever cut this song…' Even now guys I know getting out of Angola know this song. It’s still a horrible place to be."{{Cite web|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/dr-john-album-by-album-34143/|title=Dr John – Album By Album|website=uncut.co.uk|date=15 June 2012 |accessdate=22 April 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918230652/https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/dr-john-album-by-album-34143/|archivedate=18 September 2015|url-status=live}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r5986|label="Remedies - Dr. John" |first=James |last=Chrispell |accessdate=8 October 2011}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = B+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: D|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=D&bk=70|accessdate=February 24, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3Score = (mixed){{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/remedies-19700611 |title=Dr. John: Remedies |first=David |last=Gancher |date=11 June 1970 |magazine=Rolling Stone |publisher=Straight Arrow |issn=0035-791X |accessdate=8 October 2011}}

| noprose = yes

}}