Shot Forth Self Living
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{{Infobox album
| name = Shot Forth Self Living
| type = studio
| artist = Medicine
| cover = Medicine - Shot Forth Self Living.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1992
| recorded = April 1992
| venue =
| studio = Hammer in Chatsworth, California
| length = 49:21
| label = Def American
| producer = Brad Laner
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = The Buried Life
| next_year = 1993
}}
Shot Forth Self Living is the debut studio album by American rock band Medicine, released in 1992 on Def American.{{cite magazine |first=David |last=Sprague |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=medicine |title=Medicine |magazine=Trouser Press |year=2007 |access-date=March 22, 2013}}{{cite news |last1=Krewen |first1=Nick |title=Expect a lot of guitar noise... |work=The Hamilton Spectator |date=Jan 29, 1993 |page=B3}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Nitsuh |last=Abebe |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/shot-forth-self-living-mw0000615355 |title=Shot Forth Self Living – Medicine |website=AllMusic |access-date=March 22, 2013}}
|rev2 = Chicago Tribune
|rev2score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite news |first=Greg |last=Kot |author-link=Greg Kot |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/02/04/medicineshot-forth-self-living-def-american-starstarstarmercury/ |title=Medicine: Shot Forth Self Living (Def American) / Mercury Rev: Yerself is Steam (Columbia) / Lotion: Head/She is Weird City/Peachtree (KokoPop single) |work=Chicago Tribune |date=February 4, 1993 |access-date=May 8, 2018}}
|rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
|rev3Score = B+{{cite magazine |first=Ken |last=Tucker |author-link=Ken Tucker |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,305454,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421090319/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,305454,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 21, 2009 |title=Shot Forth Self Living |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |issue=156 |date=February 5, 1993 |access-date=March 22, 2013}}
|rev4 = NME
|rev4Score = 8/10{{cite journal |title=Medicine: Shot Forth Self Living |journal=NME |date=October 10, 1992 |page=40}}
|rev5 = Pitchfork
|rev5score = 6.9/10{{cite web |first=Ned |last=Raggett |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16507-shot-forth-self-living-the-buried-life/ |title=Medicine: Shot Forth Self Living / The Buried Life |work=Pitchfork |date=May 16, 2012 |access-date=March 22, 2013}}
|rev6 = Q
|rev6Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |title=Medicine: Shot Forth Self Living |journal=Q |date=2012 |page=118}}
}}
The New York Times noted that "the effects-laden guitar textures and Beth Thompson's and Brad Laner's androgynous vocals recall English trance rockers of recent years like Spacemen 3 and My Bloody Valentine."{{cite news |last1=Reynolds |first1=Simon |title=Fuzzy Daydreams Replace the Grimness of Grunge |work=The New York Times |date=Nov 22, 1992 |page=A26}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| title1 = One More
| writer1 = Brad Laner
| length1 = 9:08
| title2 = Aruca
| writer2 = Laner, Annette Zilinskas
| length2 = 4:49
| title3 = Defective
| writer3 = Laner
| length3 = 4:10
| title4 = A Short Happy Life
| writer4 = Laner, Beth Thompson
| length4 = 6:39
| title5 = 5ive
| writer5 = Laner
| length5 = 3:33
| title6 = Sweet Explosion
| writer6 = Laner, Jim Putnam, Eddie Ruscha, Thompson
| length6 = 3:15
| title7 = Queen of Tension
| writer7 = Laner
| length7 = 4:14
| title8 = Miss Drugstore
| writer8 = Laner, Zilinskas
| length8 = 5:00
| title9 = Christmas Song
| writer9 = Laner
| length9 = 8:33
}}
Personnel
;Medicine
- Jim Goodall – drums
- Brad Laner – vocals, guitar, percussion, piano, production
- Jim Putnam – guitar
- Eddie Ruscha – bass guitar, tape, art direction, design
- Beth Thompson – vocals
;Production and additional personnel
- Chris Apthorp – engineering
- John Cevetello – engineering on "Aruca"
- Sneaky Pete Kleinow – steel guitar on "A Short Happy Life" and "Christmas Song"
- Joan Mahoney – photography
- Tom Recchion – art direction, design
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master |master=25996 |name=Shot Forth Self Living}}
{{Brad Laner}}
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