Her Highness (album)

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Her Highness
Medicine - Her Highness.jpg
Studio album by
Medicine
ReleasedAugust 22, 1995
RecordedCherokee Hollywoodland
Lita's House, Tujunga
The Peach Castle, Noho
Genre Noise pop, shoegaze, alternative rock
Length45:43
Label American Recordings
Producer Brad Laner, Eddy Offord
Medicine chronology
The Buried Life
(1993)		Her Highness
(1995)		 The Mechanical Forces of Love
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
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Her Highness is the third album by American rock band Medicine, released in 1995 by American Recordings. [5] [6] The band broke up after the album's release, and would not record again until 2003's The Mechanical Forces of Love . [7]

Contents

Critical reception

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album "almost numbingly introspective, both musically and lyrically." [3] The Chicago Tribune wrote that "for all of its manufactured navel-contemplating, Her Highness is a trance-inducing album due mostly to its languor." [2] The Tampa Bay Times wrote that a "new-found versatility actually opens the heavy-handed Medicine to lighter, ethereal passages ... rather than just feedback-laden noisefests—although the swirling psychedelic jam of 'Heads' may be one of the group's finest efforts." [8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."All Good Things"Beth Thompson5:07
2."Wash Me Out" Brad Laner 4:20
3."Candy Candy"Jim Goodall, Brad Laner, Beth Thompson5:10
4."I Feel Nothing at All"Brad Laner3:52
5."A Fractured Smile"Jim Goodall, Brad Laner, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Beth Thompson3:48
6."Farther Dub"Brad Laner1:36
7."Farther Down"Brad Laner5:12
8."Aarhus"Jim Goodall, Brad Laner, Beth Thompson3:46
9."Seen the Light Alone"Brad Laner4:56
10."Heads"Brad Laner, Beth Thompson7:56

Personnel

Medicine
Production and additional personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Buried Life". Allmusic. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Roth, Jason (31 August 1995). "MedicineHer Highness (American) (star) (star)The back-to-the-womb retrogression..." chicagotribune.com.
  3. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 684.
  4. ↑ columnist (December 1995). Q : 146.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ Leland, John; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Medicine". Trouser Press . Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Medicine | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ↑ Kaufman, Gil. "Medicine's Comeback LP Gets Its Kick From Bruce Lee's Daughter". MTV News.[ dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Audio Files". Tampa Bay Times.
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