Medicine Show (album)

Medicine Show
Studio album by the Dream Syndicate
Released	1984 (1984)
Studio	Time Enough and World Enough (San Francisco)
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	45:08
Label	A&M
Producer	Sandy Pearlman
The Dream Syndicate chronology
The Days of Wine and Roses (1982) Medicine Show (1984) Out of the Grey (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Mojo	[2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	5/10 [3]
Uncut	[4]
The Village Voice	B− [5]

Medicine Show is the second studio album by the Dream Syndicate. It was released in 1984.

The Dream Syndicate left Slash Records, a small label that released the band's first album, The Days of Wine and Roses (1982), and signed with the A&M label. Medicine Show was produced by Sandy Pearlman; Pearlman had previously worked with Blue Öyster Cult and the Clash.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Wynn except where noted.

1. "Still Holding on to You" – 3:39
2. "Daddy's Girl" – 3:02
3. "Burn" – 5:34
4. "Armed with an Empty Gun" – 3:56
5. "Bullet with My Name on It" (Karl Precoda) – 6:20
6. "The Medicine Show" – 6:29
7. "John Coltrane Stereo Blues" – 8:48
8. "Merrittville" – 7:20

Personnel

• Steve Wynn – guitar, vocals
• Karl Precoda – lead, rhythm guitars
• Dennis Duck – drums
• Dave Provost – bass

Additional musicians:

• Tom Zvoncheck – piano, Hammond B3 organ
• Sid Griffin – background vocals
• Stephen McCarthy – background vocals
• Paul Mandl – background vocals
• Gavin Blair – background vocals

References

1. Deming, Mark. "Medicine Show – The Dream Syndicate". AllMusic . Retrieved January 31, 2018.
2. "The Dream Syndicate: Medicine Show". Mojo : 118. Pearlman transformed them into a wired, manic hard-drilled rock machine, turning Wynn's dark outlaw tales into epic journeys of cinematic voiolence... Oddly powerful...
3. Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide . Vintage Books. ISBN   0-679-75574-8.
4. "The Dream Syndicate: Medicine Show". Uncut : 91. Medicine Show -- dense with songs of violence, paranoia, lurking evil, and Karl Precoda's uncanny guitar -- is a punk/noir magnum opus...
5. Christgau, Robert (July 24, 1984). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . Retrieved January 31, 2018.