Shot Forth Self Living

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Shot Forth Self Living
Medicine - Shot Forth Self Living.jpg
Studio album by
Released1992
RecordedApril 1992
StudioHammer in Chatsworth, California
Genre Trance rock [1]
Length49:21
Label Def American
Producer Brad Laner
Medicine chronology
Shot Forth Self Living
(1992)
The Buried Life
(1993)

Shot Forth Self Living is the debut studio album by American rock band Medicine, released in 1992 on Def American. [2] [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [6]
NME 8/10 [7]
Pitchfork 6.9/10 [8]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]

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." [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."One More" Brad Laner 9:08
2."Aruca"Laner, Annette Zilinskas 4:49
3."Defective"Laner4:10
4."A Short Happy Life"Laner, Beth Thompson6:39
5."5ive"Laner3:33
6."Sweet Explosion"Laner, Jim Putnam, Eddie Ruscha, Thompson3:15
7."Queen of Tension"Laner4:14
8."Miss Drugstore"Laner, Zilinskas5:00
9."Christmas Song"Laner8:33

Personnel

Medicine
Production and additional personnel

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