The Buried Life (album)

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The Buried Life
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 12, 1993 (1993-10-12)
RecordedSeptember 1992 – July 1993
StudioHammer (Chatsworth, California)
Genre
Length55:29
Label American Recordings
Producer Brad Laner
Medicine chronology
Shot Forth Self Living
(1992)
The Buried Life
(1993)
Her Highness
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
NME 7/10 [3]
Pitchfork 8.1/10 [4]

The Buried Life is the second album by American rock band Medicine, released on October 12, 1993 by American Recordings. [5]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Medicine

No.TitleLength
1."The Pink"5:38
2."Babydoll"3:10
3."Slut"3:55
4."She Knows Everything"4:17
5."Something Goes Wrong"3:13
6."Never Click"6:04
7."Fried Awake"4:47
8."Beneath the Sands"4:38
9."Emmeline"1:27
10."I Hear"5:35
11."Live It Down"5:35
12."The Earth Is Soft and White"7:10

Personnel

Medicine

Production and design

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References

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  2. Kot, Greg (January 27, 1994). "Medicine: The Buried Life (American)". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  3. "Medicine: The Buried Life". NME . November 27, 1993. p. 32.
  4. Raggett, Ned (May 16, 2012). "Medicine: Shot Forth Self Living / The Buried Life". Pitchfork . Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  5. Leland, John; Robbins, Ira. "Medicine". Trouser Press . Retrieved March 22, 2013.