Shot Forth Self Living

• Artist: Medicine
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• Release Date: September 15, 1992
• Total Time: 49:21
• Genre: Rock

Review

The opening of Shot Forth Self Living seems to summarize Medicine's entire approach to music: a burst of guitar feedback begins and screeches for longer than one would think tolerable -- and then, suddenly, drums and an elephantine bassline emerge and the listener finds that in the midst of all the noise, there's a beautiful pop song slipping through. Hence the omnipresent My Bloody Valentine comparisons -- both bands have found that by "burying" the primary melodies under waves of sound, they can create something more subtle and more moving than the average pop song. Shot Forth Self Living does this better than The Buried Life, Medicine's other notable album; the sound is deeper and beefier on the former, and (with a couple exceptions), the songwriting is more abstract and involving. The Buried Life had the band penning pop songs and flooding them with sound -- Shot Forth Self Living has them actually working their sound into the songs themselves. ~ Nitsuh Abebe, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
One More	Brad Laner	Medicine	(9:08)
Aruca	Brad Laner, Annette Zilinskas	Medicine	(4:49)
Defective	Brad Laner	Medicine	(4:10)
A Short Happy Life	Brad Laner, Beth Thompson	Medicine	(6:39)
5ive	Brad Laner	Medicine	(3:33)
Sweet Explosion	Brad Laner, Jim Putnam, Beth Thompson	Medicine	(3:15)
Queen of Tension	Brad Laner	Medicine	(4:14)
Miss Drugstore	Brad Laner, Annette Zilinskas	Medicine	(5:00)
Christmas Song	Brad Laner	Medicine	(8:33)

Credits

Medicine (Main Performer), Sneaky Pete Kleinow (Guitar), Sneaky Pete Kleinow (Pedal Steel), Apthorp (Engineer), John Cevetello (Engineer), Jim Goodall (Drums), Brad Laner (Guitar), Brad Laner (Percussion), Brad Laner (Piano), Brad Laner (Vocals), Brad Laner (Producer), Jim Putnam (Guitar), Jim Putnam (?), Jim Putnam (Ham Radio), Eddie Ruscha (Bass), Eddie Ruscha (Tape), Eddie Ruscha (Art Direction), Eddie Ruscha (Design), Eddie Ruscha (Tapes), Beth Thompson (Vocals), Tom Recchion (Art Direction), Tom Recchion (Design), Chris Apthorp (Engineer), Joan Mahoney (Photography), Trevor Johnson (Photography)