Shot Forth Self Living Explained

Shot Forth Self Living
Type:	studio
Artist:	Medicine
Cover:	Medicine - Shot Forth Self Living.jpg
Released:	1992
Recorded:	April 1992
Studio:	Hammer in Chatsworth, California
Genre:	Trance rock
Length:	49:21
Label:	Def American
Producer:	Brad Laner
Next Title:	The Buried Life
Next Year:	1993

Shot Forth Self Living is the debut studio album by American rock band Medicine, released in 1992 on Def American.^{[1] [2]}

Critical reception

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."^[3]

Personnel

Medicine

• Jim Goodall – drums
• Brad Laner – vocals, guitar, percussion, piano, production
• Jim Putnam – guitar
• Eddie Ruscha – bass guitar, tape, art direction, design
• Beth Thompson – vocals

Production and additional personnel

• Chris Apthorp – engineering
• John Cevetello – engineering on "Aruca"
• Sneaky Pete Kleinow – steel guitar on "A Short Happy Life" and "Christmas Song"
• Joan Mahoney – photography
• Tom Recchion – art direction, design

Notes and References

1. David . Sprague . Medicine . . 2007 . March 22, 2013.
2. News: Krewen . Nick . Expect a lot of guitar noise... . The Hamilton Spectator . Jan 29, 1993 . B3.
3. News: Reynolds . Simon . Fuzzy Daydreams Replace the Grimness of Grunge . The New York Times . Nov 22, 1992 . A26.