Shot Forth Self Living

Shot Forth Self Living
Studio album by Medicine
Released	September 15, 1992
Recorded	April 1992 at Hammer in Chatsworth, California
Genre	Noise pop, shoegaze
Length	49:21
Label	Def American
Producer	Brad Laner
Medicine chronology
Shot Forth Self Living (1992) The Buried Life (1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[2]
NME	[3]
Pitchfork Media	(6.9/10)[4]
Q	[5]

Shot Forth Self Living is the debut album of Medicine, released on September 15, 1992 through Def American.^[6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Medicine. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"One More"	9:08
2.	"Aruca"	4:49
3.	"Defective"	4:10
4.	"A Short Happy Life"	6:39
5.	"5ive"	3:33
6.	"Sweet Explosion"	3:15
7.	"Queen of Tension"	4:14
8.	"Miss Drugstore"	5:00
9.	"Christmas Song"	8:33

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

References

1. Abebe, Nitsuh. "Shot Forth Self Living". Allmusic. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
2. Tucker, Ken (February 5, 1993). "Shot Forth Self Living". Entertainment Weekly (156). Retrieved March 22, 2013.
3. columnist (October 10, 1992). NME: 40. Missing or empty |title= (help);
4. Raggett, Ned (May 16, 2012). "Medicine: Shot Forth Self Living". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
5. columnist (1992). "Shot Forth Self Living". Q: 118.
6. Sprague, David (2007). "Medicine". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 22, 2013.

External links

• Shot Forth Self Living at Discogs (list of releases)