Medicine Show (album)
Medicine Show is the second studio album by The Dream Syndicate. It was released in 1984.
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| Released | 1984 | |||
| Recorded | San Francisco | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 45:08 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Sandy Pearlman | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
| Mojo | |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 5/10[3] |
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| The Village Voice | B−[5] |
The Dream Syndicate left Slash Records, a small label that released the band's first album The Days of Wine and Roses (1982), and signed with the A&M label. Medicine Show was produced by Sandy Pearlman; Pearlman had previously worked with Blue Öyster Cult and The Clash.
Track listing
All songs written by Steve Wynn except where noted.
- "Still Holding on to You" – 3:39
- "Daddy's Girl" – 3:02
- "Burn" – 5:34
- "Armed with an Empty Gun" – 3:56
- "Bullet with My Name on It" (Karl Precoda) – 6:20
- "The Medicine Show" – 6:29
- "John Coltrane Stereo Blues" – 8:48
- "Merrittville" – 7:20
Personnel
- Steve Wynn – guitar, vocals
- Karl Precoda – lead, rhythm guitars
- Dennis Duck – drums
- Dave Provost – bass
Additional musicians:
- Tom Zvoncheck – piano, Hammond B3 organ
- Sid Griffin – background vocals
- Stephen McCarthy – background vocals
- Paul Mandl – background vocals
- Gavin Blair – background vocals
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References
- Deming, Mark. "Medicine Show – The Dream Syndicate". AllMusic. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
- "The Dream Syndicate: Medicine Show". Mojo: 118.
Pearlman transformed them into a wired, manic hard-drilled rock machine, turning Wynn's dark outlaw tales into epic journeys of cinematic voiolence... Oddly powerful...
- Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- "The Dream Syndicate: Medicine Show". Uncut: 91.
Medicine Show -- dense with songs of violence, paranoia, lurking evil, and Karl Precoda's uncanny guitar -- is a punk/noir magnum opus...
- Christgau, Robert (July 24, 1984). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
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