Shot Forth Self Living
by Medicine

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Shot Forth Self Living by Medicine
Year: 1992
Overall rank: 16,963rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 31 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1992 (252nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (2,632nd)
Award Best albums of all time (16,963rd)

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Shot Forth Self Living track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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One More
Average Rating: 80 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
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Aruca
Average Rating: 81 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
Defective
Average Rating: 79 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
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A Short Happy Life
Average Rating: 79 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
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5ive
Average Rating: 80 (9 votes)Comments: View 0
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Sweet Explosion
Average Rating: 78 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
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Queen Of Tension
Average Rating: 80 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
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Miss Drugstore
Average Rating: 79 (9 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
Christmas Song
Average Rating: 78 (7 votes)Comments: View 0

Shot Forth Self Living rankings

Shot Forth Self Living rankings summary
Overall rank: 16,963rd | 1990s rank: 2,632nd | 1992 rank: 252nd  Overall chart history
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Shot Forth Self Living ratings

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 !		06/21/2026 23:04 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,68770/100
 
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 !		01/12/2024 01:33 idiotican  Ratings distribution  2,80374/100

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Shot Forth Self Living forum mentions

This album has been referenced 12 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From LittleM1971 11/18/2022 21:13 in What album are you listening to right now?
“What album are you listening to right now?”
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From Repo 04/24/2018 17:14 in Rank 'Em: The Beach Boys
“Shoegaze albums I would have in my top 5. They both brought something very different to the scene. Completely agree! I loved both of those back then. Added to the list. :D @Chief: What would be your TOP 5 Shoegaze albums from 1992(in order)? Anyone else want to add their top 5 for the year? Would…”
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From dihansse 03/21/2018 21:22 in 1992
“I loved 1992...the year I went to my first festivals (Reading & Glastonbury), much like 1991 loads of gigs were enjoyed throughout the year and it spawned my favourite ever album (Pavement). Here’s a few albums that I didn’t see mentioned over the last few pages. I know I’m in the minority here but…”
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90/100
From 08/22/2014 01:26 | #120044
this is one of a couple albums that profoundly changed my taste in music. the other is my bloody valentine's "loveless", and i heard that for the first time about a week before i heard "shot forth self living" for the first time. the opening chords of mbv's "almost shallow" gave me a new perspective on the way distortion and melody can work together. but the opening blast of noise and feedback that kicks off "one more" on this album caught me totally off guard... i had never heard anything like it before. and as the song went on, it kept surprising me as different elements took turns at the forefront. and then comes "aruca" with a sound like some giant industrial machine falling apart...

on the whole, this is not my favorite medicine release -- i feel like the second half loses some of the energy that lights up the first half. but the opening few songs are still one of my favorite sequences on any album i've heard.
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