Disc One: Shot Forth Self Living Expanded
Tracks 1-10 through 15 are bonus tracks to the <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Medicine-Shot-Forth-Self-Living/release/339762">original</a> release.
Tracks 1-10/12/13 from <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Medicine-Aruca/master/131912">Aruca</a>.
Tracks 1-11/14/15 from <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Medicine-Come-Here-To-Drink-Milk/master/188586">5ive</a>.
Disc Two: Shot Forth Self Living Companion
Tracks 2-1/2: Recorded on 4 track cassette 1990.
Tracks 2-3/5: Recorded on 1/4 inch 16 track by Biff Sanders 1991.
Tracks 2-4/6/8/9: Recorded on 4 track cassette 1991.
Track 2-7: Recorded on 1/4 inch eight track by Eddie Ruscha 1991.
Track 2-10: Recorded on 4 track cassette 1992.
Tracks 2-11/12/13/14/15/16: Recorded at Hammersound during the sessions for Shot Forth Self Living LP April 1992.
Tracks 2-17/18/19: Recorded live at the Variety Arts Theatre in Los Angeles, CA on 6 June 1992.
2012 reissue produced by Brad Laner.
Reviews
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Nitsuh Abebe
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.