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Her Highness (album)

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Her Highness
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 22, 1995
RecordedCherokee Hollywoodland
Lita's House, Tujunga
The Peach Castle, Noho
GenreNoise pop, shoegaze, alternative rock
Length45:43
LabelAmerican Recordings
ProducerBrad Laner, Eddy Offord
Medicine chronology
The Buried Life
(1993)
Her Highness
(1995)
The Mechanical Forces of Love
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Q[4]

Her Highness is the third album by American rock band Medicine, released in 1995 by American Recordings.[5][6] The band broke up after the album's release, and would not record again until 2003's The Mechanical Forces of Love.[7]

Critical reception

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album "almost numbingly introspective, both musically and lyrically."[3] The Chicago Tribune wrote that "for all of its manufactured navel-contemplating, Her Highness is a trance-inducing album due mostly to its languor."[2] The Tampa Bay Times wrote that a "new-found versatility actually opens the heavy-handed Medicine to lighter, ethereal passages ... rather than just feedback-laden noisefests—although the swirling psychedelic jam of 'Heads' may be one of the group's finest efforts."[8]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."All Good Things"Beth Thompson5:07
2."Wash Me Out"Brad Laner4:20
3."Candy Candy"Jim Goodall, Brad Laner, Beth Thompson5:10
4."I Feel Nothing at All"Brad Laner3:52
5."A Fractured Smile"Jim Goodall, Brad Laner, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Beth Thompson3:48
6."Farther Dub"Brad Laner1:36
7."Farther Down"Brad Laner5:12
8."Aarhus"Jim Goodall, Brad Laner, Beth Thompson3:46
9."Seen the Light Alone"Brad Laner4:56
10."Heads"Brad Laner, Beth Thompson7:56

Personnel

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Medicine
Production and additional personnel

References

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  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Buried Life". Allmusic. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Roth, Jason (31 August 1995). "MedicineHer Highness (American) (star) (star)The back-to-the-womb retrogression..." chicagotribune.com.
  3. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 684.
  4. ^ columnist (December 1995). Q: 146. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ Leland, John; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Medicine". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  6. ^ "Medicine | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ^ Kaufman, Gil. "Medicine's Comeback LP Gets Its Kick From Bruce Lee's Daughter". MTV News.[dead link]
  8. ^ "Audio Files". Tampa Bay Times.
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