Medicine Show (album)

Medicine Show
Studio album by
The Dream Syndicate
Released1984 (1984)
RecordedSan Francisco
GenreAlternative rock
Length45:08
LabelA&M
ProducerSandy Pearlman
The Dream Syndicate chronology
The Days of Wine and Roses
(1982) 		Medicine Show
(1984) 		Out of the Grey
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Mojo[2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide5/10[3]
Uncut[4]
The Village VoiceB−[5]

Medicine Show is the second studio album by The Dream Syndicate. It was released in 1984.

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.

  1. ^ Deming, Mark. "Medicine Show – The Dream Syndicate". AllMusic. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  2. ^ "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...
  3. ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  4. ^ "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...
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (July 24, 1984). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 31, 2018.