The Perfect Prescription

The Perfect Prescription
Studio album by
Spacemen 3
ReleasedSeptember 1987
RecordedV.H.F. in Rugby
GenreNeo-psychedelia[1]
Length45:39
LabelGlass (original UK release)
Fire (various UK reissues)
Genius Records (original US release)
Taang! (1996 US reissue)
ProducerSonic Boom & Jason
Spacemen 3 chronology
Transparent Radiation
(1986) 		The Perfect Prescription
(1987) 		Performance
(1988)
Alternative cover
1996 re-release
Singles from The Perfect Prescription
  1. "Walkin' with Jesus"
    Released: November 1986
  2. "Transparent Radiation"
    Released: July 1987
  3. "Take Me to the Other Side"
    Released: July 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Drowned in Sound9/10[3]
Mojo[4]
PopMatters10/10[5]
Record Collector[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[8]

The Perfect Prescription is the second studio album by British neo-psychedelic band Spacemen 3, released in 1987. It is a concept album, "a vision of a drug trip from inception to its blasted conclusion, highs and lows fully intact."[2]

Pitchfork Media listed it at #50 in their list of the greatest albums of the 1980s.[9]

  1. ^ Terich, Jeff (2 July 2015). "10 Essential Neo-Psychedelia Albums". Treble. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "The Perfect Prescription – Spacemen 3". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  3. ^ Perry, Tom (5 November 2009). "Album Review: Spacemen 3 – The Perfect Prescription (reissue)". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  4. ^ Perry, Andrew (December 2009). "Spacemen 3: The Perfect Prescription". Mojo. No. 193.
  5. ^ Mathers, Ian (21 November 2013). "Spacemen 3: Sound of Confusion / The Perfect Prescription / Performance". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 24 November 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  6. ^ Kendall, Matt (December 2009). "The Perfect Prescription | Spacemen 3". Record Collector. No. 369. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  7. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Spacemen 3". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 763–764. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. ^ Strauss, Neil (1995). "Spacemen 3". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 371–373. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  9. ^ "The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s - Page 6". Pitchfork.