Her Highness (album)

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]

Her Highness
Studio album by Medicine
Released	August 22, 1995
Recorded	Cherokee Hollywoodland Lita's House, Tujunga The Peach Castle, Noho
Genre	Noise pop, shoegaze, alternative rock
Length	45:43
Label	American Recordings
Producer	Brad Laner, Eddy Offord
Medicine chronology
The Buried Life (1993) Her Highness (1995) The Mechanical Forces of Love (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Q	[4]

Critical reception

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

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

Personnel

Medicine

• Jim Goodall – drums
• Brad Laner – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, arrangement, production, engineering
• Beth Thompson – vocals, photography

Production and additional personnel

• David Campbell – violin, viola, arrangement
• Larry Corbett – cello
• David Harlan – design
• Bruce Lampcov – mixing
• Medicine – art direction
• Justin Meldal-Johnsen – bass guitar, clarinet
• Eddy Offord – production, engineering
• Tom Recchion – art direction

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Buried Life". Allmusic. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
2. Roth, Jason. "MedicineHer Highness (American) (star) (star)The back-to-the-womb retrogression..." chicagotribune.com.
3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 5: MUZE. p. 684.CS1 maint: location (link)
4. columnist (December 1995). Q: 146. 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.
8. "Audio Files". Tampa Bay Times.

External links

• Her Highness at Discogs (list of releases)