Medicine Show (album)

Medicine Show
Studio album by The Dream Syndicate
Released	1984 (1984)
Recorded	San Francisco
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	45:08
Label	A&M
Producer	Sandy Pearlman
The Dream Syndicate chronology
The Days of Wine and Roses (1982) Medicine Show (1984) Out of the Grey (1986)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Piero Scaruffi	7.5/10[1]

Medicine Show is the second album by The Dream Syndicate, released in 1984.

The Dream Syndicate left Slash Records, a small company that released the band's first album The Days of Wine and Roses (1982), and signed a new contract with major publisher A&M. Medicine Show was produced by producer Sandy Pearlman, who had earlier worked with Blue Öyster Cult and The Clash.

Track listing

(All songs written by Steve Wynn except where noted)

1. "Still Holding on to You" — 3:39
2. "Daddy's Girl" — 3:02
3. "Burn" — 5:34
4. "Armed with an Empty Gun" — 3:56
5. "Bullet with My Name on It" (Karl Precoda) — 6:20
6. "The Medicine Show" — 6:29
7. "John Coltrane Stereo Blues" — 8:48
8. "Merritville" — 7:20

Personnel

• Steve Wynn – guitar, vocals
• Karl Precoda – lead, rhythm guitars
• Dennis Duck – drums
• Dave Provost – bass

Additional musicians:

• Tom Zvoncheck – piano, Hammond B3 organ
• Sid Griffin – background vocals
• Stephen McCarthy – background vocals
• Paul Mandl – background vocals
• Gavin Blair – background vocals

References