Release and Reception
The album entered the Billboard 200 charts and sold over 160,000 copies in its first week of release. It was also a critical success: Steve Huey of AllMusic gave the album 4 1/2 out of 5 stars and stated, "With more drive and playful goings-on, the arrangements sound much looser than on Kill Taker, while remaining just as gut-kicking and brainy." Mark Kemp of Rolling Stone gave the album 4 stars and called Red Medicine "rock solid." Pitchfork put this album at number 42 in its Top 100 Album of the 90s.
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