Cure for Pain

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Cure for Pain
Studio album by Morphine
Released September 1993
Recorded ?
Genre Alternative rock
Jazz rock
Length 37:11
Label Rykodisc
Producer Paul Q. Kolderie,
Mark Sandman
Morphine chronology
Good
(1992)
Cure for Pain
(1993)
Yes
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [1]
Piero Scaruffi (7.5/10) [2]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars [3]
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Cure for Pain was the second album released by alternative rock band Morphine through Rykodisc in 1993. The tracks "Sheila" and "In Spite of Me" were prominently featured on the soundtrack of the 1994 independent film Spanking the Monkey. The video for "Thursday" also appeared on an episode of Beavis and Butt-head. The track "Buena" also appears in the first season of The Sopranos.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Mark Sandman.

  1. "Dawna" - 0:44
  2. "Buena" - 3:19
  3. "I'm Free Now" - 3:24
  4. "All Wrong" - 3:40
  5. "Candy" - 3:14
  6. "A Head with Wings" - 3:39
  7. "In Spite of Me" - 2:34
  8. "Thursday" - 3:26
  9. "Cure for Pain" - 3:13
  10. "Mary Won't You Call My Name?" - 2:29
  11. "Let's Take a Trip Together" - 2:59
  12. "Sheila" - 2:49
  13. "Miles Davis' Funeral" - 1:41

[edit] Credits

[edit] Production

[edit] Personnel

  • Mark Sandman - 2-string slide bass; tritar; guitar; organ; lead vocals.
  • Dana Colley - baritone saxophone; tenor saxophone; backing vocals.
  • Jerome Deupree - drums.
  • Billy Conway - drums on Tks 9 & 11; cocktail drum overdub on Tk 8.
  • Jimmy Ryan - Mandolin on Tk 7
  • Ken Winokur - Percussion on Tk 13

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Prato, Greg. Cure for Pain at Allmusic. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  2. ^ "The History of Rock Music: Morphine". Piero Scaruffi's Music Database. Piero Scaruffi. 1999. http://www.scaruffi.com/vol5/morphine.html. Retrieved September 26, 2011. 
  3. ^ Berger, Arion (August 1, 1997). "Morphine: Cure for Pain: Music review". Rolling Stone (RS 678). Archived from the original on March 29, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070329000944/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/morphine/albums/album/86981/review/6068322/cure_for_pain. Retrieved September 26, 2011. 
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