The Night (album)

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The Night is the fifth and final studio album by the alternative rock band Morphine.

Jerome Dupree, the band's original drummer who had earlier quit due to health problems, rejoined alongside new drummer Billy Conway thus making The Night Morphine's only album as a quartet rather than a trio. Recording sessions for the album were completed shortly before the sudden July 1999 death of bass player and lead singer Mark Sandman; the remaining members oversaw the final mixing process and the album was released in February 2000. The title song is used for the ending credits for the webshow Hate By Numbers.

The album was released on the DreamWorks label.

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Sandman.

1. "The Night" - 4:50
2. "So Many Ways" - 4:01
3. "Souvenir" - 4:40
4. "Top Floor, Bottom Buzzer" - 5:44
5. "Like a Mirror" - 5:26
6. "A Good Woman is Hard to Find" - 4:14
7. "Rope on Fire" - 5:36
8. "I'm Yours, You're Mine" - 3:46
9. "The Way We Met" - 2:59
10. "Slow Numbers" - 3:58
11. "Take Me with You" - 4:54

Personnel

Morphine

• Mark Sandman - voice, 2 string slide bass, acoustic guitar, piano, organ
• Dana Colley - baritone sax, tenor sax, bass sax
• Jerome Deupree - drums (tracks 1-8, 10, 11)
• Billy Conway - cocktail drum, drums, percussion

Guests

• Jane Scarpantoni - cello on "The Night", "Rope on Fire" and "Take Me with You"
• Mike Rivard - double bass on "Rope on Fire" and "Take Me with You"
• John Medeski - organ on "Top Floor, Bottom Buzzer" and "I'm Yours, You're Mine"
• Billy Beard - hand drum on "Rope on Fire"
• Brahim Fribgane - oud, frame drum on "Rope on Fire"
• Joseph Kessler - viola on "Rope on Fire" and "Take Me with You"
• Carolyn Kaylor, Linda Viens, Ramona Clifton, Margaret Garrett, Tara McManus - backing vocals