Cure for Pain

Cure for Pain is the second album by alternative rock band Morphine, released through Rykodisc in 1993. Jerome Deupree, the band's original drummer, quit due to health problems during the recording of the album and was replaced by Billy Conway.

This article is about the album by Morphine. For the song by Jon Foreman, see The Cure for Pain.
Cure for Pain
Studio album by
Morphine
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1993
StudioFort Apache North, Cambridge, MA.; Q Division Studios, Somerville, MA.
GenreAlternative rock, jazz rock
Length37:11
LabelRykodisc
ProducerPaul Q. Kolderie,
Mark Sandman
Morphine chronology
Good
(1992)		 Cure for Pain
(1993)		 Yes
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
NME8/10[2]
Q[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

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 and in the Daria episode "The Teachings of Don Jake". In 2014, the album placed eighth on the Alternative Nation site's "Top 10 Underrated '90s Alternative Rock Albums" list.[5]

As of 1995, it has sold 107,000 copies in United States and over 300,000 copies worldwide.[6] As of 2017 combined sales of Cure for Pain and Yes are 661,000 sold copies in United States.[7]

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Sandman except for "Dawna", written by Dana Colley.

  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

Personnel

Production

Personnel

with:

  • Billy Conway – drums on tracks 9 & 11; cocktail drum overdub on track 8
  • Jimmy Ryan – mandolin on track 7
  • Ken Winokur – percussion on track 13

Charts
Chart (1994) Peak
position
ARIA Albums Chart[8] 74
Recorded Music NZ[9] 25

References
  1. Prato, Greg. "Cure for Pain – Morphine". AllMusic. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  2. "Morphine: Cure for Pain". NME: 29. January 8, 1994.
  3. "Morphine: Cure for Pain". Q (89): 98. February 1994.
  4. Berger, Arion (March 24, 1994). "Morphine: Cure for Pain". Rolling Stone (678). Archived from the original on March 29, 2007. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2016-07-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (11 February 1995). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  7. "Morphine Live Set From 'Like Swimming' Tour to Resurface on Vinyl Package". Billboard.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  8. Kent, David (compiler); Australian Chart Book 1993–2005: The Hit Singles and Albums from 13 Years of Australia's National Charts; p. 130
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