Cure for Pain explained
| Cure for Pain |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Morphine |
| Cover: | Morphine-Cure for Pain (album cover).jpg |
| Released: | September 14, 1993 |
| Length: | 37:11 |
| Label: | Rykodisc |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | Good |
| Prev Year: | 1992 |
| Next Title: | Yes |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
Cure for Pain is the second studio album by alternative rock band Morphine, released through Rykodisc in September 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.
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, in the Daria episode "The Teachings of Don Jake," and the barroom scene in the 1997 film Ulee's Gold.In 2014, the album placed eighth on the Alternative Nation site's "Top 10 Underrated '90s Alternative Rock Albums" list.[1] Also in 2014, Cure for Pain was included and analyzed in the book Overlooked/Underappreciated: 354 Recordings That Demand Your Attention.[2]
As of 1995, it has sold 107,000 copies in United States and over 300,000 copies worldwide.[3] As of 2017, combined sales of Cure for Pain and 1995's Yes are 661,000 sold copies in United States.[4]
Track listing
- Japanese edition bonus track
2021 vinyl expanded edition
In December 2021,[5] [6] the Run Out Groove label released a vinyl-only edition of Cure for Pain, which included a bonus record of unreleased and new-to-vinyl-rarities, all remastered from the original source tapes.[7]
- side one (1-7) and two (8-13) as per original album
Personnel
Morphine
Additional musicians
- Jimmy Ryan – mandolin (7)
- Ken Winokur – percussion (13)
Technical
- Paul Q. Kolderie – producer (2–6, 8–10, 12), engineer (2–6, 8–10, 12), mixing (2–6, 8–10, 12)
- Mark Sandman – producer (1, 7, 11, 13), engineer (1, 7, 11, 13), mixing (1, 7, 11, 13), photography (color pictures)
- Steve Folsom – engineer (11)
- Toby Mountain – mastering
- Robin Spencer – design
- Cindy Bortman – photography (black and white pictures)
- Dennis Stein – photography (bass picture)
- Recorded and mixed at Fort Apache, Cambridge, MA., except tracks 1, 7, 11 and 13 recorded and mixed at Hi-N-Dry, Cambridge, MA., and tracks 4 and 9 mixed at Q Division, Somerville, MA.
Bonus tracks
- Larry Dersch – drums on "Mile High"
- Russ Gershon – tenor saxophone on "Mile High" and "Bo's Veranda"
- Tom Halter – trumpet on "Mile High"
- Mike Rivard – bass on "Bo's Veranda"
- Sabine Hrechdakian – vocals on "Down Love's Tributaries"
- Rick Barry – percussion on "My Brain"
Charts
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Prato. Greg. October 2, 2014. Top 10 Underrated 90's Alternative Rock Albums. https://web.archive.org/web/20160804153614/https://www.alternativenation.net/top-10-underrated-90s-alternative-rock-albums/. August 4, 2016. July 31, 2016. Alternative Nation.
- Book: 978-1500328184 . Overlooked/Underappreciated: 354 Recordings That Demand Your Attention . Prato . Greg . 7 July 2014 . CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform .
- Morris. Chris. February 11, 1995. Ryko's Morphine Aims High With New Set. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 107. 6. 18. October 14, 2018. Google Books.
- Flanary. Patrick. April 3, 2017. Morphine Live Set From 'Like Swimming' Tour to Resurface on Vinyl Package. October 14, 2018. Billboard.
- Web site: Cure For Pain: Deluxe [Run Out Groove Edition 2 LP]]. December 19, 2022. Record Store Day.
- Web site: Cure for Pain (Expanded Edition). December 19, 2022. Rough Trade.
- Web site: May 12, 2021. Morphine "Cure For Pain" album gets the deluxe vinyl treatment. December 19, 2022. Goldmine.
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