Good (Morphine album) explained
Good is the first album by the Boston-based alternative rock trio Morphine.[1] [2] It was released in 1992 on the Accurate/Distortion label. It was reissued by Rykodisc in 1993[3] after the band signed with the label.[4]
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that the album "establishes the goods, excavating a slippery, sultry groove that suggests blues and bebop without becoming either by providing ample room in the spacious mix for two evocative voices."[5] AllMusic wrote, "While it may not be as stellar as their future releases would be ... Good did a splendid job of introducing the Boston trio's highly original sound. While it was the alternative crowd who immediately latched onto Morphine, their music was geared more toward the jazz scene – a wailing saxophone, lead bass (played with a slide), and lyrics influenced by '50s beat poetry were all-important ingredients."
Track listing
- Japanese edition bonus track
2020 vinyl expanded edition
On September 9, 2019, the Run Out Groove label announced that Good had been voted as their next vinyl rerelease and would include a bonus record of unreleased tracks remastered from the original source tapes. It was released on January 17, 2020.[6]
- side one (1-6) and two (7-13) as per original album
- Notes
- All tracks on side three and four were recorded between 1989 and 1991. All tracks, except "Shame" and "Mona's Sister", are previously unreleased.[7] "Shame" was released in 1993 as a B-side to the "Cure for Pain" single,[5] and "Mona's Sister" was included on the 2004 box set .[7]
Personnel
Adapted from the album's liner notes.[8]
- Morphine
- Mark Sandman – vocals, 2-string slide bass, organ, guitar, tritar
- Dana Colley – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, double saxophone, triangle, backing vocals on "You Look Like Rain"
- Jerome Deupree – drums
- Additional musicians
- Billy Conway – drums on "You Speak My Language" and "You Look Like Rain"
- Jim Fitting – bass harmonica on "I Know You (Part I)"
- Technical
- Mark Sandman – producer
- Paul Q. Kolderie – co-producer, engineer (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13)
- Tom Dubé – co-producer, engineer (3, 8, 11, 12)
- Mike Dineen – mixing (9)
- Toby Mountain – mastering
- Eric Pfeiffer - artwork
- Notes
- Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 13 recorded at The Outpost.
- Tracks 3, 8, 11 and 12 recorded at Q Division and Fort Apache
- Track 6 recorded at High-N-Dry.
Notes and References
- Web site: Morphine | Biography & History. AllMusic.
- Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. November 26, 2003. Rough Guides. 9781843531050. Google Books.
- Web site: Gagnon . Tim . Remembering Morphine's 'Cure For Pain,' The Record That Solidified Boston's Nocturnal Sound . . September 14, 2018. 22 November 2022.
- Dreamworks' Morphine Serves Up A Shot Of Noir. Billboard. February 8, 1997. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
- Web site: Morphine . Trouser Press . 26 November 2020.
- Web site: Good [Expanded Edition]]. AllMusic. 23 November 2022.
- Good . CD liner notes . . 2020 . Run Out Groove . ROGV-083.
- Good . CD liner notes . . 1992 . Accurate Distortion . AD-1001.
