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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.
Genre
  • Alternative rock[1]
  • jazz-rock[2]
Length37:11
LabelRykodisc
ProducerPaul Q. Kolderie, Mark Sandman
Morphine chronology
Good
(1992)		 Cure for Pain
(1993)		 Yes
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
NME8/10[4]
Q[5]
Rolling Stone[6]

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.[7]

As of 1995, it has sold 107,000 copies in United States and over 300,000 copies worldwide.[8] As of 2017 combined sales of Cure for Pain and Yes are 661,000 sold copies in United States.[9]


Track listing


All songs written by Mark Sandman except for "Dawna", written by Mark Sandman and 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:


Charts


Chart performance for Cure for Pain
Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 65
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 67
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[12] 25
2013 chart performance for Cure for Pain
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 103

References


  1. Kelly, Chris (September 8, 2021). "A D.C. spin on Morphine's cult-favorite 'Cure for Pain'". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  2. Karan, Tim (July 23, 2015). "Top 100 Alternative Albums of the '90s". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  3. Prato, Greg. "Cure for Pain – Morphine". AllMusic. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  4. "Morphine: Cure for Pain". NME: 29. January 8, 1994.
  5. "Morphine: Cure for Pain". Q (89): 98. February 1994.
  6. Berger, Arion (March 24, 1994). "Morphine: Cure for Pain". Rolling Stone. No. 678. Archived from the original on March 29, 2007. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  7. Prato, Greg (October 2, 2014). "Top 10 Underrated 90's Alternative Rock Albums". Alternative Nation. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  8. Morris, Chris (February 11, 1995). "Ryko's Morphine Aims High With New Set". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 6. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 18. Retrieved October 14, 2018 – via Google Books.
  9. Flanary, Patrick (April 3, 2017). "Morphine Live Set From 'Like Swimming' Tour to Resurface on Vinyl Package". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  10. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia’s Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 193.
  11. "Dutchcharts.nl – Morphine – Cure for Pain" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  12. "Charts.nz – Morphine – Cure for Pain". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  13. "Ultratop.be – Morphine – Cure for Pain" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 29, 2022.



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Cure for Pain (с англ. — «Болеутоляющее») — второй студийный альбом американской рок-группы Morphine, вышедший в 1993 году.


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