Cure for Pain

Cure for Pain
Studio album by Morphine
Released	September 14, 1993
Recorded	?
Genre	Alternative rock Jazz rock
Length	37:11
Label	Rykodisc
Producer	Paul Q. Kolderie, Mark Sandman
Morphine chronology
Good (1992) Cure for Pain (1993) Yes (1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Cure for Pain was the second album released by alternative rock band Morphine through Rykodisc in 1993. 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 90’s Alternative Rock Albums" list.^[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Sandman.

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

Credits

Production

• Produced by Paul Q. Kolderie
• Tracks marked ^ Recorded and Mixed by Mark Sandman

Personnel

• Mark Sandman - 2-string slide bass; tritar; guitar; organ; lead vocals.
• Dana Colley - baritone saxophone; tenor saxophone; backing vocals.
• Jerome Deupree - drums.
• 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

Chart history

Album

Chart	Country	Year	Peak position	Weeks charted
ARIA Albums Chart[5]	Australia	1994	74	11
Recorded Music NZ[6]	New Zealand	1994	25	6

External links

• Rykodisc: Cure for Pain

References

1. Prato, Greg. Cure for Pain at AllMusic. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
2. Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide: Morphine". Retrieved 2 May 2016.
3. Berger, Arion (August 1, 1997). "Morphine: Cure for Pain: Music review". Rolling Stone (RS 678). Archived from the original on March 29, 2007. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
4. http://www.alternativenation.net/top-10-underrated-90s-alternative-rock-albums/
5. Kent, David (compiler); Australian Chart Book 1993-2005: The Hit Singles and Albums from 13 Years of Australia's National Charts; p. 130
6. See Cure for Pain