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
Released
September 14, 1993
Studio
Fort Apache
Hi-N-Dry (Cambridge, MA.)
Genre
Alternative rock[1]
jazz-rock[2]
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
[3]
NME
8/10[4]
Q
[5]
Rolling Stone
[6]
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.[7] Also in 2014, Cure for Pain was included and analyzed in the book Overlooked/Underappreciated: 354 Recordings That Demand Your Attention.[8]
As of 1995, it has sold 107,000 copies in United States and over 300,000 copies worldwide.[9] As of 2017, combined sales of Cure for Pain and 1995's Yes are 661,000 sold copies in United States.[10]
^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.
^Karan, Tim (July 23, 2015). "Top 100 Alternative Albums of the '90s". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
^Prato, Greg. "Cure for Pain – Morphine". AllMusic. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
^"Morphine: Cure for Pain". NME: 29. January 8, 1994.
^"Morphine: Cure for Pain". Q (89): 98. February 1994.
^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.
^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.
^Prato, Greg (7 July 2014). Overlooked/Underappreciated: 354 Recordings That Demand Your Attention. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1500328184.
^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.
^Flanary, Patrick (April 3, 2017). "Morphine Live Set From 'Like Swimming' Tour to Resurface on Vinyl Package". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
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