Editing Cure for Pain

{{Short description|1993 studio album by Morphine}}
{{About|the album by Morphine|the song by Jon Foreman|The Cure for Pain}}
{{Infobox album|
| name       = Cure for Pain
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Morphine (band)|Morphine]]
| cover      = Morphine-Cure for Pain (album cover).jpg
| alt        =
| released   = September 14, 1993
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = {{hlist|[[Fort Apache Studios|Fort Apache]]|[[Hi-n-Dry|Hi-N-Dry]]<br />([[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], MA.)}}
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Kelly|first=Chris|date=September 8, 2021|title=A D.C. spin on Morphine's cult-favorite 'Cure for Pain'|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/music/cure-for-pain-dc-covers/2021/09/08/57d59f40-0a5f-11ec-aea1-42a8138f132a_story.html|access-date=July 21, 2022|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>|[[jazz-rock]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Karan|first=Tim|date=July 23, 2015|title=Top 100 Alternative Albums of the '90s|url=https://diffuser.fm/top-100-alternative-albums-of-the-90s/|access-date=July 21, 2022|website=Diffuser.fm}}</ref>}}
| length     = 37:11
| label      = [[Rykodisc]]
| producer   = 
*[[Paul Q. Kolderie]]
*[[Mark Sandman]]
| prev_title = [[Good (Morphine album)|Good]]
| prev_year  = 1992
| next_title = [[Yes (Morphine album)|Yes]]
| next_year  = 1995
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]] 
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cure-for-pain-mw0000620267|title=Cure for Pain – Morphine|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=September 26, 2011|last=Prato|first=Greg}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[NME]]''
| rev2Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Morphine: Cure for Pain|magazine=[[NME]]|date=January 8, 1994|page=29}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Morphine: Cure for Pain|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=89|date=February 1994|page=98}}</ref>
| rev4      = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/morphine/albums/album/86981/review/6068322/cure_for_pain|title=Morphine: Cure for Pain|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|issue=678|date=March 24, 1994|access-date=September 26, 2011|last=Berger|first=Arion|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329000944/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/morphine/albums/album/86981/review/6068322/cure_for_pain|archive-date=March 29, 2007}}</ref>
}}

'''''Cure for Pain''''' is the second studio album by [[alternative rock]] band [[Morphine (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 (drummer)|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 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]]''.

As of 1995, it has sold 107,000 copies in United States and over 300,000 copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Morris|first=Chris|date=February 11, 1995|title=Ryko's Morphine Aims High With New Set|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yAsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT19|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|volume=107|issue=6|page=18|access-date=October 14, 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref> As of 2017, combined sales of ''Cure for Pain'' and 1995's ''[[Yes (Morphine album)|Yes]]'' are 661,000 sold copies in United States.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Flanary|first=Patrick|date=April 3, 2017|title=Morphine Live Set From 'Like Swimming' Tour to Resurface on Vinyl Package|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7744665/morphine-like-swimming-tour-live-at-the-warfield-vinyl|access-date=October 14, 2018|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [[Mark Sandman]], except as noted
| title1      = Dawna
| writer1     = Sandman, [[Dana Colley]]
| length1     = 0:44 
| title2      = Buena 
| length2     = 3:19 
| title3      = I'm Free Now
| length3     = 3:24
| title4      = All Wrong
| length4     = 3:40
| title5      = Candy
| length5     = 3:14
| title6      = A Head with Wings
| length6     = 3:39
| title7      = In Spite of Me
| length7     = 2:34
| title8      = Thursday
| length8     = 3:26
| title9      = Cure for Pain
| length9     = 3:13
| title10     = Mary Won't You Call My Name?
| length10    = 2:29
| title11     = Let's Take a Trip Together
| length11    = 2:59
| title12     = Sheila
| length12    = 2:49
| title13     = [[Miles Davis]]' Funeral
| length13    = 1:41
| total_length= 37:11
}}
;Japanese edition bonus track
{{Track listing
| title14     = Down Love's Tributaries
| note14      = from the "Cure for Pain" CD single
| writer14    = Sandman, Colley, [[Billy Conway (drummer)|Billy Conway]]
| length14    = 8:08
| total_length= 45:20
}}

=== 2021 vinyl expanded edition ===
In December 2021,<ref>{{cite web|title=Cure For Pain: Deluxe [Run Out Groove Edition 2 LP]|url=https://recordstoreday.com/UPC/081227879648|access-date=December 19, 2022|website=[[Record Store Day]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cure for Pain (Expanded Edition)|url=https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/product/morphine/cure-for-pain-expanded-edition|access-date=December 19, 2022|website=[[Rough Trade (shops)|Rough Trade]]}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|date=May 12, 2021|title=Morphine "Cure For Pain" album gets the deluxe vinyl treatment|url=https://www.goldminemag.com/news/morphine-cure-for-pain-album-gets-the-deluxe-vinyl-treatment|access-date=December 19, 2022|website=[[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine]]}}</ref>

* ''side one (1-7) and two (8-13) as per original album''
{{Track listing
| headline    = Side three
| title1      = Mile High
| note1       = from the ''[[Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead]]'' soundtrack, 1995
| length1     = 3:02 
| title2      = Bo's Veranda 
| note2       = from the ''[[Get Shorty (film)|Get Shorty]]'' soundtrack, 1995
| length2     = 3:14
| title3      = All Wrong 
| note3       = alternate early version
| length3     = 3:25
| title4      = [[Third Stone from the Sun]]
| note4       = previously unreleased
| writer4     = [[Jimi Hendrix]]
| length4     = 1:39
| title5      = Down Love's Tributaries
| note5       = from the "Cure for Pain" CD single
| length5     = 8:08
| title6      = Miles Davis' Funeral
| note6       = alternate fast version
| length6     = 1:17
}}
{{Track listing
| headline    = Side four
| title7      = I Can Do That
| note7       = previously released on ''[[Sandbox: The Music of Mark Sandman]]'', 2004
| length7     = 1:52
| title8      = Kerouac 
| note8       = from the tribute CD ''[[Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness]]'', 1997
| writer8     = Sandman, Conway
| length8     = 2:53
| title9      = I'm Free Now
| note9       = alternate early version
| length9     = 2:18
| title10     = Groovy Beat
| note10      = early version of "Buena"
| length10    = 1:58
| title11     = My Brain 
| note11      = full-length version
| length11    = 3:23
| title12     = Untitled Spoken Word Piece
| note12      = previously unreleased
| length12    = 4:40
| title13     = A Married Woman
| note13      = previously unreleased
| length13    = 3:42
| title14     = Pizza Hut Variation #2
| note14      = previously unreleased
| length14    = 0:34
| total_length= 42:05
}}

==Personnel==
'''Morphine'''
* [[Mark Sandman]] – vocals, 2-string slide bass, tritar, guitar, organ
* [[Dana Colley]] – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, backing vocals (8, 10)
* [[Jerome Deupree]] – drums
* [[Billy Conway (drummer)|Billy Conway]] – drums (9, 11), cocktail drum overdub (8)
'''Additional musicians'''
* [[Jimmy Ryan (musician)|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 Studios|Fort Apache]], [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], MA., except tracks 1, 7, 11 and 13 recorded and mixed at [[Hi-n-Dry|Hi-N-Dry]], Cambridge, MA., and tracks 4 and 9 mixed at [[Q Division Studios|Q Division]], [[Somerville, Massachusetts|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==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Chart performance for ''Cure for Pain''
! Chart (1994)
! Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite Ryan|page=193}}</ref>
|align="center"|65
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|67|artist=Morphine|album=Cure for Pain|rowheader=true|access-date=August 29, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|25|artist=Morphine|album=Cure for Pain|rowheader=true|access-date=August 29, 2022}}
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ 2013 chart performance for ''Cure for Pain''
! Chart (2013)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|103|artist=Morphine|album=Cure for Pain|rowheader=true|access-date=August 29, 2022}}
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ 2024 chart performance for ''Cure for Pain''
! Chart (2024)
! Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Hungarian Physical Albums ([[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|MAHASZ]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2024. 41. hét |url=https://slagerlistak.hu/album-top-40-slagerlista-fizikai-hanghordozok/2024/41 |publisher=[[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|MAHASZ]] |access-date=October 16, 2024}}</ref>
|align="center"| 37
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060114115620/http://www.rykodisc.com/Catalog/dump/rykoalbums_337.asp Rykodisc: ''Cure for Pain'']

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[[Category:1993 albums]]
[[Category:Morphine (band) albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Paul Q. Kolderie]]
[[Category:Rykodisc albums]]
[[Category:Jazz-rock albums]]