''Cure for Pain'' is the second studio album by

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band

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, released through

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in September 1993.

Jerome Deupree Jerome Deupree (born November 9, 1956) is an American musician, based in Massachusetts. He is best known as the original drummer in the alternative rock band Morphine. Early career Deupree started playing drums at the age of six, with the hel ...

, 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 ''

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''. The video for "Thursday" also appeared on an episode of ''

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''. The track "Buena" also appears in the first season of ''

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'', in the ''

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'' episode "The Teachings of Don Jake," and the barroom scene in the 1997 film ''

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''. In 2014, the album placed eighth on the Alternative Nation site's "Top 10 Underrated '90s Alternative Rock Albums" list. As of 1995, it has sold 107,000 copies in United States and over 300,000 copies worldwide. As of 2017, combined sales of ''Cure for Pain'' and 1995's '' Yes'' are 661,000 sold copies in United States.

Track listing

;Japanese edition bonus track

2021 vinyl expanded edition

In December 2021, 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. * ''side one (1-7) and two (8-13) as per original album''

Personnel

Morphine *

Mark Sandman Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Fin ...

– vocals, 2-string slide bass, tritar, guitar, organ *

Dana Colley Dana Colley (born October 17, 1961) is an American musician, best known as the baritone and tenor saxophonist in the alternative rock band Morphine. Early life Colley was born in Portland, Maine, but he was raised in Hanson, Massachusetts, wh ...

– baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, backing vocals (8, 10) *

– drums * Billy Conway – drums (9, 11), cocktail drum overdub (8) Additional musicians * Jimmy Ryan – mandolin (7) * Ken Winokur – percussion (13) Technical *

Paul Q. Kolderie Paul Q. Kolderie is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer. He has worked with Pixies, Radiohead, Orangutang, Hole, Dinosaur Jr., Juliana Hatfield, Wax, Warren Zevon, Uncle Tupelo, Throwing Muses, Morphine, the Mighty Mighty Bosstone ...

– producer (2–6, 8–10, 12), engineer (2–6, 8–10, 12), mixing (2–6, 8–10, 12) *

– 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,

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, MA., except tracks 1, 7, 11 and 13 recorded and mixed at

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, Cambridge, MA., and tracks 4 and 9 mixed at Q Division,

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, 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

References

External links

Rykodisc: ''Cure for Pain''
{{Authority control 1993 albums Morphine (band) albums Albums produced by Paul Q. Kolderie Rykodisc albums