Cure for Pain


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 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. 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 and two as per original album''

    Personnel

Morphine
Additional musicians
  • Jimmy Ryan – mandolin
  • Ken Winokur – percussion
Technical
  • Paul Q. Kolderie – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Mark Sandman – producer, engineer, mixing, photography
  • Steve Folsom – engineer
  • Toby Mountain – mastering
  • Robin Spencer – design
  • Cindy Bortman – photography
  • Dennis Stein – photography
  • Recorded and mixed at Fort Apache, Cambridge, MA., except tracks 1, 7, 11 and 13 recorded and mixed at Hi-N-Dry, Cambridge, MA., and tracks 4 and 9 mixed at Q Division, 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"

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