Jeff’s Playlist: cure for pain

Morphine — cure for pain

This is a won­der­ful album with some heart-wrench­ing lyrics and great melodies. I was first intro­duced to this band by an inde­pen­dent record store own­er in Richmond. I can’t tell you how lucky I felt to know this guy. His store was a great source of music for me — and some­times at a discount!

I have accu­mu­lat­ed sev­er­al Morphine albums over the years, but this one has stuck with me. Unfortunately, bass play­er and lead vocal­ist Mark Sandman died at age 47 of a heart attack onstage in Palestrina, Italy, on July 3, 1999. The band was nev­er the same after that.

Recently I’ve heard cuts off this album on WUKY 91.3 on their Rock & Roots show. Give it a spin, I think you’ll like it.

Album Information

All songs were writ­ten by Mark Sandman except for “Dawna”, writ­ten by Mark Sandman and Dana Colley.

“Dawna” – 0:44
“Buena” – 3:19
“I’m Free Now” – 3:24
“All Wrong” – 3:40
“Candy” – 3:14
“A Head with Wings” – 3:39
“In Spite of Me” – 2:34
“Thursday” – 3:26
“Cure for Pain” – 3:13
“Mary Won’t You Call My Name?“ – 2:29
“Let’s Take a Trip Together” – 2:59
“Sheila” – 2:49
“Miles Davis’ Funeral” – 1:41

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

Released   September 14, 1993
Studio        Fort ApacheHi-N-Dry (Cambridge, MA.)
Length       37:11
Label         Rykodisc
Producer   Paul Q. Kolderie Mark Sandman