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 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. Also in 2014, Cure for Pain was included and analyzed in the book Overlooked/Underappreciated: 354 Recordings That Demand Your Attention.

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 Additional musicians Technical Bonus tracks
 * 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 – drums (9, 11), cocktail drum overdub (8)
 * Jimmy Ryan – mandolin (7)
 * Ken Winokur – percussion (13)
 * 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, 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.
 * 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"