Cure For Pain

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Total Tracks: 13   Total Length: 37:18

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Give your tweeters a rest

madsaxer

Is it sophisticated or primitive? Sexy or vulgar? It doesn't matter. Usually nothing more than a two-string bass, a bari sax and a set of skins, Morphine delivers originality that is listenable to the audiophile or the party guest. Born from the overblown harmonics from the monster bari of Dana Colley, the smokey voice and wildly elastic bass of the late Mark Sandman are chords thicker and chunkier than the best chowder from their native Boston. All in bass clef. Everyone I've turned on to Morphine has expressed undying gratitude. I'm the happiest junkie on emusic!

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Classic Stuff!

DesertED

And it came at a pretty stale time in music. Thank you E Music

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With their cult following growing, Morphine expanded their audience even further with their exceptional 1994 sophomore effort, Cure for Pain. Whereas their debut, Good, was intriguing yet not entirely consistent, Cure for Pain more than delivered. The songwriting was stronger and more succinct this time around, while new drummer Billy Conway made his recording debut with the trio (replacing Jerome Deupree). Like the debut, most of the material shifts between depressed and upbeat, with a few cacophonic rockers thrown in between. Such selections as “Buena,” “I’m Free Now,” “All Wrong,” “Candy,” “Thursday,” “In Spite of Me” (one of the few tracks to contain six-string guitar), “Let’s Take a Trip Together,” “Sheila,” and the title track are all certifiable Morphine classics. And again, Mark Sandman’s two-string slide bass and Dana Colley’s sax work help create impressive atmospherics throughout the album. Cure for Pain was unquestionably one of the best and most cutting-edge rock releases of the ’90s. – Greg Prato

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