Cure For Pain

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$39.99
SKU: 8719262002647

Cure for Pain is a most unlikely artistic breakthrough from a thoroughly unlikely band. Fronted by saxophone and two-string slide bass guitar, Morphine earned a modicum of critical praise for their prior recording, Good, but Cure for Pain has a harder edge and a distinctly bigger sound. "Buena" urges the listener, with singer and bassist Mark Sandman's best come-hither baritone voice, "closer to the front of the stage," and then "Candy" tells a love-lost story that could come right out of Tom Waits's book. But for all the strange possibilities inherent in a guitarless band that plays off their singer's wry lyrics, Morphine's sophomore effort shows their versatility, their ability to be a rock band in a very unrock, rolling-baritone-saxophone way. Alas, singer Mark Sandman perished in action on an Italian stage on July 3, 1999. --Andrew Bartlett

  1. "Dawna" – 0:44
  2. "Buena" – 3:19
  3. "I'm Free Now" – 3:24
  4. "All Wrong" – 3:40
  5. "Candy" – 3:14
  6. "A Head with Wings" – 3:39
  7. "In Spite of Me" – 2:34
  8. "Thursday" – 3:26
  9. "Cure for Pain" – 3:13
  10. "Mary Won't You Call My Name?" – 2:29
  11. "Let's Take a Trip Together" – 2:59
  12. "Sheila" – 2:49
  13. "Miles Davis' Funeral" – 1:41
Price: $39.99