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Cure for Pain

MorphineAudio CD
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (75 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (September 14, 1993)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Rykodisc
  • ASIN: B0000009OP
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (75 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,630 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Dawna
2. Buena
3. I'm Free Now
4. All Wrong
5. Candy
6. A Head With Wings
7. In Spite Of Me
8. Thursday
9. Cure For Pain
10. Mary Won't You Call My Name?
11. Let's Take A Trip Together
12. Sheila
13. Miles Davis' Funeral

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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

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Customer Reviews

It has a unique smokey jazzy feel. Aaron Armstrong  |  9 reviewers made a similar statement
A tremendous effort from one of the most original bands of the past 15 years. Boulleeboo  |  8 reviewers made a similar statement
The saxaphone mixed with the 2-string slide bass makes for a unique and awesome sound. Jay Dub  |  8 reviewers made a similar statement
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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars With apologies to Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" July 26, 2005
Format:Audio CD
...what we have here is "a little VERY LATE night music".

This is the CD you put in when the smoke already hangs thick in the air over a felt table and you're breaking the seal over your second bottle of Black Label Jack while playing poker/shooting pool with only your friends of more nefarious (and infinitely more enjoyable) means.

Less was never more than when the lights dimmed and the impossibly dark Mark Sandman slung a three (later two)-string bass over his shoulder and led a drummer and saxophonist and a conspicuously absent guitarist into the consciousness of all who dared to believe that a mutated jazz trio could rock as hard as any guitar-slinging grunge band of the era yet still retain the degree of untouchable hipster cool that acts like the Ben Folds Five could only begin to imagine for themselves.

Mark Sandman was the Bill Hicks of music; an antiestablishment innovator whose very existence challenged one's beliefs and dared the listener to question all that had previously been assumed as writ; that he died well before his time is all the more tragic, but there is no denying the genius of the artist and the power with which that genius comes across in this, one of the finest albums of the decade.

At just over 37 minutes in length (including two sub-two minute instrumentals which serve as intro and closing pieces), this CD seems to parallele Sandman's life; amazingly achieved and far too short. With tunes ranging from the semi-ambient ("In Spite Of Me", "I'm Free Now", "Let's Take Trip Together") to the raging aggressive ("Buena", "Thursday", "Mary Won't You Call My name") to all shades of night in-between ("All Wrong", "Candy", "Sheila"), there really isn't a weak link to be found. While the CD itself runs short, the songs are at the perfect length; most clock in at 3-3.5 minutes so that you are able to sufficiently groove with them before they become tiresome and repititious. This is songwriting craftsmanship and musical innovation at its highest form, definitely a must-have for any musical collection and the best direction I can recommend for anyone who wants to add a little "something different, something cool" to their listening enjoyment.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Cure for Pain - Song Noir May 31, 2000
By yarden
Format:Audio CD
Boredom hurts, and Morphine is definitely the cure for pain; a smoky, dark band, Morphine weaves a sound that is not easily categorized as rock or blues. Instead, a drummer, saxophonist, and 2-string slide bassist/singer create something of a sensory deprivation-tank of sound, not unlike the pleasant stupor associated with their namesake drug, and in the process, invite us into a dark recess of sound.

The album is bold, driving, and dark, with blasting saxophone-riffs and sonorous bass. Mark Sandman's lyrics are deceptively simple, yet artfully performed, his voice a dark mournful bass. The saxophone is sometimes raw, sometimes polished, and I didn't know until I caught a concert, but sometimes the saxophonist plays TWO horns at once.

With this album, Morphine gives us some well-executed cuts, and is a great album as-a-whole. My favorite song on this album "In Spite of Me" is atypical of Morphine's style with Sandman singing in a half-whisper over a delicate mandolin-sound, but the rest of the album is enjoyable and delivers a potent dose of some really good music.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Band of the 90's October 13, 1999
By Hugh
Format:Audio CD
Since learning (from NPR) of Mark Sandman's untimely death in July I have purchased all 5 of Morphine's albums. They are all great with Cure for Pain and Like Swimming the best- by far. I listen to cable radio and alternative radio (such as it is in Jacksonville, FL), occasionally read Rolling Stone, and like to watch new music videos, but I was completely unaware of the existence of this great band. Its a shame that the music industry gives us a choice only among teen-oriented boy and girl bands, hip-hop / rap, and aging or dead artists. Morphine is (was) real rock & roll.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive, original blues/rock of the 1990s
Blues/grunge outfit Morphine is ridiculously original and talented. The musicianship of the drummer, sax player and bassist/vocalist is superb with each exuding power, nuance and... Read more
Published 25 days ago by Thomas Gabuzda
5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite Band, Favorite CD
If you enjoy a bass ridden harmony behind the lyrics with a deep voiced singer in the front ... you will most likely enjoy Morphine. I know I do.
Published 4 months ago by Rhonda Copeland
5.0 out of 5 stars This One Delivers
No other band sounds quite like Morphine.

Morphine is:

Mark Sandman...2-string slide bass; tritar; guitar; organ; lead vocals.
Dana Colley... Read more
Published 7 months ago by To The Max"Bax"
5.0 out of 5 stars If you only buy one Morphine album, this is IT.
Not much to say. Bought this to replace my missing CD after watching the Sandman documentary of the same name. Holds up incredibly well, timeless really. Read more
Published 8 months ago by DougF
5.0 out of 5 stars Who needs guitars!
This album is amazing. The saxaphone mixed with the 2-string slide bass makes for a unique and awesome sound. Read more
Published on June 3, 2009 by Jay Dub
5.0 out of 5 stars My Cure For Pain...
I have owned this disc since it came out and it never gets old. Admittedly it doesn't make its way into the player quite as much any more, but when it does these tunes always hit... Read more
Published on June 9, 2008 by B. Bowman
5.0 out of 5 stars By Hook or by Crook
I first heard this in a wine store in Tucson, Arizona six months after Mark had died. It was a few minutes before closing on a Friday night and the then manager, Andy, who is a... Read more
Published on April 30, 2008 by Cecily Crebbs
5.0 out of 5 stars one of their best
I love these guys - this is one of their best. There's nothing I can think of to compare it to. I can only say that this music makes me love the sax when normally i don't. Read more
Published on December 11, 2007 by guess who
5.0 out of 5 stars Reminds me of great, smoky scotch
If I had to describe this music, I would compare it to the flavor of fine scotch that's infused with deliciously smoky peat. Read more
Published on December 9, 2007 by Ikoi Hiroe
4.0 out of 5 stars great drive in the rain album
this is a great album. just put it in and let it play. don't try to read into it too rushedly. let it ease over you...wind through your noodle. Read more
Published on December 6, 2007 by W. Stanley
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