- Audio CD (Jan 14 2008)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Warner
- ASIN: B0000009OP
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #19,425 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 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 |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
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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Morphine doit une bonne part de son originalité à son instrumentation : en effet, quel autre trio joue ainsi du rock'n'roll, sans guitare mais avec une basse à deux cordes (tenue par le chanteur), une batterie réduite à sa plus simple expression et un saxophone souvent baryton ? Originaire de Boston, ce combo puise ses racines dans le blues (Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed) relooké par l'influence de la beat generation. À ce titre, Cure For Pain, seconde réalisation du groupe enregistrée en 1993, est caractéristique. Puissamment sensuelle et hypnotique, la musique de Mark Sandman et sa bande n'oublie pas pour autant de jouer la carte d'un romantisme proche de Chris Isaak. Depuis sa disparition sur scène en 1999, la ténébreuse nonchalance du charismatique leader de Morphine manque. Pour s'en souvenir, Cure For Pain reste le meilleur moyen. -- Philippe Robert
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Customer Reviews
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April 22 2004
Format:Audio CD
You will not be disappointed. It is a masterpiece.
Not much more I can add to the other glowing reviews except:
Dec 9 2003
Format:Audio CD
Primal, poetic, beautiful..............
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Most recent customer reviews
Let me add my 5 stars
Ths album is simply fantastic- not a weak song on it. However, I'm sure this album will not fit everyone's taste. This is music stripped down to its bare essentials. Read more
Published on Aug 19 2003 by M. Bruder
Sexy Sax and Languid Lyrics
"She had black hair like ravens crawling over her shoulders
All the way down
She had a smile that swerved
She had a smile that curved
She had a smile that... Read more
All the way down
She had a smile that swerved
She had a smile that curved
She had a smile that... Read more
Published on July 9 2003 by J. Eure
Wonderful Moody Vibes
Morphine does what great bands do - they find their groove and stay there...slipping around a strong back beat and keeping the production sparse and clearly defined. Read more
Published on Jun 5 2003 by Zelig
Surprisingly good...
I bought this one on a whim way back when it was first released (still don't remember exactly why...). It slowly grew on me as I paraded around the country for a summer. Read more
Published on Jun 2 2003 by A. Ort
Sweet Soulful Sadness
My ex-boyfriend and I were hanging out in our apartment when this CD came on the stereo. I had only heard of Morphine at that point, yet had never actually heard them. Read more
Published on Feb 3 2003 by Ludmila
Bland, stolen
Track 5, "Candy." "Candy says..." this and that. Hmmm. Where have I heard this before. "Candy says..." hmmmm. Hmmm. Oh! That's right! Read more
Published on Jan 21 2003 by blind joe death
An innovative approach
Credit should always go to those innovators who shed the conventions of rock and roll to reinvent the craft. Read more
Published on Jan 8 2003 by J. Jackson
You don't want to miss an album like this, unless...
You're still under the yoke of the guitar-bass-drums format. Much has been said about the line-up of the band, so I feel it might be useless of my time (and therefore, yours too)... Read more
Published on Dec 27 2002 by Felipe Pelussi
Morphine chose an appropriate name
You can't really go wrong with any Morphine album. This band was consistently wonderful. Great, laid-back lounge music yet far from anonymous. Read more
Published on Sep 27 2002 by "richlatta"
moody masterpiece
Dark, swinging and strangely happy underneath it all, Cure for Pain is an album on which every track is great. Each track works together and contributes to a larger whole. Read more
Published on July 5 2002 by Heather Lowe
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