Morphine
Cure For Pain [180 Gram Explicit Deluxe Edition Vinyl 2LP]
Cure For Pain [180 Gram Explicit Deluxe Edition Vinyl 2LP]
After five studio albums and extensive touring, Morphine disbanded after Mark tragically died of a heart attack performing on stage at the Giardini del Principe in Palestrina, Italy. Surviving members have soldiered on in various incarnations, the most recent being the Vapors of Morphine.
Cure For Pain is the band’s second album for Rykodisc, originally released September 14, 1993. Jerome Deupree, 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 and in the Daria episode “The Teachings of Don Jake.”
In 2014, the album placed eighth on the Alternative Nation site’s “Top 10 Underrated ‘90s Alternative Rock Albums” list. As of 1995, it has sold 107,000 copies in the US and over 300,000 copies worldwide.
- New expanded 2LP edition includes of 2017 combined sales of Cure for Pain and Yes are 661,000 sold copies in the US. previously unreleased tracks
- Re-mastered for maximum fidelity and sourced from the original master DAT tapes for the first time
- Pressed on double 180g black vinyl and comes in a deluxe gatefold tip-on style sleeve
- Each 2LP set is individually numbered and strictly limited based on pre-orders with a one-time pressing
- Dawna
- Buena
- I’m Free Now
- All Wrong
- Candy
- A Head With Wings
- In Spite Of Me
- Thursday
- Cure For Pain
- Mary Won’t You Call My Name?
- Let’s Take A Trip Together
- Sheila
- Miles Davis’ Funeral
- Mile High B
- Bo’s Veranda B
- All Wrong s
- Third Stone From The Sun
- Down Love’s Tributaries B
- Miles Davis’ Funeral s
- I Can Do That
- Kerouac B
- I’m Free Now s
- Groovy Beat
- My Brain (Full Length Version)
- Untitled Spoken Word Piece
- A Married Woman
- Pizza Hut Variation #2
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UPC: 081227879648