“Cure For Pain” by Morphine

The title track of Morphine's 1993 album Cure for Pain moves like a late-night bar where the jukebox only plays smoke. Mark Sandman wrote the words and music, and the song slinks and broods rather than rocks, low and sly, with Billy Conway's drums nudging the rhythm along instead of pounding it.

Paul Q. Kolderie produced, recorded and mixed it, and there's plenty of air around the players, so the whole thing sounds close, dark and a little dangerous, the kind of tune that makes a room lean in.

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