Good (Morphine album)

Good is the first album by the Boston-based alternative rock trio Morphine.[5][6] It was released in 1992 on the Accurate/Distortion label.[2] It was reissued by Rykodisc after the band signed with the label.[7]

Good
Studio album by
Morphine
ReleasedSeptember 8, 1992
Recorded1991–92
StudioQ Division, Boston; Fort Apache, Cambridge, Massachusetts; The Outpost, Stoughton, Massachusetts
GenreAlternative rock
Length37:53
LabelAccurate/Distortion
Rykodisc
ProducerPaul Q. Kolderie, Tom Dubé
Morphine chronology
Good
(1992)		 Cure for Pain
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[3]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that the album "establishes the goods, excavating a slippery, sultry groove that suggests blues and be-bop without becoming either by providing ample room in the spacious mix for two evocative voices."[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Sandman (except as noted).

  1. "Good" – 2:36
  2. "The Saddest Song" – 2:50
  3. "Claire" – 3:07
  4. "Have a Lucky Day" – 3:24
  5. "You Speak My Language" – 3:25
  6. "You Look Like Rain" – 3:42
  7. "Do Not Go Quietly Unto Your Grave" – 3:21
  8. "Lisa" (Dana Colley) – 0:43
  9. "The Only One" – 2:42
  10. "Test-Tube Baby/Shoot'm Down" – 3:11
  11. "The Other Side" (Sandman, Colley) – 3:50
  12. "I Know You (Part I)" – 2:17
  13. "I Know You (Part II)" – 2:45

Personnel

with:

  • Billy Conway – drums on "You Speak My Language" and "You Look Like Rain"; backing vocals on "You Look Like Rain"
  • Jim Fitting – bass harmonica on "I Know You (Part I)"
  • Eric Pfeiffer - artwork

References
  1. Prato, Greg. Good at AllMusic. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 5: MUZE. p. 903.CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 780.
  4. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (November 26, 2004). "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide". Simon and Schuster – via Google Books.
  5. "Morphine | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. Buckley, Peter (November 26, 2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
  7. "Dreamworks' Morphine Serves Up A Shot Of Noir". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 8, 1997 – via Google Books.
  8. "Morphine". Trouser Press. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.