MORPHINE
''B-SIDES AND OTHERWISE''
SEPTEMBER 23 1997
43:21
1 Have a Lucky Day (live radio broadcast 1994 - from the "Super Sex" CD single)
2 All Wrong (live radio broadcast 1994 - from the "Honey White" CD single)
3 I Know You - Part Two (live radio broadcast 1994 - from the "Honey White" CD single)
4 Bo's Veranda (from the soundtrack of "Get Shorty")
5 Mile High (from the soundtrack of "Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead)
6 Shame (from the "Cure For Pain" CD single)
7 Down Love's Tributaries (from the "Cure For Pain" CD single)
8 Kerouac (from the tribute CD "Kerouac-Kicks Joy Darkness")
9 Pulled Over the Car (from the Japanese CD release of "Yes")
10 Sundayafternoonweightlessness (from the "Super Sex" CD single)
11 Virgin Bride (Ernest Noyes Brookings, Mark Sandman) (from an Australian - only bonus CD included with "Like Swimming")
12 Mail (from the various artists compilation "Outstandingly Ignited-Lyrics by Ernest Noyes Brookings, Vol. 4")
13 My Brain (from the "Cure For Pain" CD single)
Tracks By Mark Sandman, Except 11
Mark Sandman - 2-string slide bass, lead vocs, organ, guitar, knobs
Dana Colley - baritone sax, tenor sax, soprano sax, autoharp, dobro feedback
Billy Conway - drums
Special Guests:
Mike Rivard - Bass on #4
Russ Gershon - Tenor sax on #4,5
Tom Halter - Trumpet on #5
Larry Dersch - Drums on #5
Jerome Deupree - Drums on #6
Sabine - Vocals on #7
Frank Swart - Bass tag of #12
Dominique Zar - Drums tag of #12
Rick Barry - Percussion on #13
REVIEW/AMG
by Greg Prato
***/*****
Perhaps as a contractual obligation, only a few months after Like Swimming appeared in record stores, a collection of B-sides and soundtrack-only material titled B-Sides and Otherwise was issued by Morphine's original label, Rykodisc. While the trio always used unconventionality to their advantage, their acute pop sensibilities appealed to a wider audience; however, the material here is more challenging and abstract than your average Morphine release. Some songs, such as the eight-minute soundscape "Down Love's Tributaries," test the listener's patience, while others, such as live radio broadcasts of two tracks ("Have a Lucky Day" and "All Wrong"), are thoroughly enjoyable. Other highlights include a beautiful acoustic guitar instrumental from the movie Get Shorty entitled "Bo's Veranda," plus "Shame," "Kerouac," "Pulled Over the Car," "Mail," the charged-up "Mile High," and the humorous "My Brain." An interesting collection of oddities that will appeal to the dedicated fan, B-Sides and Otherwise captures the band at their most experimental.
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Morphine is a rarity -- bluesy, bare-bones rock & roll without any guitars. Instead of guitar riffs, the trio relies on sliding two-string basslines, raucous saxophones, and wry, ironically detached vocals. During the mid-'90s, Morphine gained a sizable cult following in America, primarily due to good word of mouth, heavy college airplay, and positive reviews.
Morphine was formed in 1990 by bassist/vocalist Mark Sandman, who had previously played with the bluesy alternative rock band Treat Her Right, and Dana Colley (tenor and baritone saxophone), a former member of the local Boston group Three Colors. Sandman and Colley added drummer Jerome Dupree to complete the lineup. The group released its debut album, Good, on the independent Accurate/Distortion label in 1991; it was reissued on Rykodisc Records in 1992. Good received substantial airplay on American college radio stations, as well as favorable reviews in alternative publications across the country. After the release of Good, Dupree left the band and was replaced by Billy Conway, who had previously played with Sandman in Treat Her Right.
The positive reception to Good set the stage for 1993's Cure for Pain, which received good reviews from a variety of music and mainstream publications upon its spring release. Morphine supported Cure for Pain with an extensive American and European tour that lasted throughout 1994, which helped the album sell over 300,000 copies -- an impressive feat for an independent release. In 1995, Morphine released their third album, Yes, which also received favorable reviews and helped the band sustain its large cult following.
The success of Cure for Pain and Yes also attracted the attention of major record labels, and in late 1996, Dreamworks bought out the majority share of Morphine's contract from Rykodisc. Like Swimming, the group's debut for Dreamworks, was released in the spring of 1997 to generally favorable reviews, yet it failed to break Morphine out of cult status. On July 3, 1999, Sandman collapsed on-stage during a performance in Rome, dying of a heart attack at the age of 46. The Night was posthumously issued early the following year and the live disc Bootleg Detroit appeared in fall 2000.
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''B-SIDES AND OTHERWISE''
SEPTEMBER 23 1997
43:21
1 Have a Lucky Day (live radio broadcast 1994 - from the "Super Sex" CD single)
2 All Wrong (live radio broadcast 1994 - from the "Honey White" CD single)
3 I Know You - Part Two (live radio broadcast 1994 - from the "Honey White" CD single)
4 Bo's Veranda (from the soundtrack of "Get Shorty")
5 Mile High (from the soundtrack of "Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead)
6 Shame (from the "Cure For Pain" CD single)
7 Down Love's Tributaries (from the "Cure For Pain" CD single)
8 Kerouac (from the tribute CD "Kerouac-Kicks Joy Darkness")
9 Pulled Over the Car (from the Japanese CD release of "Yes")
10 Sundayafternoonweightlessness (from the "Super Sex" CD single)
11 Virgin Bride (Ernest Noyes Brookings, Mark Sandman) (from an Australian - only bonus CD included with "Like Swimming")
12 Mail (from the various artists compilation "Outstandingly Ignited-Lyrics by Ernest Noyes Brookings, Vol. 4")
13 My Brain (from the "Cure For Pain" CD single)
Tracks By Mark Sandman, Except 11
Mark Sandman - 2-string slide bass, lead vocs, organ, guitar, knobs
Dana Colley - baritone sax, tenor sax, soprano sax, autoharp, dobro feedback
Billy Conway - drums
Special Guests:
Mike Rivard - Bass on #4
Russ Gershon - Tenor sax on #4,5
Tom Halter - Trumpet on #5
Larry Dersch - Drums on #5
Jerome Deupree - Drums on #6
Sabine - Vocals on #7
Frank Swart - Bass tag of #12
Dominique Zar - Drums tag of #12
Rick Barry - Percussion on #13
REVIEW/AMG
by Greg Prato
***/*****
Perhaps as a contractual obligation, only a few months after Like Swimming appeared in record stores, a collection of B-sides and soundtrack-only material titled B-Sides and Otherwise was issued by Morphine's original label, Rykodisc. While the trio always used unconventionality to their advantage, their acute pop sensibilities appealed to a wider audience; however, the material here is more challenging and abstract than your average Morphine release. Some songs, such as the eight-minute soundscape "Down Love's Tributaries," test the listener's patience, while others, such as live radio broadcasts of two tracks ("Have a Lucky Day" and "All Wrong"), are thoroughly enjoyable. Other highlights include a beautiful acoustic guitar instrumental from the movie Get Shorty entitled "Bo's Veranda," plus "Shame," "Kerouac," "Pulled Over the Car," "Mail," the charged-up "Mile High," and the humorous "My Brain." An interesting collection of oddities that will appeal to the dedicated fan, B-Sides and Otherwise captures the band at their most experimental.
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Morphine is a rarity -- bluesy, bare-bones rock & roll without any guitars. Instead of guitar riffs, the trio relies on sliding two-string basslines, raucous saxophones, and wry, ironically detached vocals. During the mid-'90s, Morphine gained a sizable cult following in America, primarily due to good word of mouth, heavy college airplay, and positive reviews.
Morphine was formed in 1990 by bassist/vocalist Mark Sandman, who had previously played with the bluesy alternative rock band Treat Her Right, and Dana Colley (tenor and baritone saxophone), a former member of the local Boston group Three Colors. Sandman and Colley added drummer Jerome Dupree to complete the lineup. The group released its debut album, Good, on the independent Accurate/Distortion label in 1991; it was reissued on Rykodisc Records in 1992. Good received substantial airplay on American college radio stations, as well as favorable reviews in alternative publications across the country. After the release of Good, Dupree left the band and was replaced by Billy Conway, who had previously played with Sandman in Treat Her Right.
The positive reception to Good set the stage for 1993's Cure for Pain, which received good reviews from a variety of music and mainstream publications upon its spring release. Morphine supported Cure for Pain with an extensive American and European tour that lasted throughout 1994, which helped the album sell over 300,000 copies -- an impressive feat for an independent release. In 1995, Morphine released their third album, Yes, which also received favorable reviews and helped the band sustain its large cult following.
The success of Cure for Pain and Yes also attracted the attention of major record labels, and in late 1996, Dreamworks bought out the majority share of Morphine's contract from Rykodisc. Like Swimming, the group's debut for Dreamworks, was released in the spring of 1997 to generally favorable reviews, yet it failed to break Morphine out of cult status. On July 3, 1999, Sandman collapsed on-stage during a performance in Rome, dying of a heart attack at the age of 46. The Night was posthumously issued early the following year and the live disc Bootleg Detroit appeared in fall 2000.
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