Download this and tell me what you think (Morphine - Good)

[slimebucato]

Morphine / Good
Label: Rykodisc
Year: 1993

1. Good
2. The Saddest Song
3. Claire
4. Have A Lucky Day
5. You Speak My Language
6. You Look Like Rain
7. Do Not Go Quietly Unto Your Grave
8. Lisa
9. The Only One
10. Test Tube Baby/Shoot 'Em Down
11. The Other Side
12. I Know You, Part I
13. I Know You, Part II

With no guitars and a half a set of bass strings, Morphine managed to rock harder than most of their fret-bound competition while retaining the slippery nocturnal undercurrent that would become their signature sound. On this 1992 debut album, the Boston trio strips down the minor-key blues of frontman Mark Sandman's former group, Treat Her Right, and adds a host of off-kilter elements. Sandman's slide bass and narcoleptic vocals are perfectly complemented by Dana Colley's frenetic baritone sax, which he plays like a cross between Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Van Der Graaf Generator's David Jackson. Sandman reportedly played one-string bass for this album (he'd later expand to two), and the sound quality here is murkier than on subsequent efforts. But tracks such as the infectious "You Speak My Language" and the prophetic "Do Not Go Quietly unto Your Grave" (Sandman would die onstage in 1999) are powerful indicators of Morphine's dark musical glories to come.

I discovered this recently and have been listening to it. Wondered what the crowd thought. No guitar on the entire album, just basslines punctuated with saxophone and other jazzy stuff along with other instrumentation here and there. Singer has a great singing voice, especially for this type of music. Pretty unique stuff.

Here's the title track as a sampler:

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http://www.sendspace.com/file/i6xo5fp

And the album:

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http://www.sendspace.com/file/fst46c

[PopeyeJones]

Just DL'd the one track, so just going off that...

* Singers voice reminds me of Jim Morrison at times
* Musically it sounds interesting
* The lack of guitar and limits on bass makes me wish he was doing something much more interesting lyrically (hearing some 70's era Tom Waits over this type of instrumentation would be fucking dope).
* Overall it doesn't really do it for me, but I'll still DL and listen to the rest

[slimebucato]

^ Thanks for the input. The lead singer reminded me a bit of Ian Curtis from Joy Division the first time I head it. I can see the Jim Morrison comparison too although I haven't listened to alot of The Doors. Yeah the lyrics aren't outstanding but I think they are still pretty good. I really like track number 2 in particular.

[Funky Butler]

I tried to make a Morphiny thread a while back and it didnt fly

Cure for Pain and the Night are my favorite albums by em