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Good is the first album by the Boston-based alternative rock trio Morphine. It was released in 1992 on the Accurate/Distortion label. It was reissued by Rykodisc in 1993 after the band signed with the label.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide

Trouser Press wrote that the album "establishes the goods, excavating a slippery, sultry groove that suggests blues and bebop without becoming either by providing ample room in the spacious mix for two evocative voices." AllMusic wrote, "While it may not be as stellar as their future releases would be ... Good did a splendid job of introducing the Boston trio's highly original sound. While it was the alternative crowd who immediately latched onto Morphine, their music was geared more toward the jazz scene – a wailing saxophone, lead bass (played with a slide), and lyrics influenced by '50s beat poetry were all-important ingredients."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mark Sandman, except as noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Shame" (between "Lisa" and "The Only One")	2:44

2020 vinyl expanded edition

On September 9, 2019, the Run Out Groove label announced that Good had been voted as their next vinyl rerelease and would include a bonus record of unreleased tracks remastered from the original source tapes. It was released on January 17, 2020.

side one (1-6) and two (7-13) as per original album

Side three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Where's the Sun Go"		1:37
2.	"Shame"		2:43
3.	"The Only One" (live radio broadcast)		3:10
4.	"If You Live"	Mose Allison	3:54
5.	"Mom Bomb"		1:01
6.	"The Old Days (It's Not Like That Anymore)"		4:38

Side four
No.	Title	Length
7.	"Let's Dance" (Mark voice message) "Come Over" (early version)	0:17 2:13
8.	"The Saddest Song" (alternate version)	4:03
9.	"Mona's Sister" (alternate version; with Treat Her Right)	3:27
10.	"You're Worse — Looking Good" (edited rehearsal recording)	2:18
11.	"Test-Tube Baby/Shoot'm Down" (longer alternate version)	4:36
12.	"Yes idea" "Morphine gig ad" (Mark voice message)	1:13 0:29

Notes

All tracks on side three and four were recorded between 1989 and 1991. All tracks, except "Shame" and "Mona's Sister", are previously unreleased. "Shame" was released in 1993 as a B-side to the "Cure for Pain" single, and "Mona's Sister" was included on the 2004 box set Sandbox: The Mark Sandman Box Set.

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.

Morphine

Mark Sandman – vocals, 2-string slide bass, organ, guitar, tritar
Dana Colley – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, double saxophone, triangle, backing vocals on "You Look Like Rain"
Jerome Deupree – drums

Additional musicians

Billy Conway – drums on "You Speak My Language" and "You Look Like Rain"
Jim Fitting – bass harmonica on "I Know You (Part I)"

Technical

Mark Sandman – producer
Paul Q. Kolderie – co-producer, engineer (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13)
Tom Dubé – co-producer, engineer (3, 8, 11, 12)
Mike Dineen – mixing (9)
Toby Mountain – mastering
Eric Pfeiffer - artwork

Notes

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 13 recorded at The Outpost.
Tracks 3, 8, 11 and 12 recorded at Q Division and Fort Apache
Track 6 recorded at High-N-Dry.

References

"Morphine | Biography & History". AllMusic.
Buckley, Peter (November 26, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 903.
Gagnon, Tim (September 14, 2018). "Remembering Morphine's 'Cure For Pain,' The Record That Solidified Boston's Nocturnal Sound". WBUR. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
"Dreamworks' Morphine Serves Up A Shot Of Noir". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 8, 1997 – via Google Books.
^ Prato, Greg. Good at AllMusic. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 780.
Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (November 26, 2004). (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698 – via Google Books.
^ "Morphine". Trouser Press. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
"Good [Expanded Edition]". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
^ Good (CD liner notes). Morphine. Run Out Groove. 2020. ROGV-083.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Good (CD liner notes). Morphine. Accurate Distortion. 1992. AD-1001.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

v t e Morphine
Mark Sandman Dana Colley Jerome Deupree Billy Conway
Studio albums	Good Cure for Pain Yes Like Swimming The Night
Live albums	Bootleg Detroit
Compilations	B-Sides and Otherwise The Best of Morphine: 1992–1995 Sandbox: The Mark Sandman Box Set

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