A Cure for Loneliness

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A Cure for Loneliness
Peter Wolf A Cure for Loneliness.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 8, 2016 (2016-04-08)
StudioMiddleville Studios (North Reading, MA); Woolly Mammoth Studios (Waltham, MA); Karina's Kitchen; Stone Mountain Arts Center (Brownfield, ME); Sear Sound and Red House Studio (New York, NY); The Loft (Bronxville, NY).
Genre Rock
Length37:55
Label Concord
Producer Peter Wolf, Kenny White
Peter Wolf chronology
Midnight Souvenirs
(2010)
A Cure for Loneliness
(2016)

A Cure for Loneliness is the eighth studio album by American musician Peter Wolf. It was released on April 8, 2016, by Concord Records.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Blurt Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Rock & Folk Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]

A Cure for Loneliness received positive reviews from critics upon release. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 76/100 based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rolling On"Peter Wolf, Will Jennings 4:07
2."It Was Always So Easy (To Find an Unhappy Woman)" A.L. "Doodle" Owens, Sanger D. Shafer 2:41
3."Peace of Mind"Peter Wolf, Will Jennings, Duke Levine 3:48
4."How Do You Know"Peter Wolf, Will Jennings3:07
5."Fun for a While"Peter Wolf, Tim Mayer3:36
6."Wastin' Time (Live)"Peter Wolf4:00
7."Some Other Time, Some Other Place"Peter Wolf, Will Jennings3:51
8."It's Raining"Peter Wolf, Don Covay 4:19
9."Love Stinks"Peter Wolf, Seth Justman 2:25
10."Mr. Mistake"Peter Wolf, Tim Mayer1:43
11."Tragedy" Fred Burch, Gerald Nelson2:46
12."Stranger"Irene Stanton, Wayne Walker1:32

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [8] 144
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [9] 5
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [10] 18
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [11] 14

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