Cure for Pain was the 1993 sophomore release by Morphine, a band whose influence has far outpaced its commercial impact during its heyday. Some might wonder why a collective of contemporary artists, under the guidance of project coordinator Lee Durham, might choose to remake that album track-by-track, but the reason becomes clear as the program unfolds: These are songs, 13 of them in all, that deserve to live on beyond their original incarnation. From the MOD Orchestra’s opening “Dawna,” through Dayvd Beach’s “Miles Davis’ Funeral,” which closed the original album as it does here, the new interpretations attempt to reconceptualize what Morphine created nearly three decades ago. Some are more successful than others: “A Head With Wings,” by Three Man Soul Machine, retains the funky drive of the original but smooths out some of the Morphine version’s more plodding elements, while the title track, taken on here by Deborah Bond & the Compellers, is sweet soul music in the classic Stax/Hi sense. Durham has called the compendium a labor of love, and that sense permeates the album; the respect for the band’s intent is never violated, and their seminal ’90s work gets to live again in a new century.