A Cure for Loneliness

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

A Cure for Loneliness
Studio album by Peter Wolf
Released	April 8, 2016 (2016-04-08)
Studio	Middleville 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
Length	37:55
Label	Concord
Producer	Peter Wolf, Kenny White
Peter Wolf chronology
Midnight Souvenirs (2010) A Cure for Loneliness (2016)

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
American Songwriter	[3]
Blurt	[4]
Classic Rock	[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
Rock & Folk	[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.	Title	Writer(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 Jennings	3:07
5.	"Fun for a While"	Peter Wolf, Tim Mayer	3:36
6.	"Wastin' Time (Live)"	Peter Wolf	4:00
7.	"Some Other Time, Some Other Place"	Peter Wolf, Will Jennings	3:51
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 Mayer	1:43
11.	"Tragedy"	Fred Burch, Gerald Nelson	2:46
12.	"Stranger"	Irene Stanton, Wayne Walker	1:32

Personnel

• Peter Wolf – vocals, harmonica (1, 2, 4-7), backing vocals (2)
• Kenny White – keyboards (1-5, 7, 8, 10, 11), backing vocals (2)
• Tom West – keyboards (6)
• Duke Levine – guitars (1-8, 10, 11, 12), backing vocals (6, 9), mandolin (9)
• Kevin Barry – guitars (1, 2, 3, 6, 8-11), lap steel guitar (5), backing vocals (9)
• Larry Campbell – guitars (4, 7), pedal steel guitar (7), fiddle (7)
• Marty Ballou – bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8-11), backing vocals (9)
• Paul Bryan – bass (4)
• Tony Garnier – bass (7)
• Shawn Pelton – drums (1-5, 7, 8, 10, 11)
• Thomas Arey – drums (6)
• Uptown Horns (4)
  • Crispin Cioe – saxophones
  • Arno Hecht – saxophones
  • Bob Funk – trombone
  • Larry Etkin – trumpet
• Paul Ahlstrand – horns (8)
• Jeff Ramsey – backing vocals (1, 3, 8)
• Athene Wilson – backing vocals (1, 3, 8)
• Aaron Lippert – backing vocals (2)
• Ada Dyer – backing vocals (4)
• Catherine Russell – backing vocals (4)
• Teresa Williams – backing vocals (7)
• Kris Delmhorst – backing vocals (11)
• Rose Polenzani – backing vocals (11)

Production

• Kenny White – producer
• Peter Wolf – producer
• Chris Rival – engineer and recording (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11)
• Rob Eaton – engineer (4, 7), mixing (7)
• David Westner – additional engineer and recording (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11), engineer and recording (9)
• Tom Dube – recording (12)
• Tom Schick – mixing (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8-12)
• Ben Wisch – mixing (4)
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
• Carrie Smith – package design
• Grace O'Connor – paintings
• Joe Greene – photography

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