A Cure for Loneliness

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)

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

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
American Songwriter
Blurt
Classic Rock
Rolling Stone
Rock & Folk

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".

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	144
US Folk Albums (Billboard)	5
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)	18
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)	14