Simple Songs (Jim O'Rourke album)
Simple Songs is the third singer-songwriter album by American musician Jim O'Rourke for Drag City. It was released on May 19, 2015, nearly fourteen years after O'Rourke's previous singer-songwriter album Insignificance (2001).[2] O'Rourke uses Drag City for his more conventional work.
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Released | May 19, 2015 | |||
Recorded | 2009-2015[1] | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 37:38 | |||
Label | Drag City | |||
Producer | Jim O'Rourke | |||
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Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 8.0/10[3] |
Metacritic | 86/100[4] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
American Songwriter | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Consequence of Sound | B[6] |
Exclaim! | 8/10[7] |
Financial Times | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Line of Best Fit | 9/10[9] |
Mojo | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pitchfork | 8.6/10[11] |
Record Collector | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Uncut | 8/10[13] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 86 based on 14 professional reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[4]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jim O'Rourke.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Friends with Benefits" | 5:25 |
2. | "That Weekend" | 3:15 |
3. | "Half Life Crisis" | 4:42 |
4. | "Hotel Blue" | 3:21 |
5. | "These Hands" | 3:13 |
6. | "Last Year" | 5:47 |
7. | "End of the Road" | 5:33 |
8. | "All Your Love" | 6:22 |
Total length: | 37:38 |
Personnel
The following people contributed to Simple Songs:[17]
- Main personnel
- Jim O'Rourke – vocals
- Sudoh Toshiaki – bass
- Tatsuhisa Yamamoto – drums
- Akiko Yoshino – french horn (4, 6, 7, 8)
- Ren Takada – pedal steel guitar (5)
- Eiko Ishibashi – piano, organ
- Jun Moriyama – saxophone (3)
- Nahoko Kamei – saxophone (3, 7)
- Atsuko Hatano – strings
- Daisuke Takaoka – tuba (2, 3, 6, 8)
- Additional personnel
- John Golden – mastering
- Kuniyoshi Taikou – photography
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References
- Jim O'Rourke – Interview. Bomb (magazine). Retrieved December 15 2015.
- "Simple Songs - Jim O'Rourke". Drag City. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
- "Simple Songs by Jim O'Rourke reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- "Reviews for Simple Songs by Jim O'Rourke". Metacritic. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- Horowitz, Hal (June 25, 2015). "Jim O'Rourke: Simple Songs". American Songwriter. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- Kivel, Adam (May 12, 2015). "Jim O'Rourke – Simple Songs". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- Khanna, Vish (May 15, 2015). "Jim O'Rourke: Simple Songs". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (May 16, 2015). "Jim O'Rourke: Simple Songs — review". Financial Times. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- Wisgard, Alex (May 14, 2015). "Jim O'Rourke's called his new album Simple Songs, the big kidder". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- "Jim O'Rourke: Simple Songs". Mojo (260). July 2015.
- Richardson, Mark (May 15, 2015). "Jim O'Rourke: Simple Songs". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- Kennedy, Jake (June 2015). "Jim O'Rourke – Simple Songs". Record Collector (441). Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- Mulvey, John (July 2015). "Jim O'Rourke: Simple Songs". Uncut (218): 80.
- "The 50 Best Albums of 2015". Pitchfork. December 16, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- "The 50 Best Albums Of 2015". stereogum.com. 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
- "2015 Rewind: Releases of the Year 1–50". The Wire. No. 383. London. January 2016. p. 32 – via Exact Editions. (subscription required)
- Simple Songs – Credits. Discogs. Retrieved December 15 2015.
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