Simple Songs (Jim O'Rourke album)

Simple Songs
Studio album by Jim O'Rourke
Released May 19, 2015
Recorded 2009-2015[1]
Genre
Length 37:38
Label Drag City
Producer Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke chronology
The Visitor
(2009)
Simple Songs
(2015)

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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic86/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
Pitchfork Media8.6/10[5]

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".[6]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2015 2015
45[7]
Stereogum The 50 Best Albums of 2015 2015

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jim O'Rourke. 

No. Title Length
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:[9]

Main personnel
Additional personnel

References

  1. Jim O'Rourke – Interview. Bomb (magazine). Retrieved December 15 2015.
  2. "Simple Songs - Jim O'Rourke". Drag City. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  3. "Simple Songs - Jim O'Rourke". Metacritic. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  4. Allmusic review
  5. Pitchfork Media review
  6. Simple Songs - Jim O'Rourke. Metacritic. Retrieved on 12-15-2015.
  7. "The 50 Best Albums of 2015". Pitchfork. December 16, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  8. "The 50 Best Albums Of 2015". stereogum.com. 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  9. Simple Songs – Credits. Discogs. Retrieved December 15 2015.
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