O (Damien Rice album)

O
Studio album by Damien Rice
Released 1 February 2002
Recorded 2001
Genre Folk, indie rock, acoustic rock
Length 61:27
Language English
Label 14th Floor (Ireland/UK)
Vector (USA)
Producer Damien Rice
Damien Rice chronology
O
(2002)
B-Sides
(2004)
Singles from O
  1. "The Blower's Daughter"
    Released: September 2001
  2. "Cannonball"
    Released: 2002
  3. "Volcano"
    Released: 2002
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA[4]
The Guardian[5]
Mojo[6]
Pitchfork Media5.4/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
Slant Magazine[9]
SpinB–[10]
Uncut[11]

O is the debut studio album by Irish musician Damien Rice, originally released on 1 February 2002, in Ireland and in the United Kingdom. The album is dedicated to Rice's friend Mic Christopher, who died of a head injury in 2001.

Rice wanted to make the album without the backing of a major record label, believing if he signed such a deal it would compromise his future work, forcing him to move in directions he did not wish to.[12]

The video for the song "Volcano" charted in the United States on VH1's Top 20 Video countdown in October 2003.[13]

Use in Other Media

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Delicate"   5:12
2. "Volcano (Rice, Brian Crosby, David Geraghty, Paul Noonan, Dominic Philips)"   4:38
3. "The Blower's Daughter"   4:44
4. "Cannonball"   5:10
5. "Older Chests"   4:46
6. "Amie"   4:36
7. "Cheers Darlin'"   5:50
8. "Cold Water"   4:59
9. "I Remember"   5:31
10. "Eskimo" (Hidden tracks "Prague" from 7:07 to 13:00, and "Silent Night" from 14:09 to 15:57, sung by Lisa Hannigan) 15:57

Personnel

Release history

After the album's initial release and success, it was repackaged several times with additional material:

References

  1. "Reviews for O by Damien Rice". Metacritic. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  2. Spano, Charles. "O – Damien Rice". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  3. True, Everett (August 2003). "Damien Rice: O". Blender (18). Archived from the original on 19 October 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  4. Wise, Catherine (18 July 2003). "O". Entertainment Weekly: 76.
  5. Petridis, Alexis (9 August 2002). "Damien Rice: O". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  6. "Damien Rice: O". Mojo (119): 107. October 2003.
  7. Petrusich, Amanda (18 August 2003). "Damien Rice: O". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  8. DeCurtis, Anthony (10 July 2003). "Damien Rice: O". Rolling Stone (926). Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  9. Cinquemani, Sal (3 June 2003). "Damien Rice: O". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  10. "Breakdown". Spin 19 (11): 117. November 2003. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  11. "Damien Rice – O". Uncut (77): 116. October 2003. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  12. "Album Reviews - Damien Rice 'O'". CLUAS. 2002. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  13. "VH1's Music Radar; Wed., October 8 - Tues., October 14, 2003". Find Articles. 2003-10-08. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  14. Morris, Wesley (3 December 2004). "On 'Closer' inspection, Nichols rules". Boston Globe. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  15. https://us.7digital.com/artist/damien-rice/release/o-2
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