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Eureka (Jim O'Rourke album)

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Eureka
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Studio album by
Jim O'Rourke
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1999 (1999-02-25)
RecordedJuly 1997 – December 1998
StudioSteamroom, Solid Sound (Chicago)
Genre
Length42:08
Label Drag City
Producer Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke chronology
Bad Timing
(1997)		Eureka
(1999)		 Halfway to a Threeway
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly B [4]
NME 8/10 [5]
Pitchfork 5.3/10 [6]

Eureka is an album by Jim O'Rourke, originally released on February 25, 1999, by Drag City. [7] It is named after the Nicolas Roeg film of the same name. [8] Several of the track titles references pieces and performances by artist Chris Burden. [9] [10] [11] NME named it the 16th best album of 1999. [12] In 2012, Fact placed it at number 24 on the "100 Best Albums of the 1990s" list. [13]

Contents

U2 played a version of O'Rourke's recording of "Women of the World" in the encore of their 2018 Experience + Innocence Tour. [14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jim O'Rourke, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Prelude to 110 or 220/Women of the World"O'Rourke/Ivor Cutler 8:46
2."Ghost Ship in a Storm" 3:54
3."Movie on the Way Down" 7:37
4."Through the Night Softly" 4:47
5."Please Patronize Our Sponsors" 3:04
6."Something Big" Burt Bacharach, Hal David 3:13
7."Eureka" 9:11
8."Happy Holidays" 1:36
Total length:42:08
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
9."Little Island Walking"4:36
Total length:46:44

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

References

  1. ↑ "40 best: Reissues / Compilations of 2009". Fact . December 23, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Pitchfork Staff (September 28, 2022). "The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 26, 2023. ...the album includes...finely crafted chamber-pop arrangements...Nowadays, there's a sizable audience that associates him [with]...wrought pop-rock releases from the turn of the century.
  3. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Eureka – Jim O'Rourke". AllMusic . Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  4. ↑ Weingarten, Marc (April 9, 1999). "Eureka". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ Martin, Piers (February 26, 1999). "Jim O'Rourke – Eureka". NME . Archived from the original on June 23, 2000. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  6. ↑ Schreiber, Ryan. "Jim O'Rourke: Eureka". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on October 11, 2000. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Jim O'Rourke - Eureka". Drag City . Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  8. ↑ Ratliff, Ben (September 2, 2009). "Once Insider, Now Outsider, and Liking It". The New York Times . Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  9. ↑ Burden, Chris (1973), Movie on the Way Down. Oberlin College: May 1, 1973 , retrieved March 17, 2025
  10. ↑ Powell, Mike (April 20, 2015). "Jim O'Rourke on Drag City: A Primer". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  11. ↑ Net, Media Art (March 17, 2025). "Media Art Net | Burden, Chris: Prelude to 220, or 110". www.medienkunstnetz.de. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1999". NME . October 10, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  13. ↑ "The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s". Fact . September 3, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  14. ↑ Marlowe, Lara (September 11, 2018). "Bono on fame: 'Paul is dead. I live here. I'm f***ing Bono'". The Irish Times . Retrieved September 30, 2018.
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