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)The Visitor2009		 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

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".[3]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2015 2015
45[4]
Stereogum The 50 Best Albums of 2015 2015
The Wire Releases of the Year 1–50 2015

Track listing

All tracks written by Jim O'Rourke.

No.TitleLength
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:[7]

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

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 on 12-15-2015.
  4. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 2015". Pitchfork. December 16, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  5. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums Of 2015". stereogum.com. 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  6. ↑ "2015 Rewind: Releases of the Year 1–50". The Wire. No. 383. London. January 2016. p. 32 – via Exact Editions. (subscription required)
  7. ↑ Simple Songs – Credits. Discogs. Retrieved December 15 2015.
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