Eureka (Jim O'Rourke album)

Eureka

Studio album by

Jim O'Rourke

Released

February 25, 1999

Recorded

July 1997 – December 1998

Studio

Steamroom, Solid Sound (Chicago)

Genre

Length

42:08

Jim O'Rourke chronology

Bad Timing
(1997)

Eureka
(1999)

Halfway to a Threeway
(1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[4]
NME	8/10^[5]
Pitchfork	5.3/10^[6]

Eureka is the first singer-songwriter 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] NME named it the 16th best album of 1999.^[9] In 2012, Fact placed it at number 24 on the "100 Best Albums of the 1990s" list.^[10]

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Track listing

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

No.	Title	Writer(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.	Title	Length
9.	"Little Island Walking"	4:36
Total length:		46:44

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Jim O'Rourke – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, organ, synthesizer, bells
Brian Calvin – backing vocals (1)
Jeff Stafford – backing vocals (1)
Jennifer Peterson – backing vocals (1)
Maureen Loughnane – backing vocals (1)
Edith Frost – backing vocals (6)
Teria Gartelos – backing vocals (6)
Julie Pomerleau – violin (1, 3, 4, 6), viola (1, 3, 4, 6)
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello (1, 4, 5)
Joan Morrone – French horn (2, 5, 8)
Jeb Bishop – trombone (3, 5, 6, 7)
Rob Mazurek – cornet (3, 5)
Bob Weston – trumpet (3, 7)
Mike Colligan – clarinet (4)
Ken Vandermark – saxophone (4)
Richard Skabbs – organ (1)
Darin Gray – bass guitar (2, 5, 8)
Ken Champion – pedal steel guitar (2, 5, 8), piano (2, 5, 8)
Rian Murphy – drums (4)
Glenn Kotche – drums (1, 2, 5, 8), percussion (3)
Tim Barnes – percussion (1, 2, 5)
Steve Butters – percussion (4)

References

^ "40 best: Reissues / Compilations of 2009". Fact. December 23, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Ankeny, Jason. "Eureka – Jim O'Rourke". AllMusic. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
^ Weingarten, Marc (April 9, 1999). "Eureka". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
^ Martin, Piers (February 26, 1999). "Jim O'Rourke – Eureka". NME. Archived from the original on June 23, 2000. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
^ Schreiber, Ryan. "Jim O'Rourke: Eureka". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on October 11, 2000. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
^ "Jim O'Rourke - Eureka". Drag City. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
^ Ratliff, Ben (September 2, 2009). "Once Insider, Now Outsider, and Liking It". The New York Times. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
^ "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1999". NME. October 10, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
^ "The 100 Best Albums of the 1990s". Fact. September 3, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2018.

External links

Eureka at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e Jim O'Rourke
Studio albums	Bad Timing Eureka Insignificance I'm Happy and I'm Singing and a 1, 2, 3, 4 The Visitor Simple Songs
EPs	Halfway to a Threeway
Related bands	Brise-Glace Gastr del Sol Loose Fur Sonic Youth Wilco

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