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Jim O'Rourke's reputation as an inaccessible avant-garde music boffin is shattered by the beguiling charm of EUREKA. After more than a decade of abstraction, experimentation, and improvisation, O'Rourke unleashed this playful curveball as if ... Full Descriptionto prove he was human after all. Lush and complex arrangements decorate these slightly bizarre songs. The nearest comparison is probably Van Dyke Parks's 1968 magnum opus SONG CYCLE. Both albums are richly rewarding if you're prepared to persevere beyond the initial strangeness.
Nimble acoustic guitars dominate the trance-like opener "Women Of The World" (written by deadpan Scottish absurdist Ivor Cutler). O'Rourke is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist, and his playing is imaginative and full of rich texture, but there's nothing po-faced about EUREKA. A light and happy mood is sustained throughout the album. The Latin-flavored "Something Big" takes its cues from the exotic pop of Esquivel, and is a joyful highlight.
Recorded between July 1997 and December 1998.
Personnel includes: Jim O'Rourke (vocals, various instruments); Julie Pomerleau (violin, viola); Fred Lonberg Holm (cello); Flim Barnes (percussion).
Entertainment Weekly (4/9/99, p.77) - "This Chicago-based underground scenester performs trippy mutations on everything from cool jazz to prog-rock to Sergio Mendes bossa nova..." - Rating: B
The Wire (1/00, p.67) - Included in Wire Magazine's "50 Records Of The Year ['99]"
The Wire (4/99, p.68) - "...gorgeous, a silky confection with its heart in late 60s orchestrated American pop, with just enough edgy noises to hold onto its avant status..."
CMJ (3/15/99, p.22) - "...Chicago's favorite avant-son has pulled a fast one on fans of his deconstructionist aesthetic, as the album plays it atypically melodic and pop centric. In fact, EUREKA is practically easy listening, marked by light, jazzy arrangements and swank instrumental detail..."
Mojo (Publisher) (1/00, p.30) - Ranked #32 in Mojo Magazine's "Best of 1999"
Mojo (Publisher) (4/99, p.108) - "...O'Rourke blends brass, woodwind, double bass, strings, steel guitars and pianos into a heady tropical punch, garnished with lyrics that cover everything from cakes to car crashes..." Hide Description Jim O'Rourke Eureka Songs Eureka Review
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Purchase Eureka CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Slint Spiderland CD (1991)
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Beloved of critics, ignored by the record-buying public, Slint stretched six tracks over 40 minutes and left an indelible impression on almost everyone. The songs ...
| | Neutral Milk Hotel In The Aeroplane Over The Sea CD (1998)
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Neutral Milk Hotel leader Jeff Mangum is a popster who hears interstellar sounds as natural ingredients of his "pop." He was weaned with the inevitable four-track in his bedroom, schooled on a record collection stacked with John Cage and Captain Beefheart as well as the Beatles and the Kinks. There is an instant emotional ...
| | Jim O'Rourke Bad Timing CD (1997)
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| | Low Secret Name CD (1999)
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On Low's fifth album (the fourth was a European-only live album), the band moved away from the fuzzy sound of its previous few releases and re-introduced some of the brittleness of earlier records. Many of the tracks also feature auditory experimentation. Garbled announcements, scratchy backing tracks, an instrument called an opitgan, and strings all find a place here. As the band moved into more experimental territory, it fit better than ever onto the indie label Kranky's roster, alongside Magnog, Jessamine, and the like.
"Starfire" is the band's most rock & roll-sounding song, though its inspiration is more Galaxie 500 than Led Zeppelin. The shimmering "Missouri" plays on the pun of "Missouri/misery." The monumentally aggressive "Don't Understand" features ...
| | Jim O'Rourke Insignificance CD (2001)
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Featuring vocals on every song for the first time in his career, O'Rourke makes a virtue of his somewhat thin voice in much the same way that James Mercer of the Shins does, by delivering his sometimes elliptical lyrics in an offhand, conversational tone that fits surprisingly well with the elaborate arrangements of songs such as the title track and "Get A Room." Where EUREKA sounded heavily influenced by Van Dyke Parks and the more baroque end of 1960s sunshine pop, INSIGNIFICANCE is a scrappier album, featuring ...
| | VH1 Presents The Corrs Live In Dublin CD (2002)
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This audio document of The Corrs' Dublin homecoming concert has pretty much everything fans of Irish pop could wish for, including an appearance from Bono in his earthly incarnation, fresh from an audience with President George W. Bush. It's to the band's credit that the charismatic singer fails to steal the show, despite creditable efforts via an anthemized version of Ryan Adams' beautifully downtempo "When the Stars Go Blue," and a great, leering rendition of Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra's "Summer Wine."
Somewhat more mysteriously, Rolling Stone Ron Wood also turns up on what sounds dangerously close to a lounge version of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing," but this minor faux pas is redeemed by the Irish folk medley "Joy of Life/Trout in the Bath" which arguably features more full-on Irishness ...
| | Cheap Trick Authorized Greatest Hits CD (2000)
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Die hard Trick completists, as well as those who have ever sung along to "Surrender" in a pub, will want to grab this one. While the one black mark is the lack of the earlier raw material, AUTHORIZED successfully mixes commercial ballads with down n' dirty rockers.
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| | Lorenzo The First Catapult CD (2006)
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Born and Raised in Seattle, Lorenzo the First began exploring hip hop in 1999, developing an individual style of production and rapping. First, starting from tape to tape sample transfer over Casio kicks, and recording vocals into half a broken head phone on to cassette tapes...has now developed into the birth of FIRST STUDIOS. L1 created First Sudios in a tiny Queen Anne appartment in 2001, where self motivation was the only thing keeping it alive, (not to mention the cheapest radio shack mic available at the time). The broad diversity of samples used, and L1's original drum techniques and patterns, have kept any First Studios recording a unique piece in itself. ...
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