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Simple Songs (Jim O'Rourke album)

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Released
  
May 19, 2015

Length
  
37:38

Release date
  
19 May 2015

Label
  
Drag City

Recorded
  
2009-2015

Artist
  
Jim O'Rourke

Producer
  
Jim O'Rourke

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Genre
  
Indie rock pop rock art rock

Similar
  
Jim O'Rourke albums, Other albums

Jim o rourke friends with benefits


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). O'Rourke uses Drag City for his more conventional work.

Contents

Jim o rourke simple songs album review


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".

Track listing

All tracks written by Jim O'Rourke.

Personnel

The following people contributed to Simple Songs:

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
  • Songs

    1Friends With Benefits5:25
    2That Weekend3:15
    3Half Life Crisis4:42

    References

    Simple Songs (Jim O'Rourke album) Wikipedia