Eureka

by Jim O'Rourke

Eureka cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 February 1999
  • Label: Drag City
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:08
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 10 ratings

Artists on this release: Teria Garteris, Rob Mazurek, Michael Colligan, Fredrick Lonberg-Holm, Maureen Loughnane, Joan Morrone, Jennifer Peterson, Ivor Cutler, Edith Frost, Jeb Bishop, Ken Champion, Ken Vandermark, Rian Murphy, Julie Pomerleau, Robert Weston, Glenn Kotche, Brian Calvin, Jeff Stafford, Darin Gray, Tim Barnes

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Moving away from experimental noise, Jim O'Rourke delivers a breathtakingly lush and intricate chamber pop record on 'Eureka'. The album contrasts warm, highly melodic acoustic and lounge-inspired arrangements with incredibly cynical and misanthropic lyricism.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, existential, orchestral, sophisticated, ambitious

Tracklist

  1. Prelude To 110 Or 120 / Women Of The World (08:46)
  2. Ghost Ship In A Storm (03:54)
  3. Movie On The Way Down (07:37)
  4. Through The Night Softly (04:47)
  5. Please Patronize Our Sponsors (03:04)
  6. Something Big (03:13)
  7. Eureka (09:11)
  8. Happy Holidays (01:36)

Credits

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