Simple Songs (Jim O'Rourke album)
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ReleasedMay 19, 2015
Recorded2009–2015[1]
StudioHoshi To Niji, Steamroom (Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan)
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 19, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2009–2015[1] | |||
| Studio | Hoshi To Niji, Steamroom (Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan) | |||
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| Length | 37:38 | |||
| Label | Drag City | |||
| Producer | Jim O'Rourke | |||
| Jim O'Rourke chronology | ||||
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Simple Songs is the third singer-songwriter album by American musician Jim O'Rourke. It was released on May 19, 2015, on Drag City. The album was released nearly fourteen years after O'Rourke's previous singer-songwriter album Insignificance (2001).[2]
Accolades
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 8.0/10[3] |
| Metacritic | 86/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| American Songwriter |    [5] |
| Consequence of Sound | B[6] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[7] |
| Financial Times | [8] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 9/10[9] |
| Mojo | [10] |
| Pitchfork | 8.6/10[11] |
| Record Collector | [12] |
| Uncut | 8/10[13] |
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".[4]
| Publication | Accolade | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchfork | The 50 Best Albums of 2015 | 2015 | 45[14] |
| Stereogum | The 50 Best Albums of 2015 | 2015 | 9[15] |
| The Wire | Releases of the Year 1–50 | 2015 | 7[16] |
