Eureka (Jim O'Rourke album)

Eureka
Studio album by
Jim O'Rourke
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1999 (1999-02-25)
RecordedJuly 1997 – December 1998
StudioSteamroom, Solid Sound (Chicago)
Genre
Length42:08
LabelDrag City
ProducerJim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke chronology
Bad Timing
(1997) 		Eureka
(1999) 		Halfway to a Threeway
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[4]
NME8/10[5]
Pitchfork5.3/10[6]

Eureka is an 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]

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