Insignificance (Jim O'Rourke album)

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Insignificance
Insignificance (Front Cover).png
Studio album by
Jim O'Rourke
ReleasedNovember 19, 2001 (2001-11-19)
Genre
Length38:25
LabelDrag City
ProducerJim O'Rourke, Jeremy Lemos, Konrad Strauss
Jim O'Rourke chronology
Halfway to a Threeway
(1999) 		Insignificance
(2001) 		I'm Happy and I'm Singing and a 1, 2, 3, 4
(2001)

Insignificance is a 2001 studio album by Jim O'Rourke, originally released on Drag City.[1] It is named after the Nicolas Roeg film of the same name.[2] It peaked at number 35 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.[3]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[5]
The Guardian4/5 stars[6]
NME8/10[7]
Pitchfork8.0/10[8]
Q4/5 stars[9]
Spin7/10[10]
Stylus MagazineA−[11]
Uncut4/5 stars[12]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81% based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[4]

Pitchfork placed it at number 166 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[13]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Jim O'Rourke.

No.TitleLength
1."All Downhill from Here"4:59
2."Insignificance"5:12
3."Therefore, I Am"4:53
4."Memory Lame"5:57
5."Good Times"4:04
6."Get a Room"6:58
7."Life Goes Off"6:22
Total length:38:25

Personnel[]

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts[]

Chart (2002) Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[3] 35

References[]

  1. ^ "Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance". Drag City. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  2. ^ Ratliff, Ben (September 2, 2009). "Once Insider, Now Outsider, and Liking It". The New York Times. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Reviews for Insignificance by Jim O'Rourke". Metacritic. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  5. ^ Phares, Heather. "Insignificance – Jim O'Rourke". AllMusic. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  6. ^ Aizlewood, John (January 18, 2002). "Significant strides". The Guardian. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  7. ^ Wirth, Jim (January 19, 2002). "O'Rourke, Jim : Insignificance". NME. Archived from the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  8. ^ Pecoraro, David M. (November 27, 2001). "Jim O'Rourke: Insignificance". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  9. ^ "Jim O'Rourke: Insignificance". Q (185): 128. December 2001.
  10. ^ Gross, Joe (March 2002). "Jim O'Rourke: Insignificance". Spin. 18 (3): 137. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  11. ^ Martin, Tyler (September 1, 2003). "Jim O'Rourke – Insignificance – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  12. ^ "Jim O'Rourke: Insignificance". Uncut (57): 110. February 2002.
  13. ^ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200–151". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 1, 2009.

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