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Eureka
Studio album by Jim O'Rourke
Released	February 25, 1999 (1999-02-25)
Recorded	July 1997 – December 1998
Studio	Steamroom, Solid Sound (Chicago)
Genre	Symphonic pop chamber pop pop rock
Length	42:08
Label	Drag City
Producer	Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke chronology
Bad Timing (1997) Eureka (1999) Halfway to a Threeway (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	B
NME	8/10
Pitchfork	5.3/10

Eureka is an album by Jim O'Rourke, originally released on February 25, 1999 by Drag City. It is named after the Nicolas Roeg film of the same name. NME named it the 16th best album of 1999. In 2012, Fact placed it at number 24 on the "100 Best Albums of the 1990s" list.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jim O'Rourke, except where noted

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Jim O'Rourke – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, organ, synthesizer, bells
• Brian Calvin – backing vocals (1)
• Jeff Stafford – backing vocals (1)
• Jennifer Peterson – backing vocals (1)
• Maureen Loughnane – backing vocals (1)
• Edith Frost – backing vocals (6)
• Teria Gartelos – backing vocals (6)
• Julie Pomerleau – violin (1, 3, 4, 6), viola (1, 3, 4, 6)
• Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello (1, 4, 5)
• Joan Morrone – French horn (2, 5, 8)
• Jeb Bishop – trombone (3, 5, 6, 7)
• Rob Mazurek – cornet (3, 5)
• Bob Weston – trumpet (3, 7)
• Mike Colligan – clarinet (4)
• Ken Vandermark – saxophone (4)
• Richard Skabbs – organ (1)
• Darin Gray – bass guitar (2, 5, 8)
• Ken Champion – pedal steel guitar (2, 5, 8), piano (2, 5, 8)
• Rian Murphy – drums (4)
• Glenn Kotche – drums (1, 2, 5, 8), percussion (3)
• Tim Barnes – percussion (1, 2, 5)
• Steve Butters – percussion (4)

References

1. "40 best: Reissues / Compilations of 2009". Fact. December 23, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
2. ^ 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 ...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.

External links

• Eureka at Discogs (list of releases)

• 1999 albums
• Jim O'Rourke (musician) albums
• Drag City (record label) albums
• Domino Recording Company albums
• P-Vine Records albums