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Insignificance (Jim O'Rourke album)

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Insignificance
Studio album by
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 the second singer-songwriter album by Jim O'Rourke, originally released on November 19, 2001 by Drag City.[2] It is named after the Nicolas Roeg film of the same name.[3] It peaked at number 35 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.[4]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
The Guardian[7]
NME8/10[8]
Pitchfork8.0/10[9]
Q[10]
Spin7/10[11]
Stylus MagazineA−[12]
Uncut[13]

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".[5]

Pitchfork placed it at number 166 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[14]

Track listing

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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

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Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

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Chart (2002) Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[4] 35

References

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  1. ^ Pitchfork Staff (October 2, 2009). "The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 27, 2023. Insignificance...to date remains his solo effort most concerned with pop accessibility.
  2. ^ "Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance". Drag City. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  3. ^ Ratliff, Ben (September 2, 2009). "Once Insider, Now Outsider, and Liking It". The New York Times. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Reviews for Insignificance by Jim O'Rourke". Metacritic. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  6. ^ Phares, Heather. "Insignificance – Jim O'Rourke". AllMusic. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  7. ^ Aizlewood, John (January 18, 2002). "Significant strides". The Guardian. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  8. ^ Wirth, Jim (January 19, 2002). "O'Rourke, Jim : Insignificance". NME. Archived from the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  9. ^ Pecoraro, David M. (November 27, 2001). "Jim O'Rourke: Insignificance". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  10. ^ "Jim O'Rourke: Insignificance". Q (185): 128. December 2001.
  11. ^ Gross, Joe (March 2002). "Jim O'Rourke: Insignificance". Spin. 18 (3): 137. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  12. ^ Martin, Tyler (September 1, 2003). "Jim O'Rourke – Insignificance – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  13. ^ "Jim O'Rourke: Insignificance". Uncut (57): 110. February 2002.
  14. ^ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200–151". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
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