Eureka (Jim O'Rourke album)
| Eureka | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 25, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | July 1997 – December 1998 | |||
| Studio | Steamroom, Solid Sound (Chicago) | |||
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| Length | 42:08 | |||
| Label | Drag City | |||
| Producer | Jim O'Rourke | |||
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| 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. Several of the track titles references pieces and performances by artist Chris Burden. 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.
U2 played a version of O'Rourke's recording of "Women of the World" in the encore of their 2018 Experience + Innocence Tour.