[SonicBebs]

where should i start?
I get the impression his stuff is pretty varied.

My favourite SY is stuff is stuff with him, and i'm loving the 2 he did with Wilco if that helps

cheers

[This Is Not Here]

I enjoy Terminal Pharmacy, 1995

[andrei]

If you want to hear the pop side, check: Eureka, Insigificance, Halfway To A Threeway, I'm Happy, And I'm Singing, And A 1, 2, 3, 4, Bad Timing. Also check: Gastr Del Sol and Loose Fur
As you said, he's stuff is pretty varied. There are more avant-garde intersting pieces. You should take a look!

[greedrex]

ok no worries
get the four DOMINO Lps
1) insignificance
2) halfway to a threeway
3) eureka
4) bad timing (that's more if you dig Fahey)

once you've got this, there are loads of varied things he's put out that are really good.
you can't really do without "I'm happy, and I'm singing and a 1, 2, 3, 4"
on Mego, that's amazing stuff

and also
"Happy days" (varied reissues)

i will let the "walking encyclopedia team" answer for the rest of his noisy / experimental stuff

DOGET THESE 6 RECORDS.
they are good.

[greedrex]

yeah if you like Wilco stuff w/ Jimo get the Loose Fur first LP at least.

[greedrex]

Gastr is something else altogether.
But anyone would enjoy at least " camoufleur'

[atsonicpark]

gastr del sol, easily one of the greatest bands of all time. upgrade and afterlife!

i wish i had happy days...

[marleypumpkin]

Originally Posted by greedrex

yeah if you like Wilco stuff w/ Jimo get the Loose Fur first LP at least.

Agreed, a great place to start w/ Jim O'Rourke. There's also stuff that he & John Fahey did together.

[batreleaser]

ive been listening to 'tamper' alot. anyways, my fave 5 o'rourke solo albums in order:

1. terminal pharmacy
2. im happy and im singing a 1,2,3,4
3. tamper
4. eureka
5. bad timing

but, gastr del sol's 'upgrade and afterlife' and 'the serpentine similar' are the best records hes been involved with.

i love all his collaborative work, especially the records he did with derek bailey, fennesz, nurse with wound, merzbow, thurston, and mats gustaffson.

the work he did with sonic youth was the best the band did since the 80s. in my opinion, 'murray street' was their best full length record since 'ddn'. syr3 is my fave syr as well.

his stuff as a band member is all worth checking out. especially the supreme indifference's 'a lick in time' and 'male communication', loose fur's s/t, diskaholics anonymous trio's live in japan albums, fenno'berg's 'the return' and 'the magis sounds of', all the brise glace (this is my favorite o'rourke band besides gastr) albums, and yona kit's s/t.

everyone knows hes one of the best underground producers around. i think his best production was on us maple's 'long hair in three stages', wilco's 'a ghost is born' (he turned an alt country band into an experimental psychedelic noise country band, total headsfuck of a record that was considering stuff like 'am'), stereolab's 'cobras and phases group play voltage in the milky night', and bobby conn's 'rise up'.

in short, jim o'rourke is one of the true geniuses of modern music. there is absolutley NO ONE who plays such a diverse number of styles, and has such a varied body of work in music, and has almost no misteps. o'rourke is the man.

[Toilet & Bowels]

i think his best work was the cello playing on bathysphere by smog

[StevOK]

I have Eureka and Insignificance, but my favorite is the album he did with Superchunk. And by chance the first hit on google I found had a link.

 

http://www.mediafire.com/?jj9ezf3lhzt

[jennthebenn]

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

i think his best work was the cello playing on bathysphere by smog

or the steel guitar on "Captain Easychord" by stereolab.

[Toilet & Bowels]

Originally Posted by jennthebenn

or the steel guitar on "Captain Easychord" by stereolab.

between those two that's pretty muich everything you need from jim o'rourke

[greedrex]

ha ha the dude has got like 20 LPs to buy now
hahahahaha


fennoberg is great yes
and his production on Smog is good also

[Sheriff Rhys Chatham]

I own Happy Days and Terminal Pharmacy, they're great if you're into minimalism

[marleypumpkin]

Originally Posted by StevOK

I have Eureka and Insignificance, but my favorite is the album he did with Superchunk. And by chance the first hit on google I found had a link.

 

http://www.mediafire.com/?jj9ezf3lhzt

Many Thanks!

[jonathan]

As far his solo stuff, my short answer would be Eureka and Computer Hotel.

Gastr Del Sol should not be disregarded. The middle three albums are my favorites.
For the record, Serpentine Similar doesn't have Jim O'Rourke on it.

[fugazifan]

i own
happy days
insignificance
bad timing
eureka somewhere on some data cd
and as for gastr del sol
upgrade and afterlife
and
camafelur
all of them are amazing.
i think i like upgrade and afterlife and insignificance the best

[SonicBebs]

Originally Posted by greedrex

ha ha the dude has got like 20 LPs to buy now
hahahahaha

yeah, cheers guys!

right, so i'm gonna get eureka, insignignificance, and the Gastr Camafelur


if they're shit you lot are gonna get it (as if they'd be shit)

[SonicBebs]

what a supprise.
HMV or Virgin dont have any Jim or Gastr or anything good at all