''Simple Songs'' is the third and final singer-songwriter

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musician Jim O'Rourke for Drag City. It was released on May 19, 2015, nearly fourteen years after O'Rourke's previous singer-songwriter album '' Insignificance'' (2001).

Critical reception

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an

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score of 86 based on 14 professional reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".

Accolades

Track listing

Personnel

The following people contributed to ''Simple Songs:''Simple Songs – Credits

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. Retrieved December 15, 2015. ;Main personnel * Jim O'Rourke – vocals, guitar * Sudoh Toshiaki – bass * Tatsuhisa Yamamoto – drums * Akiko Yoshino – french horn (4, 6, 7, 8) * Ren Takada – pedal steel guitar (5) *

Eiko Ishibashi is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician. She has frequently worked with Jim O'Rourke (musician), Jim O'Rourke, with O'Rourke producing several of her albums and Ishibashi playing on his album Simple Songs (Jim O'Rourke album), Simple Song ...

– piano, organ * Jun Moriyama – saxophone (3) * Nahoko Kamei – saxophone (3, 7) * Atsuko Hatano – strings * Daysuke Takaoka – tuba (2, 3, 6, 8) ;Additional personnel * John Golden – mastering * Kuniyoshi Taikou – photography

References

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