Insignificance (Jim O'Rourke album)

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]

Insignificance
Studio album by Jim O'Rourke
Released	November 19, 2001 (2001-11-19)
Genre	Indie rock art rock pop rock[1]
Length	38:25
Label	Drag City
Producer	Jim 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)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
The Guardian	[7]
NME	8/10[8]
Pitchfork	8.0/10[9]
Q	[10]
Spin	7/10[11]
Stylus Magazine	A−[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

All tracks are written by Jim O'Rourke.

No.	Title	Length
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

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Jim O'Rourke
• Rob Mazurek – cornet (1, 4, 6)
• Ken Vandermark – saxophone (3)
• Jeff Tweedy – harmonica (1), guitar (3, 6)
• Ken Champion – pedal steel guitar (5, 7)
• Darin Gray – bass guitar (1, 3, 4, 6, 7)
• Glenn Kotche – drums (all tracks), vibraphone (5)
• Tim Barnes – drums (1, 3, 4, 6, 7)

Charts

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