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Track Listings
| 1. There's Hell In Hello But More In Goodbye |
| 2. 94 The Long Way |
| 3. Bad Timing |
| 4. Happy Trails |
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Guitarist Jim O'Rourke is best known as half of Gastr del Sol, one of the finest workaday avant post-rock outfits around. But O'Rourke is also a serious guitarophile, equally awestruck by John Fahey's open-ended takes on rural and Delta blues, and by Derek Bailey's unwavering free improvisation. O'Rourke's Bad Timing is replete with twisty blues plucking that spins like a series of tops winding around on a well-polished floor. The melodic lines O'Rourke concocts as a soloist on "There's Hell in Hello but More in Goodbye" are unnerving in their clarity and precision, not to mention their close-hewn structural integrity. And the rest of Bad Timing is all about construction: building an acoustic session out of various horns, guitar, piano, hints of percussion and an ear for both ambient music and absolute sound. O'Rourke keeps enough delicacy in Bad Timing to mark it out as safe sound-furniture, but when you listen up, the details will blow you away.--Andrew Bartlett
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Minimalist composer, avante garde experimentalist, acoustic guitar maestro and in-demand producer/bass player - Jim O'Rourke is struggling to command any respect in the muso circle these days! One glance at his much maligned back catalogue would suggest this album is a definate "hit or miss" affair. His previous long-player Happy Days suggested a new direction in melodic appreciation; and then changed its mind. Bad Timing, however, sees O'Rourke construct a masterpiece of folky electronica with echoes of John Fahey's America. The album sets off at a pleasing pace and as his guitar evolves around various tempos and styles allowing the brass, string and electronic arrangements to join in this feel-good jambourie, you can only marvel at the genious of the man. Simply stunning, this album remains a benchmark for the post-everything genre which so often fails musically and emotionally; but is where O'Rourke thrives best.
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I've bought the vinyl - good sound, rich and clean-
exceptional guitarist-I think his best work
Bravo jim. now i want "visitor"
exceptional guitarist-I think his best work
Bravo jim. now i want "visitor"
1 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By endofmusic
Format:Audio CD
ok 2 stars is maybe a bit harsh, but i do hope no-one else will confuse this with one of his 'full band and vocal' albums. as i did. i wish he would maybe work under a different name as this is the second time i have been dissapointed, im sure its good for what it is but to me it sounds like someone strumming a guitar for ten minutes non stop. i think he is one of the best songwriters around and has an excellent, non mistakable voice that i missed so much from this album. buy eureka or, actually buy eureka AND insignificance instead.
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