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Damien Rice

2002
O
Album Summary

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O is the debut studio album by Irish musician Damien Rice, originally released on 1 February 2002, in Ireland and in the United Kingdom. The album is dedicated to Rice's friend Mic Christopher, a musician who died of a head injury shortly before the album's release at the end of 2001. In 2014, John Meagher of The Irish Independent described the album as, "one of the great Irish cultural success stories of the decade.". In 2015, Donte Kirby of That Music Mag called it "an album that mined the vein of melancholy that comes from a relationship. If your partner just left you, if a close friend won’t pick up your calls or there’s an ache in your chest O might speak to you.". In 2015, Paul Moore of Joe.IE describes the difficulty of retrospectively ranking tracks as "the whole record plays out as one incredibly atmospheric, haunting and immersive piece of music."

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Rating

3.21

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29

Genres

  • Folk
  • Rock

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Oct 15 2024
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5

Rating: 9/10 Best songs: Delicate, Volcano, The blower’s daughter, Cannonball, Cheers darlin’, Eskimo

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Oct 17 2024
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5

Well played! I only remembered "Cannonball" from the radio when it was released, but the album as a whole is excellent.

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Oct 17 2024
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5

Love it. It is a bit depressing but really wonderful.

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Oct 17 2024
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5

The Blower’s Daughter has always been a favorite of mine. Something special here. The album is really nice….can make you feel a bit quiet, maybe depressed. But, i really liked listening to it.

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Oct 16 2024
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4

This was really nice. Mellow and haunting. 4 stars.

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Oct 14 2024
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3

Not too bad. A bit boring? But not unpleasant. Same kinda vibe as Tina Dico. But a guy. 3/5.

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Oct 17 2024
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3

I have never quite meshed with the vibe of this guy, though on paper the music mostly checks my boxes. I didn't dislike this at all but it never really grabbed me.

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Oct 15 2024
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2

I thought it was music for a low mood, which can be fine for 2 or 3 songs that calm you down or endure the sadness, but a 50-minute album was too much for me.

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Oct 17 2024
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2

Another singer-songwriter effort that feels so much like the others. My listening habits focus pretty squarely on the instrumentals for a given LP, and while great lyrics can elevate a track to new heights, this album (and genre as a whole) treads so much of the same ground again and again. Give me an interesting chord progression, a wild timbre, something I’ve never heard before - just please don’t sing the same song about love and loss over the same thin guitar chords over and over again.

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