Damien Rice - O - Vinyl Record 2LP

For sixteen years O existed only on CD, which is a strange fate for a record this intimate. Rhino finally put it on vinyl in 2018 and did it properly: cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, pressed at Optimal in Germany, two 180-gram discs in a gatefold with the lyrics and original artwork.

Released in 2002, O built its audience the slow way — word of mouth, back when that was still how it worked — and reached number 8 in the UK on the strength of "Cannonball," "Volcano" and "The Blower's Daughter." What makes this edition worth owning is what surrounds them. "Prague" and "Silent Night" were buried inside the CD's closing track, unlisted; here they get their own grooves on Side C. Side D collects four more: the live "The Professor & La Fille Danse" and "Moody Mooday," both B-sides to "The Blower's Daughter," plus "Lonelily" and a Galway Bay FM session of "Woman Like A Man."

Sixteen tracks, and Doreen Curran's mezzo-soprano still lifts "Eskimo" exactly the way it should.

Side A
1. Delicate
2. Volcano
3. The Blower's Daughter
4. Cannonball

Side B
5. Older Chests
6. Amie
7. Cheers Darlin'
8. Cold Water

Side C
9. I Remember
10. Eskimo
11. Prague (hidden track on the original)
12. Silent Night (featuring Lisa Hannigan) (hidden track on the original)

Side D
13. The Professor & La Fille Danse (Live) (bonus track)
14. Lonelily (bonus track)
15. Woman Like A Man (Live Radio Session) (bonus track)
16. Moody Mooday (bonus track)