Real Emotional Trash

Real Emotional Trash
Studio album by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Released March 4, 2008 (U.S.)
Recorded April 2007 and June 2007 at SnowGhost Music in Whitefish, Montana and Foxtrot Studio in Chicago, Illinois.
Genre Indie rock
Length 55:05
Label Matador Records (U.S.)
Domino Records (UK)
Producer Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks chronology
Face the Truth
(2005)
Real Emotional Trash
(2008)
Mirror Traffic
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
The A.V. Club (B+)[2]
Bearded [3]
Crawdaddy! (favorable)[4]
Pitchfork Media (6.8/10)[5]
PopMatters [6]
Rolling Stone [7]
Twisted Ear [8]
Uncut [9]

Real Emotional Trash is the fourth album by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks. The album was released on March 4, 2008 by Matador Records.[10] The album was leaked on to the internet January 13, 2008. The album peaked #64 on the Billboard 200.

The album is the Jicks' first to feature Quasi and former Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss.

The album was recorded at SnowGhost Music in Whitefish, Montana [1] and Wilco's Foxtrot Studio in Chicago, Illinois.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Dragonfly Pie" - 5:08
  2. "Hopscotch Willie" - 6:56
  3. "Cold Son" - 3:43
  4. "Real Emotional Trash" - 10:09
  5. "Out of Reaches" - 4:51
  6. "Baltimore" - 6:37
  7. "Gardenia" - 2:54
  8. "Elmo Delmo" - 6:42
  9. "We Can't Help You" - 3:04
  10. "Wicked Wanda" - 5:06
Bonus tracks
  1. "Walk Into the Mirror" - 3:39
  2. "Mr. Jolly" - 3:44

Personnel

Credits

Album covers

There are several cover designs, all using the same image, but with differences in the artist / band name (using different colours). Examples are STEPHEN MALKMUS & JICKS (with white and/or blue text)[2][3], SM & JICKS[4], and MALKMUS & JICKS[5].

References