Stephen Malkmus (album)

Stephen Malkmus
Studio album by Stephen Malkmus
Released February 13, 2001
Recorded May – August 2000
Genre Indie rock
Length 41:37
Label Matador
Producer Clarence Skiboots
Stephen Malkmus chronology

Stephen Malkmus
(2001)		 Pig Lib
(2003)

Stephen Malkmus is the debut album by Stephen Malkmus, released on February 13, 2001 by Matador Records. Malkmus had planned to create the record by himself, or through a smaller, local label, but eventually accepted the offer Matador asked, and he released it. Pre-release promotional CDs of the album exist under the working titles Jicks and Swedish Reggae. Malkmus intended to release the album as The Jicks, but Matador insisted that the album be released under his own name. The album peaked at #124 in the US and #49 in the UK.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 82/100[2]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [3]
Robert Christgau A−[4]
Pitchfork Media 7.7/10[5]
Rolling Stone [6]

Stephen Malkmus received positive reviews from music critics. Rob Sheffield, writing for Rolling Stone, compared the album favorably to the solo debuts by Television's Tom Verlaine and The Velvet Underground's Lou Reed, commenting: "Freed from the constraints of a band that didn't constrain him all that much, [Malkmus] grapples with the problem of what to do with all the empty spaces in the music".[6] Similarly, Pitchfork Media reviewer Nick Mirov opined that Malkmus "has regained his songwriting stride, and he sounds more confident than he's been in a long time".[5] The album appeared at number 28 in The Village Voice‍ '​s Pazz & Jop critics' poll for 2001.[7]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Black Book"   4:23
2. "Phantasies"   2:40
3. "Jo Jo's Jacket"   4:01
4. "Church on White"   3:20
5. "The Hook"   3:03
6. "Discretion Grove"   3:14
7. "Troubbble"   1:40
8. "Pink India"   5:54
9. "Trojan Curfew"   4:06
10. "Vague Space"   2:56
11. "Jenny and the Ess-Dog"   2:45
12. "Deado"   3:37
Total length:
 41:37

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Stephen Malkmus - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
  2. ↑ "Stephen Malkmus". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  3. ↑ Heather Phares. "Stephen Malkmus". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
  4. ↑ Robert Christgau. "Stephen Malkmus". Robert Christgau website. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Nick Mirov (2001-01-31). "Stephen Malkmus". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Rob Sheffield (2001-02-05). "Stephen Malkmus". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  7. ↑ "The 2001 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. 2002-02-12. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2014-01-07.

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