Real Emotional Trash

Real Emotional Trash is the fourth album by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks. The album was released on March 4, 2008, by Matador Records.^[12] It was leaked on to the internet January 13, 2008.^[13] The album peaked at No. 64 on the Billboard 200.^[14]

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

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	B+[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]
The Guardian	[5]
Mojo	[6]
The Observer	[7]
Pitchfork	6.8/10[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Spin	[10]
Uncut	[11]

The album features Quasi and Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss.^[15]

The album was recorded at SnowGhost Music in Whitefish, Montana, and Wilco's Foxtrot Studio in Chicago, Illinois.^[16]

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

11. "Walk Into the Mirror" - 3:39
12. "Mr. Jolly" - 3:44

Personnel

• Stephen Malkmus - guitar, vocals
• Joanna Bolme - bass, background vocals, synthesizer
• Janet Weiss - drums
• Mike Clark - keyboards, guitar, synthesizer

Credits

• Mixed by Nicolas Vernhes and The Jicks at the Rare Book Room, Brooklyn, New York
• Recorded by TJ Doherty and Brett Allen (assistant)
• Additional Recording by Sean Flora and Zach Okun

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), SM & JICKS , and MALKMUS & JICKS . The cover image incorporates elements from a 1973/4 issue of Graphis Annual.^[17]