| Real Emotional Trash | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks |
| Cover: | real_emotional_trash.jpg |
| 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 |
| Prev Title: | Face the Truth |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | Mirror Traffic |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
Real Emotional Trash is the fourth album by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks. The album was released on March 4, 2008, by Matador Records.[1] It was leaked on to the internet January 13, 2008.[2] The album peaked at No. 64 on the Billboard 200.[3]
The album features Quasi and Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss.[4]
The album was recorded at SnowGhost Music in Whitefish, Montana, and Wilco's Foxtrot Studio in Chicago, Illinois.[5]
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)http://www.matadorrecords.com/stephen_malkmus/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/47860-malkmus-ireal-emotional-trashi-album-cover-revealed, SM & JICKS http://jandemessemaeker.net/music/?album=101, and MALKMUS & JICKS http://amiestreet.com/music/stephen-malkmus/real-emotional-trash/. The cover image incorporates elements from a 1973/4 issue of Graphis Annual.[6]