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. It was leaked on to the internet January 13, 2008. The album peaked at No. 64 on the Billboard 200.
The album features Quasi and Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss.
The album was recorded at SnowGhost Music in Whitefish, Montana, and Wilco's Foxtrot Studio in Chicago, Illinois.

Track listing

"Dragonfly Pie" - 5:08
"Hopscotch Willie" - 6:56
"Cold Son" - 3:43
"Real Emotional Trash" - 10:09
"Out of Reaches" - 4:51
"Baltimore" - 6:37
"Gardenia" - 2:54
"Elmo Delmo" - 6:42
"We Can't Help You" - 3:04
"Wicked Wanda" - 5:06

;Bonus tracks

"Walk Into the Mirror" - 3:39
"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
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. Examples are STEPHEN MALKMUS & JICKS , SM & JICKS , and MALKMUS & JICKS . The cover image incorporates elements from a 1973/4 issue of Graphis Annual.