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- Summary: The second solo release for the former Pavement leader (although it is credited to "Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks"), 'Pig Lib' features 11 new tracks.
- Record Label: Matador
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 20 out of 24
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Mixed: 4 out of 24
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Negative: 0 out of 24
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SpinPig Lib is both the loopiest music Malkmus has ever made and the most direct. [Apr 2003, p.104]
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Malkmus' songwriting is back from blandland, the backing Jicks rock, and the production got it all on tape without screwing it up.
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Pig Lib is Malkmus' loosest set of songs ever, an elegantly meandering head trip underpinned by the kind of tuneful, world-wise romanticism that's won him the hearts of English majors everywhere.
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Pig Lib is the kind of album you think about even when it's not on, that slowly develops for you and creates synapses and connections that maybe Malkmus never intended.
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MojoPig Lib is full of as many little mysteries as it is revelations. [Apr 2003, p.91]
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The WireA natural follow-up to his first solo outing. [#229, p.68]
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Just like every other record Malkmus has been involved with, it doesn't feel like an album, doesn't feel like one whole work, doesn't feel focused, or of some specific intent. Pig Lib sounds rambling and goofy and slump-shouldered and half-assed and happened-upon and lazily comfortable with every step that it takes.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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dancMay 15, 2003love every minute of it!! Saw them @ Irving Plaza, so tight and into it...It was great!
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xPhApr 11, 2003Pig Lib only has to spin four times before it burn a hole in your head and heart.
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BobBoobersmithMar 18, 2003
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bjorkbollApr 20, 2003Better than his solo debut, but lacking some of Pavements unpredictability.
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