Real Emotional Trash
by Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
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Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks bestography
Real Emotional Trash is ranked 3rd best out of 11 albums by Stephen Malkmus on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Stephen Malkmus is Stephen Malkmus which is ranked number 3916 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 378.
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Real Emotional Trash track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Real Emotional Trash rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 94 Music Albums of 2008 | 65/94 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 2008 | 64/90 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Junkmedia Best Albums 2008 | 8/23 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Drbassexpert24 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 57/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 79 Music Albums of 2008 | 3/79 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Glide’s Best Albums of 2008 | 15/40 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Delusions Of Adequacy Top 50 of 2008 | 11/51 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 86 Music Albums of the 2000s | 26/86 | 14 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 86 Music Albums of 2008 | 2/86 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 77 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 233 | |||
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Real Emotional Trash ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/10/2026 11:01 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,199 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/03/2026 02:35 | vicpark_theband | 21 | 84/100 |
| ! | 11/22/2025 05:41 | brent13 | 2,226 | 66/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.3.
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imacgill 09/11/2022 18:59 in What album are you listening to right now?Real Emotional Trash comments
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rilex 07/08/2011 06:31 | #24128 | TOP COMMENT
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At first, I was disappointed. I thought the album was imitation psyche and too noodley. About 8 listens and I realized it pushes boundaries a bit and is filled with the same wry lyrics and bouncy melodies that characterize Pavement/Malkmus' best work.
ProfessorSquid 04/08/2013 18:15 | #72002 | TOP COMMENT
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Malkmus is easily one of my all time favorite guitarists and on this record I get to hear all kinds of the dicking around that he does so well.
This is an underrated album. It is extremely solid, interesting and different. His best work (Edited)
Really solid album.
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