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{{Infobox album
| name       = Pig Lib
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks]]
| cover      = Piglib.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = March 18, 2003
| recorded   = February 10, 2001 – August 2002<ref name="AllMusic review"/>
| venue      =
| studio     =
*• [[Bear Creek Studio]], Woodinville, WA
*• Jackpot, PDX
*• Malmö, Sweden
*• Melbourne, Australia
| genre      = [[Indie rock]]
| length     = 47:30
| label      = [[Matador Records|Matador]]
| producer   = [[Ryan Hadlock]]
| prev_title = [[Stephen Malkmus (album)|Stephen Malkmus]]
| prev_year  = 2001
| next_title = [[Face the Truth (Stephen Malkmus album)|Face the Truth]]
| next_year  = 2005
}}
'''''Pig Lib''''' is the second studio album by [[Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks]], released on March 18, 2003, by [[Matador Records]]. It peaked at No. 97 in the U.S. and No. 63 in the UK. The first pressing of the record came with a bonus disc containing five additional new songs. As of June 2004, the album has sold 49,000 copies in the U.S. according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]].<ref name="Album sales"/>
== Critical reception ==
{{Album ratings
| MC = 80/100<ref name="Metacritic"/>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic review"/>
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_342.html |title=Stephen Malkmus: Pig Lib |magazine=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |issue=15 |last=Smith |first=RJ |date=April 2003 |access-date=May 15, 2019 |page=116 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040428153602/http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_342.html |archivedate=April 28, 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3Score = A−<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2003/03/21/pig-lib/ |title=Pig Lib |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |last=Hermes |first=Will |authorlink=Will Hermes |date=March 21, 2003 |access-date=January 27, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127203311/http://www.ew.com/article/2003/03/21/pig-lib/ |archivedate=January 27, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/mar/14/popandrock.artsfeatures5 |title=Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks: Pig Lib |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |last=Sweeting |first=Adam |author-link=Adam Sweeting |date=March 14, 2003 |access-date=January 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev5Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks: Pig Lib |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=113 |date=April 2003 |page=91}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6Score = 8.0/10<ref name="Pitchfork review"/>
| rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev7Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks: Pig Lib |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=201 |date=April 2003 |page=108}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="RS review"/>
| rev9 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev9Score = A<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nCou4cnn-ZkC&pg=PA104 |title=Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks: Pig Lib |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=19 |issue=4 |page=104 |last=Dolan |first=Jon |date=April 2003 |access-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/crazy-paving |title=Crazy Paving |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=71 |date=April 2003 |access-date=December 20, 2018 |page=116 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041500/https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/crazy-paving |archivedate=December 21, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
''Pig Lib'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. [[Christian Hoard]], writing for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', described the album as "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".<ref name="RS review"/>
== Track listing ==
# "Water and a Seat" – 4:18
# "Ramp of Death" – 2:37
# "(Do Not Feed the) Oyster" – 4:49
# "Vanessa from Queens" – 3:21
# "Sheets" – 3:19
# "Animal Midnight" – 5:11
# "Dark Wave" – 2:26
# "Witch Mountain Bridge" – 5:21
# "Craw Song" – 2:41
# "1% of One" – 9:11
# "Us" – 4:16
=== Bonus disc ===
# "Dynamic Calories" – 2:23
# "Fractions & Feelings" – 3:28
# "Old Jerry" – 6:18
# "The Poet and the Witch" (live) – 2:05
# "Shake It Around" (live) – 4:04
"The Poet and the Witch" is a [[Mellow Candle]] cover.
"Shake It Around" is an otherwise unreleased original.
== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Album sales">{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000525698 |title=Malkmus Mulls 'Different' Record |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |last=Cohen |first=Jonathan |date=June 4, 2004 |accessdate=June 12, 2004 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040612062105/http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000525698 |archivedate=June 12, 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/pig-lib/stephen-malkmus |title=Reviews for Pig Lib by Stephen Malkmus |website=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=January 8, 2014 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140108202500/http://www.metacritic.com/music/pig-lib/stephen-malkmus |archivedate=January 8, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="AllMusic review">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/pig-lib-mw0000562394 |title=Pig Lib – Stephen Malkmus / Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks |website=[[AllMusic]] |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |accessdate=January 8, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604023604/http://www.allmusic.com/album/pig-lib-mw0000562394 |archivedate=June 4, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="Pitchfork review">{{Cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5058-pig-lib/ |title=Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks: Pig Lib |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |last=Ott |first=Chris |date=March 10, 2003 |accessdate=January 8, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024133816/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5058-pig-lib/ |archivedate=October 24, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="RS review">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/stephenmalkmus/albums/album/272729/review/6068167/pig_lib |title=Stephen Malkmus: Pig Lib |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |last=Hoard |first=Christian |author-link=Christian Hoard |date=March 11, 2003 |accessdate=February 28, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228174646/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/stephenmalkmus/albums/album/272729/review/6068167/pig_lib |archivedate=February 28, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
== External links ==
*{{Discogs master|type=album|142142|name=Pig Lib}}
{{Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks}}
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[[Category:Stephen Malkmus albums]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at Bear Creek Studio]]