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Pig Lib

by Stephen Malkmus

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of 455,637

2,483
2000's

of 265,899

228
2003

of 34,566

32

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 3.1775 Pig Lib is ranked overall as 3.1775 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.1300 Pig Lib has an avg. critic score of 3.1300 out of 4 stars

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Entertainment Weekly

Pig Lib accomplishes what no punk-schooled fan would think possible: It makes prog-rock cool. ...more

Rolling Stone

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. ...more

Rolling Stone

Back in the nineties, Courtney Love aptly pegged Stephen Malkmus as "the Grace Kelly of indie rock. ...more

Stylus Magazine

Luckily, his affable spunk grounds much of the exploration, yet, at some point, the line between circumstance and good songwriting becomes suspiciously blurred. ...more

All Music Guide

Apart from the wonderfully elastic, surprising “Us," it doesn't offer anything striking or resonant. ...more

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Spin

Pig Lib is both the loopiest music Malkmus has ever made and the most...read the complete review at Spin

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Uncut

The second solo album still sounds like a wilful jukebox stocked on the disparate taste of someone attempting vinyl...read the complete review at Uncut

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Magnet

Just start at track six, where the getting gets...read the complete review at Magnet

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