'Em Are I

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'Em Are I
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Studio album by
Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard
ReleasedApril 20, 2009 (UK)
Genre Anti-folk
Length37:44
Label Rough Trade
Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard chronology
12 Crass Songs
(2007)
'Em Are I
(2009)
A Turn In The Dream-Songs
(2011)

'Em Are I is the fifth album by anti-folk artist Jeffrey Lewis, and the first credited to Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard (Lewis' backing band). Lewis revealed the following in an interview with Audio Antihero Records.

'Em Are I is probably the one I feel best about as a representation of a well thought-out studio album, where I had the time to get things a bit more how I wanted them instead of just ending up with what I got accidentally. I think the "Mini-Theme" track at the end of 'Em Are I is just about the best song recording I've managed to do, I'm very happy with how that came out.

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Track listing

  1. "Slogans"
  2. "Roll Bus Roll"
  3. "If Life Exists"
  4. "Broken Broken Broken Heart"
  5. "Whistle Past The Graveyard"
  6. "To Be Objectified"
  7. "The Upside-down Cross"
  8. "Bugs & Flowers"
  9. "Good Old Pig, Gone To Avalon"
  10. "It's Not Impossible"
  11. "Mini-Theme: Moocher From The Future"

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References

  1. Interview // Jeffrey Lewis
  2. Hoffman, Ross. "Review: 'Em Are I". Allmusic . Retrieved 19 August 2009.
  3. "Rough Trade Records page". Rough Trade. Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-05-01.