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Sparkle Hard is the seventh studio album by American indie rock band Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, released on May 18, 2018, by Matador Records and Domino Records. It reached #174 on the Billboard 200 charts, and peaked at #64 on the Official UK Charts.




Critical reception



Sparkle Hard was critically acclaimed upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it received an average score of 84, based on 26 reviews. Jem Aswad of Variety said that "With nary a weak track, Sparkle Hard finds Malkmus hitting a new peak nearly 30 years into his career."
Several publications named the album one of the best of 2018, including: Rolling Stone, Spin, Q, Uncut, Mojo, Under the Radar, and Consequence of Sound.




Track listing






Personnel



Stephen Malkmus – vocals, songwriting, guitar, mellotron, piano, Memorymoog, bass
Joanna Bolme – bass, backing vocals
Mike Clark – keyboards, JUNO synthesizer
Jake Morris – drums, backing vocals, percussion
Chris Funk – production, acoustic slide guitar (10)
Kim Gordon – vocals (10)
Kyleen King – strings (3, 9)
Luke Price – fiddle (10)
JJ Golden – lacquer cut
Adam Lee – recording, mixing
Orion Landau – design
James Rexroad – photography




References

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