'Em Are I

'Em Are I
Studio album by Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard
Released	April 20, 2009 (UK)
Genre	Anti-folk
Length	37:44
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.

— Jeffrey Lewis, ^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	(A-) link
Rockfeedback	link
The Guardian	link
NME	(7/10) link
Spin	link

Track listing

• CD RTRADCD514, LP RTRADLP514^[3]

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"

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 2009-05-03. Retrieved 2009-05-01.