Weezer - Pinkerton
(Numbered Limited Edition)
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Mobile Fidelity |
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Alternative |
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AMOB 393
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UPC: | 821797139311 |
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180 Gram Vinyl Record |
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Weezer Pinkerton on numbered limited edition 180-gram vinyl
1996 sophomore album cited on countless Best-of Decade lists
Deluxe gatefold jacket
Mastered from the original master tapes
Few records claim as bizarre a history as Weezer's Pinkerton. Upon release in 1996, the band's sophomore effort failed to meet sales expectations, lacked a hit single, and drew primarily negative reviews from the press. Then, via word of mouth and reevaluation, the Little Album That Could began build a reputation as an initially misunderstood masterwork - a bold, brave, and exposed creation that happened to have hyper-contagious hooks to accompany the confessional lyrics. Today, it's cited on virtually every Best Albums of the 1990s list in existence.
Leader Rivers Cuomo's decision to record group choruses around three microphones rather than capture them separately finally can be experienced as originally intended, with the immediate vibe paying off in the form of more engaging, edgier results that parallel the songs' personal emotions and frustrated themes. Guitars, which scrape and push, augmenting the trials and tribulations documented in the narratives, are finally rendered in proper perspective.
Comprised of nonfiction tunes largely based on Cuomo's dissatisfaction with rock-star life, and written by the singer/guitarist as he attended school at Harvard University, Pinkerton confronts disappointment, loneliness, isolation, awkwardness, and cruel romantic irony with a universal perspective to which anybody can relate. Cuomo selected the character Lt. Pinkerton from Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" as a touchstone, believing the persona symbolic of the tormented protagonists in his songs — and recognizing similar struggles to come to terms with identity.
Weezer's aims on Pinkerton have connected with many that identify with its narratives and adore its surfeit of melodies. Surpassing cult-classic status and conquering fickle tastes, the record ranks in Guitar World's "Top 100 Guitar Albums of All-Time"; Spin's "100 Best Albums From 1985 to 2005"; Pitchfork's "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s"; and Rolling Stone's Hall of Fame.
Side 1 | Tired of Sex | Getchoo | No Other One | Why Bother? | Across the Sea | Side 2 |
The Good Life | El Scorcho | Pink Triangle | Falling for You | Butterfly |
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