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Pinkerton

Weezer Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 Tired Of Sex
2 Getchoo
3 No Other One
4 Why Bother?
5 Across The Sea
6 The Good Life
7 El Scorcho
8 Pink Triangle
9 Falling For You
10 Butterfly

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A hit single can be a bit of a mixed blessing for new bands, especially if said song gets you firmly lumped into the "novelty band" category. Such was the case with Weezer, whose runaway hit "Buddy Holly" touched a global nerve upon its release, then got on everyone's nerves after months of radio saturation. However, it did ensure that they sold millions of copies of their self-titled debut. Which is why it's so strange that their second album, Pinkerton, was ignored. Perhaps the cold shoulder was due to the willfully noncommercial first single, "El Scorcho," which crashed and burned. Whatever the reason, Pinkerton soon disappeared, which is a shame because it's a great album. Whereas Weezer reveled in the band's geek-rock image, Pinkerton saw Rivers Cuomo maturing as a lyricist. From the opening, "Tired of Sex," which rants about the frustrating easiness of groupies, to the new wave pop of "Getchoo" to the epic genius of "The Good Life," there's much more diversity here than the Pixies-influenced bouncy grunge of their debut. With the closing solo, the acoustic lament "Butterfly," Cuomo demonstrates a pop mastery that promises great things from this reformed geek. --Robert Burrow

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.88 x 5.63 x 0.51 inches; 3.03 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Universal Music Group
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2120634
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 1996
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 7, 2006
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Universal Music Group
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000000OVP
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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sarah
5.0 out of 5 stars Happy with my purchase.
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2024
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Bought it as a gift. They were very happy and I was happy with my purchase.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Quick heads up.
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2024
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Just so you know, its pretty awkward to listen to this album with your mother in the car with you. Good album though.
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Ryan Cook
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Product!!!
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2024
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Perfect condition!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars I'll shove myself up your ears until you love me
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2013
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I listened to 'Pinkerton' as a first look into this band, and I picked this particular album simply because it had the prettiest cover out of the whole, though then I made some research to look if it was really worth a listen. To my surprise, it seemed to be the band's most critically aclaimed album, so, woo.

Oh boy, did I hate it. I let the songs play in order, listened to it whole, and the only redeeming thing about were both the opening and closing tunes. I won't bother going on about what clicked about 'Tired of Sex' and 'Butterfly'; the point is that 80% of the album felt monotonous, aimless and downright horrendous. Whether it was its lyrical immaturity, its amateurish composition or something else, I couldn't tell what I hated more about it. I simply couldn't believe people listened to this unironically. It was so bad, I was deeply annoyed, as there was some expectation in me after all.

In fact, I was so annoyed, I listened to the whole album more than once just for the sake of complaining. You know how you sometimes disapprove of things you haven't really tried so far? Well, I know I do, but since I disliked 'Pinkerton' so damn much, I decided to be a fair person, and got around getting a whole bad review ready for it in case it was brought up in some situation.

So I'm listening once again, and I'm noticing some things. For instance, I noticed I like 'No other one' a little bit. I also notice 'El Scorcho' has a quirky little tone that I seem to dig. Okay. I listen again and again. I'm noticing 'Getcho' has a really cool chorus. I notice 'Why bother?'s last chorus has a really neat vocal play in it. I then notice I am getting used to the songs. I begin to remember their names, their structure, their order, even. I grow very familiar with the album.

I then notice I am helplessly in love with it.

'Pinkerton' is so criminally easy to hate that there is little reason to give it more than one first listen. Proof of this is its history if criticism; not just here and there, EVERYONE hated it when it first came out, and years had to pass before the same poeople suddenly fell for it. But since then, there are people out there to tell you to, for the love of Christ, give it a second (and maybe a third) chance, because you owe it to yourself; 'Pinkerton' is one of the masterpieces the gloomy 90's spawned, and their sweetest, crunchiest, loveliest, punkiest and rawest rock album since 'Nevermind'. Every song in it is as important and irreplaceable as the last one, and with time, you will sing to each and every one of them with all the joy of your heart.
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matt
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect!
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2024
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Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2024
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Elizabeth Morrison
5.0 out of 5 stars Great album!
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2024
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My son loves it
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Steven Haarala
4.0 out of 5 stars Grunge & Angst
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2021
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As a follow-up to the hugely successful Weezer debut album, Rivers Cuomo wrote an album teeming with youthful angst. To support that, the music is generously laced with grunge, riding the prevailing trend at the time (1996), with dark guitar sounds including dissonance and feedback. The music could almost be Stone Temple Pilots. But I doubt Scott Weiland would say "uh-huh" in the boyish way Rivers does throughout "Getchoo". It's cute, and WTH, I like it. Most of the lyrics are concerned with issues Scott probably left behind before STP was born. In "Why Bother", we hear this: "You've got a look that makes me think you're cool/But it's just sexual attraction/Not something real so I'd rather keep w#ckin'...Maybe you could break my heart next summer." In "Across The Sea", a letter from a fan in Japan provokes this response: "Why are you so far away from me?/I need help and you're way across the sea/I could never touch you/I think it would be wrong." In "El Scorcho", the boy says this to a girl he is longing for: "Won't you gimme a minute/Just come up to me/And say hello to my heart/How stupid is it? For all I know you want me too." And in "Pink Triangle", the poor dude discovers that the girl he likes is a lesbian: "Then she put me in my place/If everyone's a little queer/Can't she be a little straight?"

Three tracks stand out as very different from the others. "El Scorcho" has deadly guitar licks that remind me of some Doors song, maybe "Love Me Two Times" or "Moonlight Drive" or a hybrid of the two. In "Falling For You", we are clearly hearing from an older dude (Rivers?) infatuated with a younger girl: "There's rules about old goats like me/Hanging around with chicks like you...You say 'like' too much." The final track, "Butterfly" is soft, acoustic and rather mournful. I'm not sure, but it seems to be about a young guy regretting a sexual encounter, and the butterfly is a metaphor for the girl he "harmed": "Yesterday I went outside...Caught a lovely Butterfly/When I woke up today...She had withered all away...I'm sorry for what I did/I did what my body told me to/I didn't mean to do you harm...I told you I would return...But I ain't never coming back..."
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Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2024
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Sean Muir
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect
Reviewed in Canada on April 12, 2024
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Came in perfect condition and sounds great, Weezer is life.
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Victor Augusto
5.0 out of 5 stars O Melhor album do Weezer
Reviewed in Brazil on March 13, 2021
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Chegou em perfeito estado e a embalagem intacta, possui um mapinha dentro mas fora isso não possui as letras dentro do encarte e apenas o LP e um selo simples da gravadora.
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5.0 out of 5 stars O Melhor album do Weezer
Reviewed in Brazil on March 13, 2021
Chegou em perfeito estado e a embalagem intacta, possui um mapinha dentro mas fora isso não possui as letras dentro do encarte e apenas o LP e um selo simples da gravadora.
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María F.
5.0 out of 5 stars Lo mejor de Weezer!
Reviewed in Mexico on October 21, 2020
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 El segundo y mejor disco de weezer. Todas las canciones son increíbles, ni una mala. Llegó súper bien empaquetado, ni un rayón ni en el lp ni en la funda. Viene con un “póster”. No es de 180 g entonces no es tan grueso y el cartón es delgado. Lo recomiendo mucho es un excelente álbum y llegó en perfecto estado. Un escencial para los fans de Weezer
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lo mejor de Weezer!
Reviewed in Mexico on October 21, 2020
El segundo y mejor disco de weezer. Todas las canciones son increíbles, ni una mala. Llegó súper bien empaquetado, ni un rayón ni en el lp ni en la funda. Viene con un “póster”. No es de 180 g entonces no es tan grueso y el cartón es delgado. Lo recomiendo mucho es un excelente álbum y llegó en perfecto estado. Un escencial para los fans de Weezer
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Kenny King
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in India on March 4, 2020
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One of the weezer efforts went in vein. But I like evry bit of it.
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Gianmarco Boncompagni
5.0 out of 5 stars grande disco
Reviewed in Italy on February 2, 2020
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capolavoro imperdibile del alt-rock anni '90, purtroppo non sono più riusciti a ripetersi su questi livelli,
imprescindibile in ogni collezione insieme al primo album omonimo (Blue Album)
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