Pinkerton

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Partridge, Kenneth. "Weezer's 'Pinkerton' Turns 20: Why the Landmark, Raw Album Wasn't a Big Hit for the Band". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 26, 2016 . Retrieved September 26, 2016. Top 100 Guitar Albums of All-Time". Guitar World. Archived from the original on August 23, 2007 . Retrieved March 8, 2007. Weezer turned down a video treatment for the lead single, " El Scorcho", proposed by Spike Jonze, who had helped raise Weezer's status with his videos for " Undone – The Sweater Song" and " Buddy Holly". Cuomo said: "I really want the songs to come across untainted this time around… I really want to communicate my feelings directly and because I was so careful in writing that way. I'd hate for the video to kinda misrepresent the song, or exaggerate certain aspects." [20] The "El Scorcho" video featured the band playing in an assembly hall in Los Angeles, surrounded by light fixtures flashing in time to the music. [23] The director, Mark Romanek, quit after arguments with Cuomo, leaving Cuomo to edit the video himself. [44] The video debuted on MTV's 120 Minutes and received moderate airplay. [20] Weezer Reveal Pinkerton Reissue Details | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. September 27, 2010. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016 . Retrieved August 18, 2016. Part of Mobile Fidelity’s Weezer catalog restoration series , don’t pass up the chance to secure your lowest-numbered copy of this incredible album.

Redrup, Zach (November 8, 2010). "ALBUM: Weezer – Pinkerton (Reissue)". Dead Press!. Archived from the original on May 23, 2020 . Retrieved January 25, 2021. Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on September 2, 2004 . Retrieved March 28, 2022.Archive-Clare-Kleinedler. "Hundreds Join Weezer In Tribute To Fanclub Leaders". MTV News . Retrieved March 21, 2021. Berrett, Jesse (November 1996). "Weezer: Pinkerton". Spin. Vol.12, no.8. pp.120–121. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021 . Retrieved November 21, 2009. Behind the CD tray is a map with the title Isola della farfalla e penisola di cane (Italian for "Island of the Butterfly and Peninsula of Dog"). [41] On the map are a ship named USS Pinkerton and "Mykel and Carli Island", alluding to Weezer's fan club founders, and the names of some of Cuomo's influences, including Howard Stern, Yngwie Malmsteen, Brian Wilson, Lou Barlow, Joe Matt, Camille Paglia and Ace Frehley. [41] [42] [43] Release and promotion [ edit ] Barker, Emily (October 25, 2013). "The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time: 200-101". NME . Retrieved October 25, 2023. Highfill, Samantha (November 2, 2010). "Weezer's 'Pinkerton' reissue: Read the 2001 EW story where Rivers Cuomo called the now-classic album a 'hugely painful mistake' ". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on November 5, 2010 . Retrieved August 15, 2014.

Pinkerton has been named one of the greatest albums of the 1990s by numerous publications. [99] Accolades for Pinkerton Publication

Mastered from the original master tapes and pressed on 180g LP at RTI, Mobile Fidelity’s analog version of the effort Rolling Stone awarded a full five-star review upon revisiting it eight years later brings the band’s live-in-the-studio vocals and darker, raw feel to the surface like never before. 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. Cuomo was embarrassed by Pinkerton's reception and the personal nature of its songs. In August of 1997, he wrote: "This has been a tough year. It's not just that the world has said Pinkerton isn't worth a shit, but that the Blue album wasn't either. It was a fluke. It was the ["Buddy Holly"] video. I'm a shitty songwriter." [83] a b Appleford, Steve (November 6, 1996). "Weezer, 'Pinkerton,' DGC". Los Angeles Times. p.4, Calendar F: Entertainment. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016 . Retrieved August 18, 2016. Billboard 200". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 23, 2007 . Retrieved September 19, 2007. Gerber, Justin (November 2, 2010). "Album Review: Weezer – Pinkerton[Deluxe Edition]". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on November 15, 2010 . Retrieved April 23, 2020.

By 2008, Cuomo had reconsidered the album, saying: " Pinkerton 's great. It's super-deep, brave, and authentic. Listening to it, I can tell that I was really going for it when I wrote and recorded a lot of those songs." [96] In 2010, Bell told The Aquarian Weekly: " Pinkerton has definitely taken on a life of its own and became more successful and more accepted … As an artist, you just have to do what you believe in at the time, whether it’s accepted or not. You just have to keep going with it." [97] Revisiting Weezer's emotional cult classic: 'Pinkerton' ". faroutmagazine.co.uk. September 24, 2021 . Retrieved June 7, 2023. Pearlman, Mischa (January 2011). "Weezer – Pinkerton: Deluxe Edition". Record Collector. No.384. Archived from the original on December 6, 2017 . Retrieved April 23, 2020. Latimer, Lori. "Weezer: Pinkerton". Ink Blot Magazine. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 . Retrieved June 4, 2013.

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In 2010, Weezer embarked on the Memories Tour, playing Blue and Pinkerton in their entirety. [98] Cuomo said of the tour: "The last time we played all of those [ Pinkerton] songs, they went over like a lead balloon. And I just remember that feeling of just total rejection. And then to see 5,500 people singing along to every last word through every song on the album, even the really difficult ones, was incredibly validating for me." [98] Accolades [ edit ] The =W= Story:::". home.pacbell.net. Archived from the original on October 22, 2007 . Retrieved June 4, 2013. Interview with Weezer: They Want You To | The Aquarian Weekly". Theaquarian.com. April 29, 2010. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011 . Retrieved August 16, 2011.Gold, Adam (December 15, 2010). "Weezer: Pinkerton[Deluxe Edition]". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021 . Retrieved December 15, 2010. Brunner, Rob (May 25, 2001). "Older & Weezer". Entertainment Weekly. No.597. pp.40–43. Archived from the original on January 13, 2012 . Retrieved November 16, 2011. For The Statistically Minded". Glorious Noise. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007 . Retrieved February 6, 2007.