Weezer – Pinkerton LP Sale
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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 album began to 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 90s list in existence.
Comprised of nonfiction tunes largely based on Rivers 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 Lieutenant 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.
For all the malaise, Pinkerton also contains beloved wit and humor. Shyness and hands-in-pocket diffidence inform El Scorcho ; incongruity and surprise surround the simultaneously funny and sad Pink Triangle ; tedium and desire collide on the cynical Tired of Sex. Psychosexual confusion, unrequited passion, and good intentions elicit unintended sympathies, a trait that remains one of the record s brilliant turns. Surpassing cult-classic status and conquering fickle tastes, Pinkerton has achieved platinum certification in 2016 just shy of its 20th anniversary, a true and complete redemption.
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