WEEZER Pinkerton (Original Master Recording
limited edition 10-track LP plated & pressed on 180-gram
High Definition Vinyl at 33RPM, mastered by Krieg Wunderlich
at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab on the Gain 2 Ultra Analog
System. Their 1996sophomore album failed to meet sales
expectations and lacked a hit single. Then, via word of mouth
and re-evaluation, the album began to build a reputation as a
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.
Gatefold picture sleeve individually numbered & factory
sealed inside its perforated loose bag. Briefly back in print for
2022 and already sold out at Mofi. Recommended).
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Weezer Pinkerton - Original Master Recording - Sealed US vinyl LP album (LP record)
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1996 SOPHOMORE ALBUM CITED ON COUNTLESS BEST-OF DECADE LISTS
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 re-evaluation, the Little Album That Could 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 1990s list in existence.
Side One
1. Tired of Sex
2. Getchoo
3. No Other One
4. Why Bother?
5. Across the Sea
Side Two
1. The Good Life
2. El Scorcho
3. Pink Triangle
4. Falling for You
5. Butterfly
Mastered from the original master tapes and pressed on 180g LP at RTI, our 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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| Condition : |
Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
Sold Out - 'Request Next' to get an email if it comes back into stock.
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| Year of Release: |
2022 |
| Artist: |
Weezer (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Pinkerton (click here for more of the same title) |
| Postage/Shipping: |
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| Format: |
vinyl LP album (LP record) |
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| Record Label: |
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab |
| Catalogue No: |
MSFL1-393 |
| Country of Origin: |
USA
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
Unconfirmed
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
WEELPPI791222 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
821797139311 |
| Genres: |
Indie, NME Indie/Alternative Artists
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| Related Artists: |
Matt Sharp, Rivers Cuomo, The Rentals, The Special Goodness |
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Weezer |
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| Alternative Names: |
None |
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