Pinkerton

gleemonex
gleemonex Posts: 848
edited December 2006 in Other Music
Anyone else here feel this is Weezer's best work? The guitars are so raw and it really creates an atmosphere. This album is pure teenage sexual frustration. There's not a lot of their music that I'll listen to, mainly just this CD and Blue Album, but I love this CD. el Scorcho does it to me every time.
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  • lukins fridge
    lukins fridge Posts: 237
    whwwwhhhhhahhahahhhhahhah!...or however you would spell what he screams in "Tired of Sex."

    yes, this is the best Weezer album. I won't even argue it. I had never even heard it until about a year ago. I was never a big Weezer fan, but this is solid work.
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  • Gardenparty
    Gardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Yes, this is their best record
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • AxlUlrich
    AxlUlrich Posts: 12,652
    definitely their best album for me too.
    solid record from start to finish.
    Pink Triangle is possibly the best song they have ever done.
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  • Triloco
    Triloco Posts: 95
    AxlUlrich wrote:
    definitely their best album for me too.
    solid record from start to finish.
    Pink Triangle is possibly the best song they have ever done.


    disagree with u loser, their best album is Weezer aka "The Blue Album", the best song No one else.
  • PearlJamaholic
    PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    the blue album is pretty hard to beat. but pinkerton is something all together different. i think the downside to pinkerton is its heavy on love songs of the sort. while the blue album had more song topics. i once would have sworn pinkerton was the best but im kinda undecided as of late.
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  • sapperskunk
    sapperskunk Posts: 684
    Pinkerton was the best album followed by the BLUE. The reason for this is, in my opinion, Matt Sharp. Weezer has taken a huge shit lately and only a moron would waste their money.
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  • pearljam0000
    pearljam0000 Posts: 450
    i also agree that pinkerton is their best followed by the blue album
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,424
    pinkerton IMHO is the most painfully personal record that i have ever heard. rivers revealed alot of deep feelings in his lyrics on this record, to the point where i was like "i know exactly what he's talking about, but i would not share it with people". and that to me is very commendable.

    tired of sex, no other one, why bother, across the sea, pink triangle, and butterfly all deal with love in one way or another. either its a love lost or one that he does not have, even one that he can never have, and everyone knows that those kinds of love are usually the inspiration for the greatest art.

    rivers even said in an interview that he would take back a few of those songs if he could and that he revealed more than he wanted to. i think its a great album and i would consider it weezer's best. it has its own mood and feeling to it. kind of like vitalogy does. its kind of dark and unpolished, raw. and that is how i like my music these days. at first i found it hard to listen to but it grew on me fast. its a beautiful and complete album.
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  • uninnocent
    uninnocent Posts: 1,565
    i'm here just to agree that pinkerton is the best weez album. it is. there, i'm done.
  • evenflow82
    evenflow82 Posts: 3,892
    Pinkerton
    Blue (very close second)
    Maladroit
    Make Believe
    Green
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  • mrwalkerb
    mrwalkerb Posts: 1,015
    evenflow82 wrote:
    Pinkerton
    Blue (very close second)
    Maladroit
    Make Believe
    Green

    whoah how is anything worse than make belive? that record was a joke, and like a really bad joke, like a jeff foxworthy thing it blew ass.
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  • Gardenparty
    Gardenparty Posts: 1,910
    sapperskunk wrote:
    Pinkerton was the best album followed by the BLUE. The reason for this is, in my opinion, Matt Sharp. Weezer has taken a huge shit lately and only a moron would waste their money.

    Bingo!

    the loss of Matt Sharp was pretty much the end of it.

    however, i guess i am a moron because i still hold out the slightest bit of hope for them.
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • xscorcho
    xscorcho Posts: 409
    pinkerton is my favorite... its great.
  • vuman4223
    vuman4223 Posts: 11
    I agree with everyone else that Pinkerton and The Blue Album are by far their best work. To me they are to close to pick the best one. They are different type of songs. The Blue Album is very upbeat and Pinkerton is a very dark and emotional. Love them both and wish Matt Sharp would have never left the band.
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  • ZepZach
    ZepZach Posts: 30
    Pinkerton is, IMO, one of the best albums ever. They way it sounds is just perfect. The backround yelps, Rivers' voice breaking on El Scorcho, using some case thing instead of drums on Butterfly, the xylophone in the back of Pink triangle, the bridge in Across the Sea, the chainsaw roar of Getchoo, the trick ending of Tired of Sex, its all awesome. It makes me wish more albums were recorded this way. They did all on tape, not digitally, warm fuzzy tape. And all three mics were plugged in, so you could hear everything. Pinkerton is Weezer's masterpiece and Rivers at his most vulnerable time.
  • PearlJamaholic
    PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    pinkerton IMHO is the most painfully personal record that i have ever heard. rivers revealed alot of deep feelings in his lyrics on this record, to the point where i was like "i know exactly what he's talking about, but i would not share it with people". and that to me is very commendable.

    check out lou reed's album berlin. i once made the same mistake as you but lou reed writes way better personal music. at first i thought berlin was better than pinkerton. but i quickly realized pinkerton was a lesser berlin. there are a few similarities between the two. berlin during its release was call the worst record ever. pinkerton wasnt to well liked either by critics. fans swear by them. and both have a concept album kinda feel with the theme of love lost.
    be warn berlin has earned its self the title of being the most depressing album.
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  • 3sheets
    3sheets Posts: 290
    i would say Pinkerton is their best album. my 2nd fav. behind blue. el scorcho is just a real fun song, especially live. "...and i can't even look in your eyes, and i'm not fakin', i'll bring home the turkey if you bring home the bacon" great lines. so many good songs.
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  • bharQ
    bharQ Posts: 1,201
    pinkertons definitely their best album

    the blue album was really good too.. the rest of their albums are horrible... the last one was really really horrible.

    glad they broke up
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  • StoneG82
    StoneG82 Posts: 806
    oh hell yeah

    pinkerton is a masterpiece....I think I even went as far as to describe it as "the soundtrack to any pubescent teenage boy's life" at one point or another on here.

    I don't get the hate for the green album. i love it. pure power pop at it's finest.
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  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    that album is pure passion - I think because of that, it is their best. best guitar work, however, is on maladroit - really beautiful stuff by mr. cuomo on that one.

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