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I feel like it’s just facts, songs like Booby Trap, Porcupine, Mo’ Beats, and The Organ Player are fucking BANGERSS!!!
Not to mention they’re so easy to listen to because most are on YouTube!

It has so much more effort put into it than the original song. Never been much of a green fan, but this version is peak

I'm definitely in the minority here when I say that I actually quite like this album. It may not be on the same level as White and EWBAITE, but it's not trying to be like them. As a modern 10's pop-rock album, it feels well written, especially on songs like Weekend Woman and Get Right. Any Friend of Diane's is one of my favorite Weezer album closers, and Mexican Fender feels right off of White, probably my top track here.

Bought my first cd ever from a thrift store near me and noticed a few days later that the insert is signed! Wondering if anyone knows anything about this album specifically cause there seems to be a bunch on eBay with similar signatures in different spots.

What are these random albums / singles i’ve never heard of? Specifically, what is “Maladroit 24” and “Hold This Thread (Live 1995)”? Are these niche official releases or fake??

I brought back my Weezer mobile for the brand new Forza Horizon 6!

Car: 1985 Ford RS200 Evolution

Download Code: 157 286 238

Other album art cars coming soon! Check my profile!

What he meant to say was that a teacher at Montessori likes weezer

Everywhere I go I see Make Believe rated pretty low, and it breaks my heart. I need to know what makes this album so bad or rather unappealing to most because its getting geniuenly interesting to me.

I agree with the average Album Rankings in everything except for Make Believe. What is it im not seeing?? Its so fun from beginning to end, only having one skip for me (We are all on drugs). The Rest is SOOO GOOD, especialy the less talked about ones. Pity, Hold me and especialy peace and Haunt you everyday do indescribable things to me. I'd go as far and say Make Believe is in my 4th. Favorite Album. Only beeing topped by Pinkerton, Blue and Ewbaite.

Tell me, Are there more Make Believe Lovers out there?? Have I just been looking in the wrong rankings?? I feel so lost, like im missing a piece or something.

Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind? Can he walk at all? Or if he moves will he fall?

Atenção!! Aceito críticas contrutivas :) eu sou canhoto e aprendi a tocar invertido caso estranhem.. perdão pelo meu inglês sou brasileiro haha

Synopsis:
Pinkerton is the second album by Weezer  released on September 24, 1996  Rivers Cuomo wrote most of Pinkerton while studying at Havard , after abandoning plans for a rock opera, songs from the black hole . It was the last Weezer album to feature the bassist Matt Sharpe, who left in 1998. To better capture their live sound, Weezer self-produced Pinkerton, creating a darker, more abrasive album than Blue Album Cuomo's lyrics express loneliness and disillusionment with the rock lifestyle. The title comes from the character BF Pinkerton from Giacummo Puccini’s  1904 opera Mandame Butterfly, whom Cuomo described as an "asshole American sailor similar to a touring rock star". Like Madama Butterfly, Pinkerton views Japanese culture from the perspective of an outsider who considers Japan fragile and sensual.
Review:
The album opens with “Tired Of Sex” it has this abrasive thick groove that lets you know the poppy radio friendly sound of the blue album is dead and buried. The song has this emptiness both sonically and lyrical. Cuomo has a blistering guitar solo towards the end of the song. “Getchoo” is this loud dense sludge rock track. One of Weezer’s grunge adjacent songs they ever recorded. It just feels so disjointed and chaotic. “No Other One” continues that loud distorted sound but there is a melodic harmony buried deep in the track. “Why Bother?” sonically could be the closest the band gets to the Blue Album carefree vibe. Lyrically it still maintains the theme of loneliness and depression. “Across The Sea” might be one of Rivers' most problematic songs. The theme of him fascinating over a  letter from an 18 year old Japanese fan comes off as creepy yet endearing at the same time. “The Good Life” abandons the chaotic energy found on earlier tracks on the album. It has this infectious guitar riff that gives the song a groovy energy. It marks a change of direction of the album as if Rivers has decided to stop wallowing in sorrow and return to society. “El Scorcho” was the first single released for the album. It has one of the more bizarre song structures in the band’s catalog. It also feels more infectious and groove friendly than anything else on the album. I love the Green Day dig that Rivers includes. This is one of his best wordplay he ever wrote. “Pink Triangle" has Rivers confessing his love to someone who can never reciprocate, this time a Lesiban is the subject of his obsession. Sonically, it has this infectious  energy. After an album worth of obsession and emptiness “Falling For You” has Rivers finally finding someone he likes and is returning his affection which absolutely terrifies him. The track has this dense layered groove. The guitar solo is one of his finest efforts. The album closes with the quiet energy of “Butterfly” which is just this simple acoustic guitar ballad. Inspired by Pucci’s opera Madame Butterfly. It acts as Rivers apologizing for his negativity found throughout the record. 
Final thoughts:

Most people know the narrative of this album. Trashed by critics and fans when it was released but is now considered one of the best albums ever recorded. For Weezer superfans the band will never reach the heights of this record again. I have loved this record since the first listen. It is such an amazing departure from the Blue Album. Rivers Cuomo is one of the more complicated songwriters ever. This is probably his masterclass. Whatever you think of what Weezer have put out since this album’s release you can’t deny its power. If you haven’t heard this record, put it on your bucket list.