Pinkerton
by Weezer

Sorry man, I don't get why this is placed so high. I've had this for years, thinking I must be missing something but it's still done nothing for me. It's listenable too but not really enjoyable. The only real decent song for me is 'El Scorcho'. I was quite disappointed. Each to their own I guess.

More overrated than Radiohead's OK Computer. Nope, I don't get it at all...

Album Rating: 87.20
(872/10)

Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - Pinkerton

24.09.1996

1.Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - Tired Of Sex 95
2.Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - Getchoo 91
3.Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - No Other One 80
4.Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - Why Bother? 81
5.Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - Across The Sea 84
6.Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - The Good Life 93
7.Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - El Scorcho 81
8.Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - Pink Triangle 90
9.Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - Falling For You 89
10.Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - Butterfly 88

Ranked in order:

* Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - Tired Of Sex 95
* Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - The Good Life 93
* Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - Getchoo 91
* Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - Pink Triangle 90
* Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - Falling For You 89
* Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - Butterfly 88
* Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - Across The Sea 84
* Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - El Scorcho 81
* Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - Why Bother? 81
* Weezer (Pink - US - Sep 96) - No Other One 80

Yeah, this album is very cringey at times, but at the same time it's irresistibly catchy power pop. If I ignore some lyrics and painful (at least for me) vocals I can vibe to it. I still slightly prefer Blue Album.

From pedro1976 09/17/2023 11:38 | #299143

played this countless times since 96 and never understood why it's highly regarded, 2 or 2.5 stars at best - glad I kept chipping away at it as listening last night (Sept 17 2023) something just clicked into place! fantastic stuff..

There is a lot of fun to be had with this record but there isn't much substance backing this up. The music isn't complex or multi layered which means it heavily relies on every hook hitting which it doesn't on here unfortunately. There are some obvious exceptions where the hook gets completely stuck in your head for ages but this is only on around 4 of the tracks on here. The rest of the music on here is mediocre and doesn't have much to keep you coming back as it is quite basic. Overall, this record is very over rated on this site which might lead to people over hating on it, with possibly myself included right now, but there just isn't enough quality on here for it to be amongst the greatest of all time.

More consistent than anything I heard from Weezer.

Solid album

From Jboy56 03/29/2022 07:08 | #283565

I do not get the ratings in BEA, IMHO this is not 112th best album ever, no way.
I can barely stand it for the energy the joy of making. It sounds very garage the playing is nothing special here. Some fun songs, yes, But not 112th best., no

I understand why none of the songs got much attention, commercially. But holy smokes…this is how you write an angst-ridden album. Still keeps much of the garage punk feel from the blue album…just with some extra perspective that comes with having to grow up quickly.