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Just as ''[[The Green Album]]'' was seen as a stylistic follow-up to the ''[[The Blue Album]]'', it only made sense that '' | Just as ''[[The Green Album]]'' was seen as a stylistic follow-up to the ''[[The Blue Album]]'', it only made sense that ''Maladroit'''s follow-up, ''Simpleton'', was to be a sequel of sorts to ''[[Pinkerton]]'', complete with album art from a Japanese painting and a similar name. | ||
As an April Fools joke, ''Simpleton'''s release was 'scheduled' for April 1, 2002. Photos of the album in a box with The White Stripes' "Elephant" were used to further the ruse, claimed to have been delivered to a record store in such fashion. | As an April Fools joke, ''Simpleton'''s release was 'scheduled' for April 1, 2002. Photos of the album in a box with The White Stripes' "Elephant" were used to further the ruse, claimed to have been delivered to a record store in such fashion. | ||