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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | |||
| Name = Simpleton | |||
| Type = FAKE | |||
| Artist = Weezer | |||
| Cover = Simpletoncoverfullsize.jpg | |||
| Released = April 1, [[2003]] | |||
| Last album = ''[[Maladroit]]'' <br> (2002) | |||
| This album = ''[[Simpleton]]'' <br>(2003) | |||
| Next album = ''[[Make Believe]]'' <br>(2005) | |||
}} | |||
'''''Simpleton''''' is the name of a fictitious, fourth [[Weezer]] album created by Weezer fans as a prank. | '''''Simpleton''''' is the name of a fictitious, fourth [[Weezer]] album created by Weezer fans as a prank. | ||
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. | 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, | As an April Fools joke, ''Simpleton'''s release was 'scheduled' for April 1, 2003. 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. | ||
The title, ''Simpleton'', was chosen for two reasons. Firstly, the word ''simpleton'' is very similar to ''Pinkerton'', both having nine letters and ending in "ton." Secondly, ''simpleton'' literally means "fool", which was a way of foreshadowing the joke's true nature. | The title, ''Simpleton'', was chosen for two reasons. Firstly, the word ''simpleton'' is very similar to ''Pinkerton'', both having nine letters and ending in "ton." Secondly, ''simpleton'' literally means "fool", which was a way of foreshadowing the joke's true nature. | ||