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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | {{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | ||
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| Next album = ''[[Make Believe]]'' <br>(2005) | | Next album = ''[[Make Believe]]'' <br>(2005) | ||
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'''''Simpleton''''' a fictitious fourth [[Weezer]] album created by Weezer fans as a prank. The prank happened in [[2003]] on Weezer message boards online. | |||
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 | ==Overview== | ||
''Simpleton'' was created as a mock "sequel" to ''[[Pinkerton]]''. 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 similar to Weezer's sophomore album, 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, 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. | 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. | ||
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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. | ||
In 2006, members of | An earlier fictitious album was ''[[Beeswax]]'', developed by fans on [[alt.music.weezer]] during Weezer's hiatus in [[1999]]. | ||
===Real album=== | |||
In 2006, members of a Weezer online message board community produced and recorded original songs based on the fake song titles that appeared on the Simpleton packaging. | |||
[[Image:Simpleton_backscanned.jpg|thumb|The back cover revealed the fictitious track listing.]] | [[Image:Simpleton_backscanned.jpg|thumb|The back cover revealed the fictitious track listing.]] | ||
==Fake track listing== | ==Fake track listing== | ||
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*(D) real Weezer song name, demo released | *(D) real Weezer song name, demo released | ||
*(A) real Weezer song name, released commercially on album | *(A) real Weezer song name, released commercially on album | ||
==See also== | |||
*''[[Beeswax]]'' | |||
[[Category:Fandom]] | [[Category:Fandom]] | ||