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-<h2 id="mp-dyk-h2" style="margin:0; background:#cef2e0; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3bfb1; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Featured article: ''<u>Pinkerton Rolling Stone record review - 1996</u>''</h2><br>
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-'''The first [[Rolling Stone]] album review of "''[[Pinkerton]]''" was written by Rob O'Conner and published in [[1996]].''' This review has since become famous, as it is very indicative of the poor initial reception that ''Pinkerton'' received. Rolling Stone published a [[Pinkerton Rolling Stone record review - 2004|new review]] in 2004 that ranked the album much more highly. <br><br>'''Rating:''' {{Rating-big|3.0|5}} (3.0/5)
+'''''Weezer''''' (often referred to as '''''The Blue Album''''' and commonly [[List of common abbreviations used on Weezer forums|abbreviated]] as '''TBA''') is the debut album by [[Weezer]]. It was released on [[May 10]], [[1994]] by [[Geffen Records]]. The album was produced by former Cars frontman [[Ric Ocasek]] and recorded in Electric Lady Studios in New York City. ''Weezer'' spawned the popular singles "[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]" and "[[Buddy Holly]]", both of which were responsible for launching Weezer into mainstream success with the aid of music videos directed by [[Spike Jonze]].
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-Although no one in the band originally hails from Southern California, [[Weezer]] have got the sound and attitude of early-'60s Los Angeles down. Melodies bounce with vigor; in the lyrics, help is just a sunshiny day away. There is still plenty of Weezer's signature dorkiness on ''Pinkerton'', the follow-up to their successful [[1994]] debut, [[Blue|Weezer]]. Guitars veer off key; tempos speed up for no apparent reason. But what you get is true to the sun-'n'-fun aesthetic of great jangly pop.
+After recording [[The Kitchen Tape]] in hopes of creating interest in L.A., Weezer eventually attracted attention from major-label A&R reps looking for alternative rock bands while performing on the same bill as the band [[that dog.]] They were then signed to DGC Records on [[June 26]], [[1993]], by Todd Sullivan, an A&R rep from [[Geffen]].
-As a songwriter, the band's singer and guitarist, [[Rivers Cuomo]], takes a juvenile tack on personal relationships. Throughout ''Pinkerton'', he pines for all the girls he can't have, the girls he can have but shouldn't, the girls who are no good for him and the girls about whom he just isn't sure. "[[Across the Sea]]," which begins with a deliberately corny piano intro, is the tale of an 18-year-old girl from Japan who has captured Cuomo's heart by letter. "They don't make stationery like this where I'm from," sings Cuomo wistfully. In "[[Pink Triangle]]," Cuomo humorously describes desperately trying to wed a young woman who is a lesbian: "If everyone's a little queer/Why can't she be a little straight?"
+The album was well-received by critics on its release. Allmusic gave the album 5 stars explaining "What makes the band so enjoyable is their charming geekiness; instead of singing about despair, they sing about love, which is kind of refreshing in the gloom-drenched world of '90s guitar-pop."  ''Rolling Stone'' praised the album saying "Weezer's Rivers Cuomo is great at sketching vignettes (the Dungeons and Dragons games and Kiss posters that inspire the hapless daydreamer of '[[In the Garage]]'), and with sweet inspiration like the waltz tempo of 'My Name Is Jonas' and the self-deprecating humor of lines like "I look just like Buddy Holly/And you're Mary Tyler Moore", his songs easily ingratiate."
-Weezer over-rely on catchy tunes to heal all of Cuomo's wounds. In "[[El Scorcho]]," the song's infectious chorus proves to be slim reward. "[[Tired of Sex]]," a look at a brooding stud's empty sex life, is as aimless as the subject's nightly routine. But "[[Butterfly]]" is a real treat, a gentle acoustic number that recalls the vintage, heartbreaking beauty of Big Star. Cuomo's voice cracks as he unintentionally bludgeons the fragile creature in the lyric, suggesting that underneath the geeky teenager pose is an artist well on his way to maturity.
+The album artwork by Todd Sullivan features Patrick Wilson, Rivers Cuomo, Matt Sharp, and Brian Bell standing left to right in front of a plain, blue background. The simple image would be used prominently in the advertising of the album. The cover received many comparisons to the Feelies' album ''Crazy Rhythms''. On some vinyl pressings of the album, the cover does not crop off their feet. On the Deluxe Edition case, the feet are presented on the back cover, and the band sold an official t-shirt with a shot of the band's feet after the deluxe edition release.
+''Weezer'' was certified gold in just under seven months after its release on December 1, 1994. It was certified platinum on January 1, 1995; since then it has gone three times multi-platinum in the United States. As of December [[2007]], the album had sold 3,146,000 copies in the US (Weezer's best-selling album to date), peaking at #16 on the Billboard 200.  In [[2003]], the album was ranked number 297 on [[Rolling Stone]] magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. A 2-CD deluxe edition was released in [[2004]]. Also in 2003, Pitchfork Media named ''The Blue Album'' the 26th best album of the 1990s.
-— Rob O'Conner, 1996
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