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Maladroit
by Weezer


8.0

based on 21 reviews
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When it rains it pours: After going five years without a Weezer album, fans of the quirky alt-rockers get two new discs in two years, with this (their fourth release overall) quickly following 2001's Green Album.

LABEL:	Interscope
RELEASE DATE:	14 May 2002
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Alternative, Rock

NOTES: Available as an enhanced CD. Also available on vinyl.

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E! Online

Perfect pop fun for short attention spans.

Q Magazine

Amid all the bitching and moaning are some of the finest songs of Weezer's career. [May 2002, p.118]

Nude As The News

Maladroit combines the best parts of the three previous Weezer albums: creamy guitar riffs, addictive beats, staple "hoo hoo's" and the brilliant mystique of Cuomo’s lyrics.

Dot Music

'Maladroit' is a more satisfying half an hour than the often-impersonal 'Green' album. Quick-fire melody-driven, riff-heavy pop songs that resurrect the gritty, edginess of 'Pinkerton'. The best of both worlds basically.

Rolling Stone

The music's shift from trivial to memorable dominates Maladroit; this is Cuomo's attempt to make his voice and guitar move as quick as his mind.

New Musical Express

If 'The Green Album' was the charming bouquet to apologise for not calling for five years, 'Maladroit' is the rigorous porking in the back of a second-hand Fiesta we've been gagging for since 1996. It's almost as if Rivers cares about music again.

PopMatters

While Pinkerton was a jarringly beautiful listen, Maladroit is more of a punchy, messy pop record.

All Music Guide

So, it's essentially a harder-rocking version of the last album. But you know what? It doesn't matter because the band is at a peak.

The Onion (A.V. Club)

Feels simultaneously messy, sprawling, and perfectly compact.

CultureDose.net

If 2001’s Weezer was a second-rate Blink-182, almost every composition on Maladroit is more strongly developed, whether it is the tight drumming to the point of showboating on the album’s first single, “Dope Nose,” the surprisingly successful intricate guitar work on the crunchy “Take Control,” or the band’s return to form, producing some of the best pop songs since their 1994 debut.

Drawer B

Maladroit is a welcome - halfway - return to form.

Splendid

The short-but-sweet syrupiness of the past is gone, and the sound that has taken its place is heavier, mustier and a hell of a lot harder to swallow.

Billboard

Be forewarned: There's not much along the lines of "Island in the Sun" here.... Still, there are plenty of smart hooks and catchy vocals throughout.

CDNow

There's some rehash of the flimsy fun of the Green Album, and the choruses here aren't as memorable as much of the group's '90s material. That said, there's a darkness to Maladroit that will likely satisfy long-suffering Pinkerton fans.

Austin Chronicle

It seems Cuomo is destined to write great songs for as long as his heart keeps getting stepped on.

Village Voice

Maladroit picks up where the Green Album slacked off, relying on the same chunky sonics that set "Hash Pipe" apart from Weezer's earlier, more lithe singles.

Blender

Maladroit feels like a bloodless quest to write the perfect song. [Jun/Jul 2002, p.100]

Entertainment Weekly

Unfortunately, Cuomo hasn't come up with enough quality material to match his god-of-thunder conceit.

Pitchfork

With Maladroit, Weezer has finally given the full punt to the nerd-rock label they sorta invented and always shunned, settling instead for being our generation's version of Cheap Trick.

Neumu.net

Maladroit is the emo equivalent of '70s arena rock -- a bracingly cocky attitude that tag-teams with its partner, navel-gazing.

Dusted Magazine

The kids will tolerate Maladroit, and probably many more dull records just like it, because it’s a product of Weezer.

The average user rating for this album is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 34 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Travis L gave it a10:
this album is amazing!!

mat gave it a7:
A Bad Weezer Album. But it still rocks.

[Anonymous] gave it an8:
Another solid album for Weezer, about equal in quality to the Green Album overall. It's heavier, a bit more mature, and sounds less than a summer album, and more like a year long album.

jon o gave it a9:
It's my 2nd favorite full length of theirs. Best musical composition and dynamics. Great to listen to on "repeat all." No bad songs, every thing sounds unique, while flowing smoothly. My only complaint is that it wasn't retro-analog.

nate b gave it a10:
Enjoy the kick ass guitar licks, and all around different sound for the Weez.

Bret Funk gave it a10:
it rocks

Matt H gave it a10:
Rivers comes out and shouts about his boyish dreams of love. I don't know if anyone who reviews this record listens to the songs after Slob. Take a listen to December, Slave, and Love Explosion. Slave is about dating a girl you don't really love, Love Explosion is about how Rivers has always wanted that girl that is spontaneous and lovable, and December is about a boy who never finds any of those things. Maybe everyone thinks those feelings are naive. I like it. 10, best Weezer album.

Maladroit by Weezer

Maladroit
by Weezer