Maladroit
by Weezer
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8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 119 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 102 out of 119
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 119
  3. Negative: 5 out of 119

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  1. MatthewS
    Sep 7, 2004
    9
    I was a little skeptic after i was led slightly astray from weezer after being partially disappointed by The Green Album.... but frankly this one just rocks! makes me enjoy music twicefold, i hope i don't sound like a fanboy
  2. jono
    Jan 31, 2006
    9
    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.
  3. Andrew
    Jan 16, 2004
    10
    This is a great albom from a great band. This is Weezer truly rocking it out better than anyone else is right now.
  4. nateb
    Dec 6, 2005
    10
    Enjoy the kick ass guitar licks, and all around different sound for the Weez.
  5. TravisL
    Jan 13, 2007
    10
    this album is amazing!!
  6. MikeC.
    Jul 15, 2002
    10
    It is much more Weezer than their other CD's!
  7. MikaBeeWall
    May 15, 2017
    9
    This album is really good. It's better than green, much better than what would later come (make believe)
    and is very heavy in guitar.
    tracks like keep fishin' and dope nose get stuck in your head and nothing on here is bad.
    favorite songs:
    5. dope nose
    4. keep fishin'
    3. space rock
    2. american gigolo
    1. burndt jamb.
  8. BrandonR.
    May 1, 2005
    2
    Incredibly boring, formulaic, and uninspired; inevitably, it has a few bright moments, but given the blue album and Pinkerton, why in the world would you settle for this??
  9. mat
    Sep 27, 2006
    7
    A Bad Weezer Album. But it still rocks.
  10. MattH
    Oct 30, 2005
    10
    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 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.… Expand
  11. HatR.
    May 26, 2002
    9
    Weezer's green album was OK but Maladroit is way better!
  12. TaylorG.
    May 27, 2002
    8
    Better than Green, close to Pinkerton, far from Blue, Maladroit is not Weezer's strongest CD, but it's nonetheless a great collection of tunes. For the Weezer fan (especially fans of Pinkerton), Maladroit is a great buy.
  13. BretFunk
    Nov 21, 2005
    10
    it rocks
  14. ChrisA
    Aug 22, 2010
    9
    After researching the band when I first got into them I saw that Maladroit was there then lowest selling album as well as least popular amongst fans. But as I continued to read further I discovered it was actually well liked by hardcore Weezer fans. I purchased the album and immediately heard the difference from anything they have released before but also loved it at the same time. IAfter researching the band when I first got into them I saw that Maladroit was there then lowest selling album as well as least popular amongst fans. But as I continued to read further I discovered it was actually well liked by hardcore Weezer fans. I purchased the album and immediately heard the difference from anything they have released before but also loved it at the same time. I enjoyed every song and loved the crunchy guitar riffs and solos. This is my third favourite Weezer album, obviously behind Blue and Pinkerton.… Expand
  15. mhmusicnmovies
    Sep 7, 2010
    8
    Another enjoyable Weezer album... Not as good as The Blue Album or Pinkerton but Maladroit is certainly a nice listen. Songs like "Dope Nose" and "Keep Fishin" are amazing live and all the tunes are fun.
  16. PilkingtonMedia
    Oct 2, 2010
    9
    After leaving the fans for five years without an album the released two in quick succession, there is no argument as to which one was better out of the two

    Weezers Best album, Punchy, sharp, and heavy in all of the right places.
  17. pkindieboy
    Mar 28, 2014
    9
    Really good stuff. Rocks harder than any other W album - has a dark edge. Cuomo was still angry, and he was producing some of best music at this time.
  18. j30
    Aug 15, 2011
    4
    Probably one of my least favorite Weezer albums. I really wanted to like this album. They're a constant disappointment.
  19. Ricko
    Jun 26, 2012
    7
    Maladroit continued the gradual decline in the quality of Weezer's output after Pinkerton, following up the Green Album with this hit and miss record. For me this is the last Weezer record worth owning and even at that I wouldn't say it's a must listen or anyway. It's got a handful of great songs which would genuinely get on any of their records. Most of these which are closer to the startMaladroit continued the gradual decline in the quality of Weezer's output after Pinkerton, following up the Green Album with this hit and miss record. For me this is the last Weezer record worth owning and even at that I wouldn't say it's a must listen or anyway. It's got a handful of great songs which would genuinely get on any of their records. Most of these which are closer to the start of the record. Unfortunately there's only the rare moment outside of the first 10 minutes that really excites and while it's not got any really bad songs on it, it's got plenty of filler. The Weezer I loved died somewhere during this record.… Expand
  20. Jamison12
    Apr 30, 2016
    9
    The uncommon use of heavy guitar riffs and typical Weezer song lyrics creates for one of the most fun alternative rock albums in recent memory and one of the most criminally underrated albums of this generation.
  21. darianb1031
    Jan 2, 2014
    8
    The third-best Weezer album, in my opinion. Catchy riffs, more of Rivers Cuomo's always-solid songwriting, and of course "Slob", one of my favorite Weezer songs.
  22. CrazySlaya
    Sep 26, 2014
    9
    Very Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  23. AlphaMexican
    Sep 29, 2014
    9
    A very under-rated album! While the lyrics are nothing special, the musicality is completely genius. River's guitar work is the best that's he's done, a mix of Hendrix and Van Halen, and is the best part of this album. It has a lot of strong influences as well, with some Brit-pop and heavy metal. Which seems on paper that it will not work, but it does! There's some funk, Burndt JambA very under-rated album! While the lyrics are nothing special, the musicality is completely genius. River's guitar work is the best that's he's done, a mix of Hendrix and Van Halen, and is the best part of this album. It has a lot of strong influences as well, with some Brit-pop and heavy metal. Which seems on paper that it will not work, but it does! There's some funk, Burndt Jamb being the main one, as well as rapid-fire punk songs! There's also the occasional ballads, with Death and Destruction and Take Control coming to mind, that are able to blend well with the rest of this fast paced album. This is such a great, guitar oriented, experimental and fun album, even if there is a few filler tracks.… Expand
  24. alecvl08
    Jan 27, 2015
    8
    This album is up there with Pinkerton for me. It rocks so much! The first tracks set the standard high, but sadly the second half doesn't live up to the quality of the first. Nevertheless, it's one of Weezer's greatest and one I won't forget for a long time.
  25. fahrenheitboy17
    Oct 11, 2014
    7
    The cover, the cult following of the band and other things made me curious to know more about them. The band has an uncommon line of ups and downs. Their early work is nowadays considered as masterpieces, but at the release of 2005's "Make Believe" they gained the status of "foolish" and their albuns just fallen in a mix of cliche and dumb songs, with singles so commercial that lose theirThe cover, the cult following of the band and other things made me curious to know more about them. The band has an uncommon line of ups and downs. Their early work is nowadays considered as masterpieces, but at the release of 2005's "Make Believe" they gained the status of "foolish" and their albuns just fallen in a mix of cliche and dumb songs, with singles so commercial that lose their "power rock magic" of good melodys and chorus and strong instrumental. At the end, more than i expected to hear in this album, i really liked it. I don't know if we can call it "colorful" or "thematic", but Maladroit has something very unique, something precious i would say. It's not a masterpiece, has its downs, like the boring notes of "American Gigolo", "Dope Nose" with their predictable chords and the uncreative chorus of "Love Explosion. But, even in those tracks are good things, like the riff of "American Gigolo" or the solo in "Love...". But we can forget those moments with super highlights that the album has, like "Slob", "Burnt Jamb" and "Slave". "Slob" has what i most cherish in Weezer's sound, that is the mix of simple power chords, a certain naivety, childshness and fun, and under all of that a kind of darkness and total confusion. We note all of this characteristics in "Slob", like the dark main riff, the mix of naivety and pain on Cuomos' melody, and the pusher chorus that take us to a world of chaos, but a child chaos, kind of something that it's not very serious or sad, but has a great power to let us feel that it is, actually, something really painful, like a kid that's crying for a really fool thing but thinks its the end of the world. We can enjoy a lot songs like the fresh "Burnt Jamb", that seems like a beach song but only if this beach is at Weezer's world, where from nothing a slight song changes into a heavy metal jump and the very good chorus of "Take Control", it is an enjoyable record. But, the darkness is living there too, less than in "Pinkerton", but something in the weather of "Death and Destruction" or "Take Control". What got me with suprise was the track "Death...", a romantic and delicate song, with a balanced rhythm, a nice sequence of fingering, the strong very kind of Weezer chorus and the cool heavy metal solo. That strange mix of alt rock and pop rock melodies and chords and kind of dark nature, with naivety and heavy metal riffs and solos are elements that make this record pretty original. There is too a very good and funny single, "Keep Fishin" and the ironic "Space Rock", but what is most closer of a serious sentimental track here is the powerful "Slave", one of my favorites Weezer's songs, that, like "Slob", has the things that i most like on their music, and besides that, is a very sonic and heavy track, and more, there's something a little shoegazing and dramatic, what's is not so commom on Weezer's atmosphere. Ending, Maladroit is a pretty good album, has some weak things, but has also very powerful things, creative things (besides some foolish but acceptable lyrics) and even deep stuff their. I don't know completely what makes me trhink that besides a very good record it's not a **** great" album, is that i trhink they could've evolved more and made something more, i don't know, adult, at least this time. But, besides all of that, it's a good step on Weezer's carrer and makes harder to us to answer the question: "What happend to them?"… Expand
  26. Shady313
    Mar 22, 2015
    9
    9/10 .................................................................................................................................................
  27. Danm95VFF
    May 11, 2016
    8
    It's a development of the sound heard on The Green Album with heavier guitar riffs and some slightly more experimental song-writing. But it's just as much of a treat to listen to.
  28. JOYR1D3
    Jul 2, 2016
    8
    With the grinding guitars of Pinkerton and the lyrical style reminiscent of Green and Blue, Maladroit is the perfect rocker album for Weezer fans. Possibly their best Post-Pinkerton release.
  29. stgrunu
    Mar 26, 2018
    7
    A solid rock album from a band known for it's pop sensibilities. It's better than the album that came before it that's for sure.
  30. Tigs
    Aug 18, 2023
    10
    This is pretty, pretty, pretty good. rerated to a 10. Every song is a banger.
  31. Mumbizz01
    Feb 2, 2018
    8
    One of Weezer's overlooked and ignored album and perhaps the heaviest album of their career. This album is highly recommended for a metal fan that wants to get into Weezer.
  32. MysticManiac
    Apr 10, 2018
    7
    A strong 7/10 and definitely in Weezer's top 3 albums, if not their best. Some stand out tracks include singles Dope Nose and Keep Fishin', deep cuts Take Control, Death & Destruction, Burndt Jamb and Fall Together and fantastic closing track December.

    A couple less interesting tracks but by Weezer's standards this is a very good album and much improved over the Green album
  33. NolanLundgaard
    Apr 11, 2020
    8
    Maladroit by Weezer: 7.48

    American Gigolo: 1 :) Dope Nose: 0.75 Keep Fishin’: 1 :) Take Control: 1 :) Death And Destruction: 0.75 Slob: 1 :) Burndt Jamb: 1 :) Space Rock: 0.5 Slave: 0.75 Fall Together: 1 :) Possibilities: 0.75 Love Explosion: 1 :) December: 0.75 11.25/13 ~ .865 -> 7.48 Maladroit is Weezer’s best album so far. One of the things I liked most about    Maladroit by Weezer: 7.48

    American Gigolo: 1 :)
    Dope Nose: 0.75
    Keep Fishin’: 1 :)
    Take Control: 1 :)
    Death And Destruction: 0.75
    Slob: 1 :)
    Burndt Jamb: 1 :)
    Space Rock: 0.5
    Slave: 0.75
    Fall Together: 1 :)
    Possibilities: 0.75
    Love Explosion: 1 :)
    December: 0.75

    11.25/13 ~ .865 -> 7.48

    Maladroit is Weezer’s best album so far. One of the things I liked most about Maladroit was how Weezer toned down the overpowering guitar effects that made their previous music a little hard to listen to. As a result, there really isn’t a bad song in the album, and it was a great listen. I guess if there was something to point out, it would be that the lyrics could be better quality, and I was surprised by how short Space Rock was. I feel like it would’ve been better if it was extended. That being said, there are quite a few really good songs on here, and rock fans will like Maladroit. Highlights: American Gigolo, Keep Fishin’, Take Control, Slob, Burndt Jamb, Fall Together, and Love Explosion.    … Expand
  34. rextree
    Feb 19, 2019
    8
    An interesting yet quirky album. There's a song for everybody. Not the absolute best, but faaaar from the worst.
  35. togobogo
    Mar 23, 2023
    3
    defentily weezer at its most mid and bland it sound like alvin and the chpmunks farted loud and got a beard all tracks suck except the one where rivers says a slur 3/10.0005
  36. nce93
    May 10, 2021
    10
    Maladriot provides the catchy hooks you expect from Weezer with more interesting melodies and guitar solo's than Green. The amount of variety, energy, and skill which makes this album tow a line between all three sounds of their previous records is truly impressive. This is certainly amongst the best of all of Weezer's 14 (as of now) records and should get more attention from old and newMaladriot provides the catchy hooks you expect from Weezer with more interesting melodies and guitar solo's than Green. The amount of variety, energy, and skill which makes this album tow a line between all three sounds of their previous records is truly impressive. This is certainly amongst the best of all of Weezer's 14 (as of now) records and should get more attention from old and new fans alike.… Expand

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72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. Q Magazine
    80
    Amid all the bitching and moaning are some of the finest songs of Weezer's career. [May 2002, p.118]
  2. Nude As The News
    80
    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.
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  3. Billboard
    70
    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.
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