Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition)
by Weezer
  • Record Label: Geffen
  • Release Date: Nov 2, 2010
User Score
9.0

Universal acclaim- based on 338 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 309 out of 338
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 338
  3. Negative: 19 out of 338
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  1. Heartfeltdawn
    Apr 21, 2013
    4
    Unlike the previous review, I can categorically state that it is easy to deny how great this album is. I don't get it. There's a particular strain of US guitar-led music featuring whiny voiced gents that utterly passes me by (Neutral Milk Hotel, Weezer, Girls, and there will be others). It doesn't inspire feelings of dislike, only 'this is boring'.
  2. karansjet
    Oct 1, 2014
    6
    Definitely a solid album but it doesn't really deserve it's spot as the top 2 album of all time. It has some great tracks but others just aren't that good 'Getchoo' for example isn't a very good track in my eyes.
  3. clem666
    Oct 16, 2021
    5
    I have a hard time understanding why this album gets such high scores. Lyrical content certainly is as awkwardly surprising as deeply interesting. Production to me is just okay: I also had a hard time trying to truly feel what instruments express. 'Tired of Sex' is an incredible track but the wow effect sadly and directly falls apart from this very first song. Fortunately there are otherI have a hard time understanding why this album gets such high scores. Lyrical content certainly is as awkwardly surprising as deeply interesting. Production to me is just okay: I also had a hard time trying to truly feel what instruments express. 'Tired of Sex' is an incredible track but the wow effect sadly and directly falls apart from this very first song. Fortunately there are other major efforts as 'The Good Life' or 'I Swear It's True' but in the end of the day 'Pinkerton' did not emerge as a noticeable album to me personally. Patterns and structures of the tracks lack originality and listening to this project always leaves me with an indefinable feeling of dullness. Rivers Cuomo's voice sounds particularly emotionless and suffers from a great repetitiveness of register. Actually it is not bad but it could have been way better.… Expand

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Metascore
100

Universal acclaim - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Kerrang!
    Jan 31, 2011
    100
    Pinkerton still stands tall as a modern rock classic. [6 Nov 2010, p.51]
  2. Beats Per Minute
    Jan 13, 2011
    100
    Ultimately, the legacy Pinkerton leaves behind is it being one of the most emotional and raw albums ever made. It's an album that many can relate to, even if you're not on the same level of crazy as Rivers was back then.
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  3. No Ripcord
    Dec 21, 2010
    90
    This is their Holy Bible--in other words this is an unknown quantity alright; it's Weezer's raw, emotive bastard child; and a great, brilliant, titanic blot on an often pristinely laundered back catalogue. For that reason in particular this is a thing to be cherished.
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