10 Albums That You Need To Listen To More Than Once

One of the biggest trademarks that Weezer had in the early stages was just how different they sounded from their contemporaries. Around the time that they were finishing work on their debut album, the grunge empire fell with the loss of Kurt Cobain, leading many fans to come to these nerd rockers for a pick me up. So when they actually decided to make sad music of their own, you can imagine how the fanbase took it at the time.

If you take away all the preconceived notions that you have with Weezer, Pinkerton is actually one of the greatest albums that came out of the ‘90s, as Rivers Cuomo tries to make sense of himself being a rock star after being a lot different than what he thought it would be. While this record may have been torn to shreds for not being Buddy Holly Part 2: Electric Buddy-loo, hearing Rivers get much more introspective is actually far more interesting than the pop rockers that we could have gotten, as he gets more and more introverted and tries to find some sort of closure out of not being able to relate to anyone around him in a positive way.

Then again, hearing the backlash from this record was enough to shake Rivers’ confidence as a songwriter, spending the rest of Weezer’s career trying to go back to the carefree attitude that they captured on their debut. If you go into Pinkerton without worrying about the right sound for Weezer, it can really tug on your heartstrings when it wants to.