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Weezer - Maladroit (CD)

Maladroit
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Album Details: Maladroit

Release Date:12/19/2007
Label:Universal Japan
UPC:4988005389800

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User Reviews: Maladroit

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    better than the green album

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Mar 24, 2005

    Pros: the way they keep trying different styles

    Cons: none

    I like this one better than the green album because it has better songs and it's not as radio friendly as the last album
    my favorites are DOPE NOSE, KEEP FISHIN', SPACE ROCK. I don't care what everybody else says, it's a good one.

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    Not As Good As Others

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 7, 2004

    Pros: Good sound

    Cons: sounds a bit pop and a bit like other songs

    Dope nose feels to much like hash pipe to me. I dont really know why. This album definitely doesnt match the greatness of the previous 3 albums but it still is the same good ol weez. Hopefully the 5th album will kick some serious ass like pinkerton a...nd the blue album did Read more Less

Pro Reviews: Maladroit

  • All Music Guide

    Bands used to make records like this all the time. They'd release an album, tour all year, write a bunch of songs, record 'em, release another album a year later. Since hardly anybody -- not even indie bands -- does that in 2002, it's a remarkable event when Weezer does exactly that, especially following a half-a-decade of inactivity. But, it's hard not to think that this is the way it should be done by all bands, since Maladroit retains the high quality of The Green Album. True, it doesn't offer much that's new -- it has a similarly short length, clocking in at 33 minutes, it favors riff-heavy, melodic rockers and has a lack of ballads, while Rivers Cuomo is doggedly avoiding the exposed-nerve confessions of Pinkerton -- but there are a couple of notable differences that gives it its own character. Since the band has returned to self-producing, there's a tougher sound -- nowhere near as raw as Pinkerton, yet similarily loud and raucous, overflowing with guitars spitting out riffs and ...solos with a gleeful abandon. 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. Cuomo continues to write consistently strong songs, occasionally penning a flat-out stunner ("Dope Nose" is one of their all-time greatest songs), the band is tighter than ever, the record crackles with energy -- nothing new, per se, but still vibrant, catchy, and satisfying. It's so good, it's hard not to think that it offers definitive proof that even in 2002, it's best for a band to keep going once they've hit a peak, to turn out a bunch of records that find them at the top of their game instead of waiting three or four years to craft a follow-up. After all, that's what builds not only a body of work, but a legacy. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Read more Less

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Weezer

As one of the most popular groups to emerge in the post-grunge alternative rock aftermath, Weezer received equal amounts of criticism and praise for their hook-heavy guitar pop. Drawing from the heavy power pop of arena rockers like Cheap Trick and the angular guitar leads of the Pixies, Weezer leavened their melodies with doses of '70s metal learned from bands like Kis... Read more