This week I’ll write about a handful of critically acclaimed and/or commercially successful 1996 albums I’ve managed not to hear over the past 30 years.
First up is Weezer’s Pinkerton, the Los Angeles band’s second album and one that has grown a tremendous cult following over the years. This album was a follow-up to the band’s 1994 self-titled smash hit and was seen at the time as a letdown.
In May of 1994, Los Angeles rock band Weezer released its first — and still most successful — album, a self-titled record popularly referred to as the Blue Album due to the background color of its cover image.
The power pop collection went triple platinum in the U.S. and reached #16 on the Billboard 200. Its first two singles — ‘Undone – The Sweater Song‘ and ‘Buddy Holly‘ — became minor hits largely due to the prominence of their Spike Jonze-directed videos on MTV.
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