Maladroit
Maladroit | ||||
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Studio album by Weezer | ||||
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Label (s) | Geffen Records | |||
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13 |
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running time |
33:43 |
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Weezer, Chad Bamford & Rod Cervera |
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Studio (s) |
Cello Studios, LA |
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Maladroit is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band Weezer . It was released on May 14, 2002, just under a year after their previous album Weezer . It is the first album with Scott Shriner , who replaced Mikey Welsh on bass. It is also the first Weezer album with 13 songs, the previous ones only had 10.
The album sold over 600,000 copies in the United States alone and peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200 . It has thus achieved gold status.
Emergence
Weezer have come up with a special concept for their fourth album. They published demo versions of various songs in MP3 format on their website weezer.com . Dozens of versions of over 30 songs were released on the Internet before the album was even available. As a result, the fans of the band were actively involved in the design of the track list and thus the entire album. For example, the song Slob was only released on the album on the advice of fans.
Track list
All songs were written by Rivers Cuomo .
- American Gigolo - 2:42
- Dope Nose - 2:17
- Keep Fishin ' - 2:52
- Take Control - 3:05
- Death and Destruction - 2:38
- Slob - 3:09
- Burndt Jamb - 2:39
- Space Rock - 1:53
- Slave - 2:53
- Fall Together - 2:02
- Possibilities - 2:00 am
- Love Explosion - 2:35
- December - 2:59
Trivia
Actually, Slave was supposed to be the album's second single after Dope Nose . But then they decided to keep fishin ' .
Island in the Sun can be found as a bonus track on the European release of the album .