Weezer – Pinkerton (VG+/VG+) – LP, North America (inc Mexico) 2025

Pinkerton is an LP by Weezer from 2025 released on the DGC, UMe label.

About this album

Pinkerton is Weezer’s raw, emotionally exposing 1996 breakthrough, and one of the most admired alternative rock albums of the decade. Following the polished success of their debut, the record pushed closer to jagged guitars, anxious lyrics and painfully direct self-portraiture, with Rivers Cuomo turning romantic frustration and isolation into sharply written songs. Its initial mixed reception later gave way to major critical reappraisal, helping establish Pinkerton as a cult favourite and a key influence on emo and indie rock. The album’s lasting appeal comes from its combination of melodic precision, distortion and candour.