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Maladroit
Artist : Weezer
List Price : $13.98 USD
Your Price : $9.97 USD
ProductGroup: Music
Release Date : 2002-05-14
Studio : Interscope Records
Label : Interscope Records
Avg. Customer Rating :  (371 reviews)
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Customer Reviews for Maladroit
Freakin' Awesome
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I bought Maladroit hoping nothing else: I hope this thing freakin rocks. and what do you know it does rock. My fav off this album though, has got to be Dope Nose. It is a rock hard hit of the year. Don't get me wrong, all the other songs, (like slob, burndt jamb, and space rock) are almost just as good, but not quite. So lets give a round of applause to everybody's favorite band Weezer! (their other albums ae great too)
Customer Reviews for Maladroit Cd
4.5; a pretty solid Weezer release
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After a 5 year hiatus from the release of their misunderstood "Pinkerton", Weezer came back with another self-titled, this one dubbed "The Green Album", and soon everyone was glad to have them back. Only the record suffered from a feeling of sameness and didn't have the spontaneity of bursting out into a barbershop quarter-type part in Holiday or the raw emotion of Across the Sea and there was a feeling that it was sort...safe. A year later, they came back with "Maladroit" and the disc certainly rocks harder and has more stronger songs but some aren't quite up to par.
American Gigalo: 4 for 4 as Weezer deliver another great album opener with big crunchy chords, that awesome pre-chorus ("if you want me, you can't have me") and hooks all around. One of my favorites off the record. 9.5/10
Dope Nose: Sure it's short but it's got a big guitar riff, "oh-oh's", and even a genuine solo for once instead of Green Album's lighter deals. But strangely, I always preferred other songs on the record to this but I still like this one too. 9/10
Keep Fishin: Strangely the old demo released online and the radio version is better than the album one. But the hooks are definately there as the song barely lets up with parts to sing along to and 60's-sounding choruses. My one complaint is that it sounds...I don't know, messy compared to the other ones. 8.5/10 9/10 for the radio/demo versions
Take Control: One of the heavier riffs off the record though strangely there's not a stronger song attached to it. The lyrics are fine and structurally it works but it's just not completely interesting. 7/10
Death and Destruction: It's got the vocals from Rivers and the big chords during the chorus but it got kinda old and my favorite part, that little buildup at the end, lasts about 20 seconds and it's at the end. Too bad. 7/10
Slob: I quickly grew into this one with quite angry, passionate vocals from Rivers and it's just very energetic and I love when it gets more heavier and upbeat. I'm not a huge fan of the solo part, kind of kills the energy but it's short so it works. 9/10
Burndt Jamb: A sort of twisted "Island in the Sun" if you will with a sort of ska-reggae mix of a guitar riff, "doo-doo"'s that sound sort of old-school pop until it goes into its big wordless chorus. It kind of works and it's fun to play but it's not quite an album highlight. 8/10
Space Rock: The verse melody I found works quite well but then the frequent "ooh-ooh"'s show up and not quite ruin it but it doesn't feel right, not to mention the chorus is slightly weak and the mix sounds slightly too messy. Parts work, others doesn't so what you gonna do? 7.5/10
Slave: Starts out very loud with huge chords then it turns into something that could've fit on Green Album, complete with its strong chorus that it's easy to sing along to. Originally I didn't like it much but over time I grew to like it. 8/10
Fall Together: Another heavy one like Take Control and it's catchy to a certain degree but I kind of like listening to it rather than singing along to it. I guess it's alright. 7.5/10
Possibilities: Wasn't ever a fan of this one to be honest and I would've liked it left off. It's sort of a fast paced punk song with those frequent background vocals doing oohs-oohs. Sounds like an even poppier Green Day but still not into it much. 6/10
Love Explosion: The verse riff is insanely catchy and it keeps it up fairly well. Originally I wasn't a fan of it but the more I listened, the less I nitpicked and grew to like it. Not love but like's good enough. 8/10
December: The original demo had clean guitar and it had a sort of old-60's vibe but now it's more loud and rocking, a sort of less-schmaltzy power ballad. I always liked the song and though the music change is a little missed, the core of it still works. The solo kills the momentum though it also makes the sound less monotonous. 8.5/10
It's not up there with the Blue Album as my favorite but of the later day (read: post-Pinkerton) records, it's strangely the most consistent.
Editorial Reviews for Maladroit Audio Cd
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After taking five leisurely years to follow up on 1996's Pinkerton, Weezer are apparently on a roll. Arriving just over 12 months after The Green Album, Maladroit finds the Los Angeles power-pop band in the midst of a particularly fertile creative period. "Dope Nose," which is easily stronger than anything on the last album, flexes a sinister shout-along chorus and vintage Van Halen riffs, while the potent garage-punk blast of "Fall Together" wipes out any lingering discomfort over the thoroughly Sugar Ray-sounding "Island in the Sun." In a sense The Green Album was just a taster for this, the blissfully thunderous main dish. Sure, there are some deadpan emo moments ("Death and Destruction") littering the course, but mostly Maladroit is Weezer doing what they do best--inverting and embracing dumb rock stereotypes and somehow making them sound smart. --Aidin Vaziri
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