Maladroit

Japanese version of their 2002 studio album with nine bonus tracks (2 audio), 'Island In The Sun' (Album Version) which was released on their 2001 'Green Album' + the UK/Japanese only bonus track, 'Living Without You' (Previously Unreleased) and 7 video clips 'The Quiet Storm', 'Dope Nose' (live), 'Death and Destruction' (live), 'Burndt Jamb' (live), 'The Cobo Challenge', 'Keep Fishin' (live) & 'Take Control' (live). The initial pressing will also include a bonus Japanese only sticker (identical to the cover).

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