Pinkerton (album)

Pinkerton is the second album by the American rock band Weezer, released September 24, 1996. Pinkerton didn't sell as many copies as its predecessor, often known as The Blue Album, released in 1994. This is at least partially due to the fact that Weezer was sued by the Pinkerton National Detective Agency upon release of the album, and was not permitted to advertise the album until the claims were rejected.

Pinkerton draws from Puccini's Madame Butterfly in its themes. Pinkerton was originally planned as Songs From The Black Hole, a "space opera," as Rivers Cuomo described it. The concept was scrapped, and Pinkerton used several of the songs.

The cover is Kambara yoru no yuki ("Night Snow at Kambara"), a print by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hiroshige.

As of July 2002, the album had sold 654,220 copies.

Track listing

1. "Tired Of Sex"
2. "Getchoo"
3. "No Other One"
4. "Why Bother?"
5. "Across The Sea"
6. "The Good Life"
7. "El Scorcho"
8. "Pink Triangle"
9. "Falling For You"
10. "Butterfly"

"El Scorcho" and "The Good Life" were the official singles from Pinkerton, which went gold.