Weezer
Maladroit
Maladroit is the fourth studio album by Weezer, released on May 14, 2002, through Geffen Records. 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. -